Patents by Inventor Joan Marie Schlesinger

Joan Marie Schlesinger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for installing decorative lights
    Patent number: 8752877
    Abstract: A tool for installing decorative lights may include a hook-placement head configured for attachment to a pole, and a string-placement head configured for attachment to the pole. The tool may be employed to decorate a structure with a string of decorative lights by placing an adhesive-backed hook onto a pole-mounted hook-placement head, raising the hook-placement head to position the hook at a desired location on the structure, placing a portion of the string onto a pole-mounted string-placement head; and raising the string-placement head to the positioned hook to engage the string with the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Spindler, Joan Marie Schlesinger
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING DECORATIVE LIGHTS
    Publication number: 20130042958
    Abstract: A tool for installing decorative lights may include a hook-placement head configured for attachment to a pole, and a string-placement head configured for attachment to the pole. The tool may be employed to decorate a structure with a string of decorative lights by placing an adhesive-backed hook onto a pole-mounted hook-placement head, raising the hook-placement head to position the hook at a desired location on the structure, placing a portion of the string onto a pole-mounted string-placement head; and raising the string-placement head to the positioned hook to engage the string with the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Spindler, Joan Marie Schlesinger