Patents by Inventor Joanne Lee Marie Howe

Joanne Lee Marie Howe 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 positioning a garment while breastfeeding
    Patent number: 6681405
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for positioning a garment while breastfeeding. A first step involves providing a strap with means for securing the strap to itself. A second step involves raising a garment of a mother to a raised position with a breast of the mother exposed. A third step involves maintaining the garment in the raised position by extending the strap through a neck of the garment and around the lower hem of the garment to form a loop and securing the strap to itself. It is preferred that the strap have an indicator which identifies whether the mother should be breastfeeding from her left breast or her right breast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Inventors: Loretta Linda Yachimec, Joanne Lee Marie Howe
  • Method and apparatus for positioning a garment while breastfeeding
    Publication number: 20030159195
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for positioning a garment while breastfeeding. A first step involves providing a strap with means for securing the strap to itself. A second step involves raising a garment of a mother to a raised position with a breast of the mother exposed. A third step involves maintaining the garment in the raised position by extending the strap through a neck of the garment and around the lower hem of the garment to form a loop and securing the strap to itself. It is preferred that the strap have an indicator which identifies whether the mother should be breastfeeding from her left breast or her right breast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Loretta Linda Yachimec, Joanne Lee Marie Howe