Patents by Inventor Joost Arie de Jong

Joost Arie de Jong 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).

  • STRIP OF SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PLANT CLIPS THAT ARE INTEGRALLY CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER
    Publication number: 20230232755
    Abstract: An assembly of plant clips for connecting plant stems to elongate supports, like rods or wires, each plant clip includes a clip body delimiting a holding space for taking in and holding the plant stem and elongate support, where free ends of each clip body form inwardly directed hook-shaped legs that together delimit an insertion opening for the plant stem and elongate support to enter into the holding space. The clip bodies together form a strip of integrally connected substantially flat plant clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Joost Arie De Jong
  • Gripping element for data carrier for vegetables, fruits, and indoor plants
    Patent number: 9741267
    Abstract: A gripping element for a data carrier, e.g. a label, for vegetables, fruits, and indoor plants can be used to attach information to vegetables (e.g. vine tomatoes), fruits and indoor plants, among others. The data carrier may be a three-dimensional gripping element obtained from folding and gluing a piece of punched or cut paper, cardboard, or other thin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Joost Arie de Jong
  • Label for vegetables, fruit and house plants
    Patent number: 9569987
    Abstract: A label with which, among other things, vegetables, for instance vine tomatoes, fruit and house plants, can be supplied with information. The label is a three-dimensional object obtained by folding and gluing a punched or cut piece of paper, cardboard or another type of thin-walled material, which object can be attached to one or more branches of a vine of tomatoes and whereby at least one surface area of the three-dimensional object is visible in such a way that it can serve as an information-bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Joost Arie de Jong
  • GRIPPING ELEMENT FOR DATA CARRIER FOR VEGETABLES, FRUITS, AND INDOOR PLANTS
    Publication number: 20160293064
    Abstract: A gripping element for a data carrier, e.g. a label, for vegetables, fruits, and indoor plants can be used to attach information to vegetables (e.g. vine tomatoes), fruits and indoor plants, among others. The data carrier may be a three-dimensional gripping element obtained from folding and gluing a piece of punched or cut paper, cardboard, or other thin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Joost Arie de Jong
  • LABEL FOR VEGETABLES, FRUIT AND HOUSE PLANTS
    Publication number: 20150213739
    Abstract: A label with which, among other things, vegetables, for instance vine tomatoes, fruit and house plants, can be supplied with information. The label is a three-dimensional object obtained by folding and gluing a punched or cut piece of paper, cardboard or another type of thin-walled material, which object can be attached to one or more branches of a vine of tomatoes and whereby at least one surface area of the three-dimensional object is visible in such a way that it can serve as an information-bearing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Joost Arie de Jong