Patents by Inventor Kimberly Christopherson

Kimberly Christopherson 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).

  • Patent number: 12698579
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a quilting ruler to facilitate home embroidery machine user's “quilting-in-the hoop” capabilities. This includes a thin, generally polygonal ruler with apertures for center marking, cross-hair marking, and size marking, as well as perimeters for edge markings to delineate fabric areas for quilting-in-the-hoop. The invention also includes a quilting ruler system with a plurality of such rulers of various dimensions and classes. Finally the invention includes a method of using the quilting rulers to map and extend quilting designs across a fabric area by selecting a quilting ruler, placing it on a fabric at a first fabric location, marking the fabric at the first fabric location through apertures, marking the fabric around the perimeter of the ruler, marking the dimension of the perimeter on the fabric, quilting at the first fabric location, and repeating these steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: KIMBERBELL KIDS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson
  • Patent number: 12188163
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a quilting ruler to facilitate home embroidery machine user's “quilting-in-the hoop” capabilities. This includes a thin, generally polygonal ruler with apertures for center marking, cross-hair marking, and size marking, as well as perimeters for edge markings to delineate fabric areas for quilting-in-the-hoop. The invention also includes a quilting ruler system with a plurality of such rulers of various dimensions and classes. Finally the invention includes a method of using the quilting rulers to map and extend quilting designs across a fabric area by selecting a quilting ruler, placing it on a fabric at a first fabric location, marking the fabric at the first fabric location through apertures, marking the fabric around the perimeter of the ruler, marking the dimension of the perimeter on the fabric, quilting at the first fabric location, and repeating these steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: KIMBERBELL KIDS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson
  • Publication number: 20240018709
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a quilting ruler to facilitate home embroidery machine user's “quilting-in-the hoop” capabilities. This includes a thin, generally polygonal ruler with apertures for center marking, cross-hair marking, and size marking, as well as perimeters for edge markings to delineate fabric areas for quilting-in-the-hoop. The invention also includes a quilting ruler system with a plurality of such rulers of various dimensions and classes. Finally the invention includes a method of using the quilting rulers to map and extend quilting designs across a fabric area by selecting a quilting ruler, placing it on a fabric at a first fabric location, marking the fabric at the first fabric location through apertures, marking the fabric around the perimeter of the ruler, marking the dimension of the perimeter on the fabric, quilting at the first fabric location, and repeating these steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Kimberbell Kids L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson
  • Publication number: 20230018485
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a quilting ruler to facilitate home embroidery machine user's “quilting-in-the hoop” capabilities. This includes a thin, generally polygonal ruler with apertures for center marking, cross-hair marking, and size marking, as well as perimeters for edge markings to delineate fabric areas for quilting-in-the-hoop. The invention also includes a quilting ruler system with a plurality of such rulers of various dimensions and classes. Finally the invention includes a method of using the quilting rulers to map and extend quilting designs across a fabric area by selecting a quilting ruler, placing it on a fabric at a first fabric location, marking the fabric at the first fabric location through apertures, marking the fabric around the perimeter of the ruler, marking the dimension of the perimeter on the fabric, quilting at the first fabric location, and repeating these steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: KIMBERBELL KIDS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly CHRISTOPHERSON
  • Patent number: D874953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Kimberbell Kids L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson
  • Patent number: D891950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Kimberbell Kids L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson
  • Patent number: D956447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Kimberbell Kids, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson
  • Patent number: D959177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Kimberbell Kids, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson
  • Patent number: D995987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kimberbell Kids, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson
  • Patent number: D999822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Kimberbell Kids, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kimberly Christopherson