Patents by Inventor Madelaine Ann Hague

Madelaine Ann Hague 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).

  • Transaction product with selectively illuminated buttons
    Patent number: 8647203
    Abstract: A transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing, a button, and an account identifier. The electrical assembly includes a light. The housing substantially encloses the electrical assembly including the light, wherein the housing defines an exterior surface and an aperture extending through the exterior surface. The button has a rounded extremity and extends from within the housing to outside the housing through the aperture and beyond the exterior surface. The button aligns with and surrounds the light such that when the light is lit the button is illuminated. The account identifier is coupled to the housing and links the transaction product to a financial account having an associated monetary value available toward a price of a purchase, wherein the account identifier is machine readable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica A. Albrecht, Madelaine Ann Hague, Aaron Muther, Allan Peters, Robert Jerome Weaver, Timothy P. Clegg, Primoz Samardzija
  • TRANSACTION PRODUCT WITH SELECTIVELY ILLUMINATED BUTTONS
    Publication number: 20130116050
    Abstract: A transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing, a button, and an account identifier. The electrical assembly includes a light. The housing substantially encloses the electrical assembly including the light, wherein the housing defines an exterior surface and an aperture extending through the exterior surface. The button has a rounded extremity and extends from within the housing to outside the housing through the aperture and beyond the exterior surface. The button aligns with and surrounds the light such that when the light is lit the button is illuminated. The account identifier is coupled to the housing and links the transaction product to a financial account having an associated monetary value available toward a price of a purchase, wherein the account identifier is machine readable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Jessica D. Albrecht, Madelaine Ann Hague, Aaron Muther, Allan Peters, Robert Jerome Weaver, Timothy P. Clegg, Primoz Samardzija