Patents by Inventor Margaret J. DeSutter

Margaret J. DeSutter 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).

  • Direction-indicating sign holder and method of providing directional indication
    Patent number: 5826358
    Abstract: A direction-indicating holder for an informational sign for use in directing people to a location associated with information on the sign. In one embodiment the holder includes top and bottom panels secured together to form a sign-receiving envelope between the panels. The holder has two converging side edges that indicate a direction, such that the holder can be oriented with the converging side edges indicating a direction toward a location associated with the information on a sign in the envelope. In another embodiment, the holder includes a flat, flexible panel the edge margins of the underside of the panel having an adhesive thereon for removably securing the panel over a sign onto a surface. According to the method of providing directional information of this invention, an informational sign is placed in a direction-indicating sign holder for indicating a direction associated with information on the sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventor: Margaret J. DeSutter
  • Combined sign holder and sign for indicating directions
    Patent number: D354991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Inventor: Margaret J. DeSutter