Patents by Inventor Marque Plouffe

Marque Plouffe 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).

  • BALLOON TYING AID
    Publication number: 20180056201
    Abstract: A device and technique for knotting an inflated balloon or forming a knot in another material is provided. One approach includes: holding a knot tying aid by a handle portion, the handle portion being positioned opposite a distal portion, the distal portion including several prongs (in one nonlimiting example at least three) extending away from the handle and being spaced apart from one another in correspondence to vertices of a triangle; winding a tag end portion of the inflated balloon about the prongs to form a loop; and passing part of the tag end portion through the loop to form a knot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Marque Plouffe
  • Balloon tying aid
    Patent number: 9833721
    Abstract: A device and technique for knotting an inflated balloon or forming a knot in another material is provided. One approach includes: holding a knot tying aid by a handle portion, the handle portion being positioned opposite a distal portion, the distal portion including several prongs (in one nonlimiting example at least three) extending away from the handle and being spaced apart from one another in correspondence to vertices of a triangle; winding a tag end portion of the inflated balloon about the prongs to form a loop; and passing part of the tag end portion through the loop to form a knot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Marque Plouffe
  • Balloon Tying Aid
    Publication number: 20160059141
    Abstract: A device and technique for knotting an inflated balloon or forming a knot in another material is provided. One approach includes: holding a knot tying aid by a handle portion, the handle portion being positioned opposite a distal portion, the distal portion including several prongs (in one nonlimiting example at least three) extending away from the handle and being spaced apart from one another in correspondence to vertices of a triangle; winding a tag end portion of the inflated balloon about the prongs to form a loop; and passing part of the tag end portion through the loop to form a knot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Marque Plouffe