Patents by Inventor Melanie Bridges

Melanie Bridges 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).

  • Packaging of greeting card and envelope
    Patent number: 9597917
    Abstract: A greeting card is held in a closed position by an envelope folded around the greeting card. The envelope is held around the greeting card by a band. The band is positioned in a vertical orientation, whereby it is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the greeting card and is transverse a longitudinal axis of the envelope. The envelope has a width dimension greater than a height dimension of the greeting card, whereby the greeting card is receivable in the envelope in a landscape orientation. The envelope has a height dimension less than the height dimension of the greeting card, whereby a portion of the greeting card is visible and extends beyond the envelope folded there around.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Incoporated
    Inventor: Melanie Bridges
  • PACKAGING OF GREETING CARD AND ENVELOPE
    Publication number: 20150273929
    Abstract: A greeting card is held in a closed position by an envelope folded around the greeting card. The envelope is held around the greeting card by a band. The band is positioned in a vertical orientation, whereby it is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the greeting card and is transverse a longitudinal axis of the envelope. The envelope has a width dimension greater than a height dimension of the greeting card, whereby the greeting card is receivable in the envelope in a landscape orientation. The envelope has a height dimension less than the height dimension of the greeting card, whereby a portion of the greeting card is visible and extends beyond the envelope folded there around.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: MELANIE BRIDGES
  • Bundled greeting card and envelope
    Patent number: D725700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
    Inventor: Melanie Bridges