Patents by Inventor Sharon L. Millard

Sharon L. Millard 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: 5495686
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a decorative device with a smooth opaque magnetic display surface for magnets. The decorative device with a smooth opaque magnetic display surface for magnets includes a frame member having a viewing opening and a recessed portion formed about the viewing opening in the rear side of the frame member, an opaque plate being sized to fit against the recessed portion in the opaque frame member, apparatus for securing the opaque magnetic plate to the frame member, an opaque backing panel being sized to fit against and be attached to the opaque magnetic plate, and apparatus for removably affixing the frame member to a vertical flat surface so that the magnets can be placed onto the opaque magnetic plate to be seen through the viewing opening in the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Inventors: Sharon L. Millard, Bruce V. Hayes