Patents by Inventor Tim Clegg

Tim Clegg 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: 7520425
    Abstract: A stored value card device has a housing comprising an upper shell and a lower shell. The card device is dimensioned similar to typical credit cards and contains a circuitry for producing an audio/visual message in an inner space formed between the upper and lower shells, which are shaped like opposing trays. The two shells join together through a simple complementary engagement. A card component slides out from the bottom of the lower shell, which has two-tiered structure for mounting the card component. An electronic message device is retained in the cubic space of the housing which includes a power supply, a processing device, an audio and/or video player, and a switch triggered by a push button on the upper shell, thereby the stored value card device provides two independent operations as an electronic message player and as a convertible card in a thin profile at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Americhip Inc.
    Inventor: Tim Clegg
  • Patent number: 7313878
    Abstract: A rotary pop-up envelope is disclosed. The device comprises an envelope that holds a pullout tab that is pivotably connected to a pop-up sheet member. The envelope includes a slotted panel with a slot through which the pop-up sheet member is inserted. The envelope further includes a middle panel and a cover panel that, when folded together, enclose the slotted panel, the pop-up sheet member, and the pullout tab. The envelope is open at one end and partially open at a top edge such that when the pullout tab is pulled away from the envelope, the pop-up sheet member engages an apex of the slot in the slotted panel that forces the pop-up sheet member to rotate up through the open portion at the top side of the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Inventor: Tim Clegg
  • Publication number: 20070215694
    Abstract: A stored value card device has a housing comprising an upper shell and a lower shell. The card device is dimensioned similar to typical credit cards and contains a circuitry for producing an audio/visual message in an inner space formed between the upper and lower shells, which are shaped like opposing trays. The two shells join together through a simple complementary engagement. A card component slides out from the bottom of the lower shell, which has two-tiered structure for mounting the card component. An electronic message device is retained in the cubic space of the housing which includes a power supply, a processing device, an audio and/or video player, and a switch triggered by a push button on the upper shell, thereby the stored value card device provides two independent operations as an electronic message player and as a convertible card in a thin profile at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventor: Tim Clegg
  • Patent number: 7127770
    Abstract: A lighted brush has a brush head mounted on a housing. Batteries stored within the housing power a seven color LED module made of three light emitting diodes (LEDs). A transparent handle illuminated by the seven color LED module has a module controller. The transparent handle mounted on the housing at a housing end is an acrylic rod directing light from the end of the rod and from the sides of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventors: Tim Clegg, Michael Bistocchi, Fran Lantz
  • Patent number: 7055755
    Abstract: An illuminated badge has a plastic transparent section having an LED illuminating the transparent section. A compartment section houses a controller circuit controlling LED illumination. A battery tray holds batteries and inserts into the compartment section from the side of the compartment section. A first magnet attaches to the compartment section, and a second magnet adheres to the first magnet allowing a user to attach the badge to clothing by inserting clothing between the first and second magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Tim Clegg
  • Publication number: 20060096138
    Abstract: A rotary pop-up envelope is disclosed. The device comprises an envelope that holds a pullout tab that is pivotably connected to a pop-up sheet member. The envelope includes a slotted panel with a slot through which the pop-up sheet member is inserted. The envelope further includes a middle panel and a cover panel that, when folded together, enclose the slotted panel, the pop-up sheet member, and the pullout tab. The envelope is open at one end and partially open at a top edge such that when the pullout tab is pulled away from the envelope, the pop-up sheet member engages an apex of the slot in the slotted panel that forces the pop-up sheet member to rotate up through the open portion at the top side of the envelope. The device is in its fully extended position when the longitudinal axis of the pop-up sheet member forms generally a right angle with the longitudinal axis of the pullout tab. The pop-up sheet member includes at one end a pop-up message that becomes visible when the pullout tab is fully extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Tim Clegg
  • Patent number: 7001056
    Abstract: An LED illuminated pendant comprises a necklace formed of strands having a pair of electrical wires of positive and negative polarity. A barrel housing, a printed circuit board and a pendant lit by an LED element are mounted on the pendant. The strand joins to the barrel housing, and the barrel housing forms a housing connector at its end. The barrel houses a battery cage. The battery cage holds a plurality of batteries and electrical wires disposed within the first strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventor: Tim Clegg
  • Publication number: 20050257337
    Abstract: A lighted brush has a brush head mounted on a housing. Batteries stored within the housing power a seven color LED module made of three light emitting diodes (LEDs). A transparent handle illuminated by the seven color LED module has a module controller. The transparent handle mounted on the housing at a housing end is an acrylic rod directing light from the end of the rod and from the sides of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Tim Clegg, Michael Bistocchi, Fran Lantz
  • Publication number: 20050199733
    Abstract: An illuminated badge has a plastic transparent section having an LED illuminating the transparent section. A compartment section houses a controller circuit controlling LED illumination. A battery tray holds batteries and inserts into the compartment section from the side of the compartment section. A first magnet attaches to the compartment section, and a second magnet adheres to the first magnet allowing a user to attach the badge to clothing by inserting clothing between the first and second magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventor: Tim Clegg
  • Publication number: 20050174800
    Abstract: An LED illuminated pendant comprises a necklace formed of strands having a pair of electrical wires of positive and negative polarity. A barrel housing, a printed circuit board and a pendant lit by an LED element are mounted on the pendant. The strand joins to the barrel housing, and the barrel housing forms a housing connector at its end. The barrel houses a battery cage. The battery cage holds a plurality of batteries and electrical wires disposed within the first strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventor: Tim Clegg