Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Flohe

Timothy J. Flohe 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).

  • Process for making ornamental device
    Patent number: 7007354
    Abstract: A three-dimensional ornamental device adapted for rotation about an axis to produce a changing perspective that creates an interesting visual effect can be made by a process including the steps of cutting a sheet of material into a desired geometric shape, making cuts into the sheet material to form a series of disconnected adjacent strips, and bending the strips from a reference plane so that the strips are angularly spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Timothy J. Flohe
  • Ornamental device
    Patent number: 6783815
    Abstract: A three-dimensional ornamental device adapted for rotation about an axis to produce a changing perspective that creates an interesting visual effect includes a series of angularly spaced apart strips, each strip having opposite ends and a length corresponding to the curvilinear distance along the strip between the opposite ends of the strip, wherein each strip is connected at one end to a first spine and connected at an opposite end to a second spine. The device can be made by cutting a sheet of material into a desired geometric shape, making cuts into the sheet material to form a series of disconnected adjacent strips, and bending the strips from a reference plane so that the strips are angularly spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Inventor: Timothy J. Flohe
  • Process for making ornamental device
    Publication number: 20040154368
    Abstract: A three-dimensional ornamental device adapted for rotation about an axis to produce a changing perspective that creates an interesting visual effect can be made by a process including the steps of cutting a sheet of material into a desired geometric shape, making cuts into the sheet material to form a series of disconnected adjacent strips, and bending the strips from a reference plane so that the strips are angularly spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Timothy J. Flohe
  • Ornamental device
    Publication number: 20030138575
    Abstract: A three-dimensional ornamental device adapted for rotation about an axis to produce a changing perspective that creates an interesting visual effect includes a series of angularly spaced apart strips, each strip having opposite ends and a length corresponding to the curvilinear distance along the strip between the opposite ends of the strip, wherein each strip is connected at one end to a first spine and connected at an opposite end to a second spine. The device can be made by cutting a sheet of material into a desired geometric shape, making cuts into the sheet material to form a series of disconnected adjacent strips, and bending the strips from a reference plane so that the strips are angularly spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventor: Timothy J. Flohe
  • Display device
    Patent number: D472183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: Timothy J. Flohe