Patents by Inventor Will Niskanen

Will Niskanen 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: 8389832
    Abstract: The hanging musical attachment device is an attachment to an inflatable balloon that adds ornamental features allowing the balloon to hang as an ornament creating additional appeal to generic balloon and adding the accompaniment of a musical playing device. This attachment can be used with balloons without the need for helium, because the attachment is the means of support for the balloon. The interchangeable balloons allow for the musical device to be replaced without the need to replace the entire device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventor: Will Niskanen
  • Publication number: 20110179936
    Abstract: The hanging musical attachment device is an attachment to an inflatable balloon that adds ornamental features allowing the balloon to hang as an ornament creating additional appeal to generic balloon and adding the accompaniment of a musical playing device. This attachment can be used with balloons without the need for helium, because the attachment is the means of support for the balloon. The interchangeable balloons allow for the musical device to be replaced without the need to replace the entire device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Will Niskanen
  • Patent number: 6955440
    Abstract: The invention provides a decorative light-defusing novelty lamp. The novelty lamp includes a housing, a tube coupled to the housing, a fan rigidly disposed in the housing and adapted to draw air into the housing and through the tube. In addition, the invention has a light means mounted substantially within the housing which is adapted to cast light into the tube, and a light defusing member adapted to defuse light within the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Inventor: Will Niskanen
  • Publication number: 20050036317
    Abstract: The invention provides a decorative light-defusing novelty lamp. The novelty lamp includes a housing, a tube coupled to the housing, a fan rigidly disposed in the housing and adapted to draw air into the housing and through the tube. In addition, the invention has a light means mounted substantially within the housing which is adapted to cast light into the tube, and a light defusing member adapted to defuse light within the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventor: Will Niskanen
  • Patent number: 5762025
    Abstract: A decorative bird house that has interchangeable decorative segments. The decorative bird house includes a number of panels that are configured to provide an interior cavity, at least two of the panels being side panels that extend generally upwardly and have upper edges that extend lengthwise relative to the bird house. A pitched roof is attached to the upper edges of the side panels. The pitched roof has an apex that extends lengthwise and at least two sections that are separated by a slot extending between the two sections from the upper edge of one of the two panels to the upper edge of the other panel. The slot is positioned transversely to the upper edges of the panels and the apex of the roof. A thin, generally two-dimensional decorative element is disposed in the slot and securely attached to the bird house so that it extends vertically above the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Forest Time Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Will Niskanen, Randy R. Reinke
  • Patent number: D530047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Inventor: Will Niskanen
  • Patent number: D581105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Will Niskanen
  • Patent number: D696359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Inventor: Will Niskanen