Inflated Patents (Class 40/736)
  • Patent number: 10974542
    Abstract: A glitter framed poster board having relatively large size glitter chips. A rectangular frame is laminated onto peripheral regions of a poster board. The rectangular frame includes four strips of paper arranged to form the frame. Each strip is coated on one side to adhere thereto the large size glitter chips that fully cover the strips. Each of the strips preferably has ends shaped into triangular patterns. A pair of diagonals from adjacent triangular patterns are in respective corners of the rectangular frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Royal Consumer Products LLC
    Inventors: Steven A. Schulman, Irina Luca-Baciu
  • Patent number: 10390442
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for attaching a display device to an exterior member in an electronic device are provided. The method includes arranging a tube to be at least partially surrounded by a foldable flexible display device, arranging the flexible display device to be at least partially surrounded by the exterior member, the flexible display device and the exterior member being folded, and inflating the tube by injecting gas into the tube. The flexible display device is attached to inner surfaces of the exterior member by the inflation of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Chul Choi, Ha-Youl Jung
  • Patent number: 9036257
    Abstract: A portable movie screen includes a screen portion and a frame portion surrounding at least part of the periphery of the screen portion. The screen portion has a screen gain greater than about 0.8 and an elasticity greater than an elasticity of the frame portion. The movie screen includes at least one side connected to the front portion and a receiving space defined at least in part by the front portion and the side portion. The receiving space is configured to selectively receive a support body including at least one sealed chamber and movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The frame portion is configured such that when the support body is in the expanded configuration and positioned in the receiving space, the frame portion tensions the screen portion and substantially maintains the screen portion in a desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Open Air Cinema LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Farmer, Marcus J. Clawson
  • Patent number: 7446937
    Abstract: An inflatable structure for viewing video images or projected images, the inflatable structure comprised of a plurality of panels sewn or heat welded together to form a desired shape, the interior of the structure being constructed of a series of honeycomb/baffles or tubes for stability, the inflatable structure having an inlet port in communication with a blower unit for inflation of the structure, the inflatable structure having an outlet port for release of air pressure within the inflatable structure when desired, one face of inflatable structure being formed with a fastening means in order to secure a flexible resilient panel of white pigment or silver pigment or other desired pigment to form a screen onto which the video or projected image is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: Steven M. Poretskin
  • Publication number: 20040003527
    Abstract: A display device includes an inflatable frame which is connected to an inlet valve and an outlet valve so as to inflate the frame within a short period of time. A plurality of and fixtures are connected to the inflatable frame so as to position the inflatable frame. A base board is enclosed by the inflatable frame and a plurality of support members are connected to the base board so as to position light bulbs. A display sheet is sandwiched between the base board and a transparent protection board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventor: Yeong-Nian Suen
  • Patent number: 6322107
    Abstract: An inflatable calendar formed of thin flexible plastic sheet defining when inflated a fourteen-sided polyhedron enclosure comprising opposite top and bottom hexagonal walls and six consecutive trapezoidal upper side walls extending downward from said top wall and six consecutive trapezoidal lower side walls extending upward from said bottom wall, the mutually adjacent edges of all mutually adjacent walls being sealed together, said polyhedron enclosure further comprising a valve for inflating, deflating or maintaining inflated said enclosure, and graphic indicia on said six upper and lower side walls respectively displaying the twelve months of a selected year, where each side wall displays the days of one month.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Alvimar Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Marvin S. Lieberman
  • Patent number: 6318013
    Abstract: A self-sealing, self-standing fluid container for displaying product comprises at least two inflatable cells, each cell comprising an outer and inner layer of fluid impermeable material sealed together by a first seal at the layers' periphery such that the seal between the outer and inner layers defines boundaries of each inflatable cell, and the inner layers of the first and second cells being sealed together by a second seal to form a pair of cells and a pouch between said pair of cells, the pouch having a sealable opening for receiving product for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Dennis Cope
  • Patent number: 5617662
    Abstract: A structure of a display frame including an ornamental object and a frame enclosing the ornamental object so as to decorate the ornamental object. The frame is made from soft and thin sheet material that forms a gas-filled body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Inventor: Juy Hwang