| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 434081000 | VISUAL ART OR CRAFT, ARTISTIC ADORNMENT, OR COLOR TRAINING OR DEMONSTRATION | 75 |
| 20130071816 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING A UNIVERSAL DRESS STYLE LEARNER - This invention presents a universal framework for the discovery, understanding and matching of dress styles. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for building a universal dress style learner is disclosed, said method comprising: learning human skin models; detecting skin using the learned human skin models; collecting a set of dress images worn by a model; computing a set of style features based on the skin detected for at least one subset within the set of dress images; computing a set of clusters on the at least one subset of dress images based on at least one subset of the set of style features; validating the set of clusters for the at least one subset of style features; and computing a set of validated style features and a style basis. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20120225410 | Idea/process of combining a cross stitch / needlepoint / crewl design / pattern with hand painting the cloth / canvas as part of the pattern offered, or as an option, and also as a solution to repair an existing tapestry from stains or any type of damage - The purpose and process of combining cross stitch, needlepoint or crewel patterns with hand painting the cloth or canvas as part of the pattern designed and/or as a repair solution to a damaged tapestry. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20090233259 | Genetic portrait of a person - A method for creation of a genetic portrait of at least one person is provided. The genetic portrait is capable of carrying both the image and genetic information about the person(s). The method comprises a step for producing an image portrait of the person(s) wherein the image portrait includes an image hair zone, a step for obtaining and conditioning hair of the person(s), and a step for preparation and attachment of the conditioned hair to the image hair zone. The attachment can be performed by several means, such as different kinds of glue, described in the specification. An optional step can be provided comprising an incorporating of predeterminedly treated genetic information items of the person(s) into the image portrait. Such genetic information items may include fragments of least one of the following: blood, skin, bone, nail, tooth, and soft tissue. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20110195381 | Association-recognition teaching tool and method - An association-recognition teaching tool and method of use thereof for teaching image recognition among a plurality of substantially functionally unrelated items. The tool includes a first functional item bearing an image thereon and at least one additional functional item whose function is substantially unrelated to the first functional item and wherein the at least one additional functional item bears a substantially identical image as that upon the first functional item, and further wherein the first functional item and the at least one additional functional item are bundled within a single package. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20080268405 | Hygiene training device and method - A training device includes a first marking mechanism adapted to deliver a first colorant to a skin surface, wherein the first colorant is adapted to be washed from the skin surface with a cleaner. The training device may also include a second marking mechanism adapted to deliver a second colorant to the skin surface or a faux marking surface adapted to deliver no ink to the skin surface. The training device may be used as part of a method and/or kit for hand hygiene. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100003644 | Stamp Off - A live, in person, card making and scrapbooking competition does not currently exist. The fact that there are live judges to judge the event also makes this a “new” idea not currently in existence. Contestants will have the opportunity to make handcrafted cards or scrapbook pages through the use of rubber stamping and others techniques, be judged by in-person judging, and winners will receive a prize. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20120034580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMALIZED INTEGRATION OF CREATIVE MOVEMENT, RHYTHM AND EDUCATION - Methods and systems are provided for teaching educational concepts through creative activities such as movement and vocalization. A systematic procedure is provided for lesson structures including (1) students experience a lesson through a first activity involving movement and/or rhythm, (2) students experience a lesson through a second activity involving movement and/or rhythm, (3) student observation and discussion, and (4) creative assessment. These steps may be performed in various orders to adapt to various educational concepts and learning environments. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110151413 | PERCEPTUAL MOTOR DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM - A system is disclosed for developing perceptual motor skills, and more particularly, a system for developing perceptual motor skills through a variety of activities. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20090286209 | Systems and methods for formalized integration of creative movement, rhythm and education - Methods and systems are provided for teaching educational concepts through creative activities such as movement and vocalization. A systematic procedure is provided for lesson structures including (1) students experience a lesson through a first activity involving movement and/or rhythm, (2) students experience a lesson through a second activity involving movement and/or rhythm, (3) student observation and discussion, and (4) creative assessment. These steps maybe performed in various orders to adapt to various educational concepts and learning environments. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20120040314 | Body Ornamentation Design, Customization, and Management System - A body ornamentation design, customization and management system, which may include any combination of a Customer Profile Module, a Tattoo Design Module, a Tattoo Stencil Creation Module, an Artist Portfolio Module, an Administration Module, an Informational Document Module, an FAQ Module, an Advertising Module, a Body Jewelry Module and Legal Module, is provided. The body ornamentation design, customization and management system provides an efficient and effective system for the management of a body ornamentation design business (such as a tattoo shop), as well as an efficient and effective system for allowing a customer to select a body ornamentation design, and for having the body ornamentation design applied to the customer's body. A documentation system is also provided for collecting, organizing and maintaining records relating to the business of a body ornamentation business (such as a tattoo shop). | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120164605 | INTERACTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An interactive learning system and method is provided. The interactive system includes a camera device and an interactive device. The camera device executes a functional operation, and transforms the functional operation into executive information. Then, the camera device transmits the executive information to the interactive device. The interactive device generates guiding information for guiding a user to operate the camera device according to model information of the camera device, and transmits the guiding information to the camera device so as to control the camera device to execute a guiding operation related to the guiding information. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120251983 | SYSTEM, KIT AND/OR METHOD OF DECORATING A PAPERBOARD SHEET - A display system or kit for displaying lights on a paper board product. In one embodiment, the invention can be a display system comprising: sheet of paperboard having a plurality of holes extending from a front surface to a rear surface of the paperboard; a light assembly comprising a string of lights and a controller comprising an internal power source, the string of lights comprising a plurality of light modules arranged in a spaced apart manner along a length of wire, each of the light modules comprising a light portion capable of being alternated between an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state via the controller; and the light portions of the string of lights extending through the holes of the paperboard so as to protrude from the front surface of the paperboard, the wire of the light assembly located adjacent the rear surface of the paperboard. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120077152 | Cellophane cut out kits for optical art - One or more transparent or translucent sheets of cellophane are folded and cuts are made to create symmetric patterns and designs. The cellophane creates diffraction, refraction, interference, and reflection pattern of light that become strikingly visible when viewed under polarized light. The cellophane patterns and designs are placed on top of one another such that the holes in the overlapping sheets cause a variation in the path of light traveling through the layers of the cellophane, creating beautiful and varied optical patterns of light that change with the placement of the layers of cellophane and with variation of the angle of polarized light for a kaleidoscope effect. The cellophane is viewed against the backdrop of a blue sky to provide a source of polarized light. Placing the cellophane on glossy black cardboard brings out the prismatic colors created by light refraction and reflection | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120315604 | KIT FOR DECORATING SNOW - A kit for decorating snow that comprises a plurality of uniquely-colored volumes of particulate matter and a plurality of containers for storing and dispensing the particulate matter. Each container has an opening for dispensing the matter, and the opening can be a plurality of holes, an elongated nozzle, or the like. The particulate matter comprises a non-toxic powderized chalk, and can be provided in any number of colors, including the primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. There is also disclosed a method for using the kit to decorate the snow. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120264087 | Designers' runway fashion party - Designer's Runway Fashion Party kit is a fun party kit that relates to young girls. It is a kit for designing a skirt. The girls are provided with a party kit. The kit is designed so that each girl has full credit for her creation. She also gets to model her creation and talk about her creation on a make believe runway. | 10-18-2012 |
| 434082000 | Sculpture or craft involving manual carving or shaping | 4 |
| 20130137067 | METHOD OF EXPRESSION - A method of expression includes exhibiting a sculpture which embodies a living organism. The sculpture has several different components which are representative of parts and processes which are need to support the life and growth of a living organism. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20110171613 | Sculptigami-manipulative sculpture - A square, flat sheet of flexible, plastic material onto which 12 predetermined, scored fold-lines are administered so that the device can be manipulated and folded to create numerous sculptural forms and shapes, repeatedly. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20090068621 | PAPER CUTTING ACTIVITY KIT - An activity kit including an assembly sheet with a drawing provided thereon and a strip of color paper. The kit further includes instructions instructing a user to cut the strip of color paper into smaller pieces and adhere the cut pieces onto the drawing. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110008757 | STRESS RELIEVER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A stress reliever and method of using it according to certain embodiments of the invention may include a box, a mat, modeling clay, clay modeling tools, and modeling inspiration cards. | 01-13-2011 |
| 434083000 | Shape defined by filament (e.g., string, etc.) | 1 |
| 20100105013 | String dispenser having an adhesive therein - A string dispenser kit is described. The string dispenser kit includes a string dispenser and a peg board. The string dispenser is formed as a string pen having a string storing element, an elongated barrel, and a tip element. The string pen is formed to store string and dispense string through the elongated barrel and from the tip element of the string dispenser. An adhesive substance is contained in the elongated barrel to douse the string. The peg board has a first plate with pegs and a second plate with corresponding holes. The second plate is formed to be positioned over the first plate. Once the string is positioned over the pegs in a desired form and the adhesive substance is dry, the second plate can be removed from the first plate to pull the string from the pegs and maintain the string in the desired form. | 04-29-2010 |
| 434084000 | Color application (e.g., painting, etc.) | 12 |
| 20110195382 | TRANSFERABLE SPIN ART TOY - An activity assembly that is used to transfer an artistic design onto an object. The assembly includes at least one template that can be loaded into a housing. A colorant can be dispensed into the housing. The housing rotates the template and causes the colorant to move about the template to form a design. The template can then be removed from the housing and pressed onto an object such as a shirt. The template transfers the colorant onto the object, so that an artistic design is formed onto the object. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20100040998 | Paint Memorialization Kit - A paint memorialization kit includes a plurality of elongate color identifying elements, each having generally planar front and rear sides and having opposed first and second ends. Each second end includes a tab extending upwardly therefrom for use in identifying the color identifying elements. Each front side first end includes indicia requesting color information, texture information, and brand information of paint received on a respective second end. The kit includes a case having a first area for receiving the color identifying elements and a second area for receiving paint paraphernalia, the first area including partitions for separating the color identifying elements from one another and maintaining the color identifying elements in an upright configuration. The case includes a lid movable to selectively cover and expose the first and second areas. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20090269725 | My jolly family method for enhancing family unity - A method is presented by which a family may publicly or privately express its unity, pride, and enjoyment of each other. A varied selection of ethnic, cultural, and/or generational features typically found in a cross-section of the population of any selected nation or geographic locale are fashioned by a portrait artist and a graphic artist into a collection of family caricatures. A family member, or the consensus of the entire family, selects from among the catalogued caricatures, suitable figures to identify with their own cultural and lifestyle traditions. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100119998 | PAINT COLOR SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A self-contained paint color system and method is described comprising a handled carrying box, at least one container of a base color paint, a plurality of containers containing colored tints, and a “matchbook” styled booklet that incorporates coordinated and matching sheets and self-adhesive stickers. When utilizing this paint color selection system and method, a designer can create and select numerous colors utilizing a single kit. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110287390 | ARTISTS KIT - The present invention concerns itself with systems and methods for getting an image on a surface, such as a wall, in a fast, qualitative, and economical way. The present invention is automating the whole painting and/or printing process by giving users, such as parents or guardians, the option to paint a kids room with cartoon characters for example, by themselves, and save money and time in the process, and be happy with the results. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20100055650 | Teaching model, method of use, and a kit therefor - Teaching models that use luminescent paint to paint inscriptions on the surface of the model which can be read by using black light. By use of the model so modified, the model can be used as a teaching tool in an educational instruction method in which the kinesthetic multiple intelligence of the student is enhanced since the student is in control of the timing of the feedback from the model. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20090317774 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING PERSONALIZED ART - An application for a method and apparatus for creating a work of art includes providing an artistic kit that has a source of a pigment and an applicator. The applicator accepts the pigment and is used to apply the pigment to a unique part of a user's anatomy. The kit includes at least one artistic medium having a pre-printed design on a front side and a location adapted to accept an impression of the unique part of a user's anatomy. The applicator is used to coat the unique part of a user's anatomy with the pigment, then the unique part of a user's anatomy with the pigment is pressed onto the location adapted to accept an impression within the pre-printed design, thereby creating a work of art unique to the user. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100285430 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR APPLYING SPIN-ART TO FABRIC - A system, apparatus, and method for creating designs on an underlying material by spinning a platform on which the material is positioned while applying a coloring agent on the material through an aperture in an upper surface of a casing that houses the spinning platform. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120028224 | METHOD OF CREATING A WORK OF ART - A method of creating a work of art where a plurality of artists, using a selected palette, exchange the work after painting for a selected period of time until completed. Once completed, the painting surfaces are combined to create a single piece. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20090061394 | COLORING SHEET - A coloring sheet including a sheet of paper and a design formed on the sheet of paper. The design is at least partially formed by a pair of parallel, adjacent raised lines, wherein the adjacent raised lines are spaced apart by a distance of less than about ½ inch. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20080220398 | Anticipaintings - The present invention generally relates to a kit and a method for capturing life prints. More particularly, the present invention uses a painted body part to create a body print, whereby at least one shape is positioned around at least one contour of the body print to create a recognizable design. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080199833 | Automatic intuitive painting methodology - An automatic intuitive painting methodology that involves the use of the non-dominant hand, forearm, elbow, palm and knuckles to move paint on a canvas or other substrate, coupled with various rotational and tilting techniques while the paint is still flowable to create a single or multiple substrate work of art. Interpretation of the artwork results may be based on definitions for specific color dominance, as well as interpretation of shapes and images within the artwork. | 08-21-2008 |
| 434085000 | Drawing | 15 |
| 20130084547 | Illuminated Child's Activity Toy - An illuminated child's activity toy in which a housing is provided on which opaque drawing sheets can be mounted. The housing includes an illumination system that can be used to back-light the surfaces of the housing. Using a scraping tool, a child can remove the opaque material from the drawing sheet to reveal the illuminated base and optionally, a design which has been pre-printed on the drawing sheet. The illuminated toy can be viewed using 3D glasses to enhance the visual appearance of the toy. Additionally, the toy can be used as a customized nightlight of the child's own design. A novel child's activity toy is provided. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20120295231 | REALTIME USER GUIDANCE FOR FREEHAND DRAWING - Architecture that guides the freeform drawing of objects by a user to enable the user to produce improved drawings without significant training. As the user draws, the architecture dynamically updates a relevant shadow image proximate (e.g., underlying) the user's strokes. The strokes overlay an evolving shadow image, which shadow image is suggestive of object contours that guide the user during the drawing process. Relevant edge images selected from a large database are automatically blended to construct the shadow image. As the user draws, the strokes are dynamically analyzed using an encoding of overlapping windows for fast matching with the database of images. A top ranked set of matching database edge images are aligned to the drawing, a set of spatially varying weights blend the edge images into the shadow image, and a scoring technique is employed to select the optimum shadow image for display. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20100028838 | Rotatable Drawing Device - A rotatable drawing device intended for children. The top and sides of said device are attached and are formed to accept drawing mediums such as chalk, water or dry erase marker used to color, write and draw upon this device. The top of the drawing device has a recessed portion to hold the drawing medium when not in use. The drawing device rests upon and is attached to a base platform on which it rotates. The drawing unit is spaced above the base platform so that the drawing cylinder may rotate about its center axis. Feet adhered to the bottom of the base hold the invention off the floor. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110212421 | THERMOCHROMATIC INKS, PRINTING METHODS AND KITS - The present invention relates to thermochromatic inks. The present invention provides a toy, wherein the toy includes at least one thermochromatic ink. The present invention provides a pre-printed item, wherein when the temperature of the pre-printed item is changed to particular temperatures, the color of a marking, the color of a drawing, or both, change. The present invention provides an interactive item, wherein the visual appearance of the item is changed by changing the color of at least one of a first or second inks. The present invention provides a drawing device, wherein the position of a substrate and a temperature element are such that a thermochromatic ink does not change color unless sufficient pressure is applied to the substrate effective to deflect the surface of the substrate and bring it temporarily sufficiently more proximate to the temperature element. The present invention provides a smart wand for drawing on a substrate that includes thermochromatic ink. The present invention provides a backlight system. The present invention provides a light box. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120058454 | Sketching Devices having Improved Geometry - An improved sketching device is disclosed having a substantially flat base and a regular grid of at least 20×20 bumps disposed on the base. A bottom of the each of the bumps can be spaced apart from a bottom of an adjacent bump by a first distance comprising between 0.005-5 mm. The raised bumps can be sized and positioned to form a plurality of intersecting grooves. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20090061395 | SEQUENCE DOT CONNECT SHEETS - A drawing sheet assembly including a drawing sheet and a plurality of dots printed on the sheet. The dots have a differing optical property relative to each other. The drawing sheet assembly further includes a sequence guide configured guide a user to connect the dots in a particular sequence such that when a user connects the plurality of dots in accordance with the sequence guide a drawing or part of a drawing is created. | 03-05-2009 |
| 434086000 | Animal or human body model having movable parts | 1 |
| 20110123962 | DYNAMIC FORESHORTENING VISUAL AID DEVICE - An apparatus for a dynamic foreshortening visual aid. A manikin having articulated limbs and a poseable torso and neck is located in space in fixed dynamic natural and unnatural positions for viewing by a comic book artist. Variable orientation connectors are applied between the manikin and a flexible rod and/or between the flexible rod and a base plate or clamp. The manikin is removeably connected to the flexible rod such that various figures are used with a single flexible rod and base plate. A visual aid having multiple manikins that are viewed interacting with each other is also disclosed. | 05-26-2011 |
| 434088000 | Tracing | 6 |
| 20100105014 | Kit With Integral Sketching Device - A kit for guiding a user is drawing a trace includes a sketching device coupled to a paper tablet. The sketching device comprises a first pattern of raised bumps sized and positioned to form a plurality of intersecting grooves along the surface of the sketching device. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20080206721 | Method and Device for a Game and for Drawing with Magnets - Drawing instrument divided into two parts and held together with magnets and a partition between the two parts. One side of the partition is the surface that is drawn upon. Movement of the hand held part will cause a corresponding movement of the tracing part, thereby tracing the drawing on the surface that is drawn upon. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090117523 | Optical hand drawing plate - An optical hand drawing plate includes a body and a backlight module. The body has a concave portion and an input portion corresponding to one side of the concave portion. The backlight module is mounted in the concave portion and includes a light guide plate, a background plate and a light emitting assembly. An insertion space is formed between the light guide plate and the background plate and corresponds to the input portion. Basing on the structure of the present invention, a picture can be inserted in the insert space between the light guide plate and the background plate through the input portion, and a user can directly draw patterns shown on the picture. A light source is provided for the light guide plate via the light emitting assembly, thereby the optical hand drawing plate has a special visual effect. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100129779 | Image Capture and Tracing System and Method - This invention is an image capture device for manually transferring an image from a three dimensional scene or from a two dimensional picture onto paper comprised of a two-paneled foldable transparent clipboard. The clip board includes a first panel equipped with a paper clip and a second panel hinged to the first panel. The image capture device also includes a light box and an erasable pen. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100173268 | PORTABLE TRACING DEVICE - Disclosed is a portable tracing device. The portable tracing device assists in tracing a picture from a picture paper sheet onto a plain paper sheet. The portable tracing device comprises a housing and at least one light source. The housing includes a plurality of panels configured together to define an interior volume thereof. Further, at least one panel of the plurality of panels is cut to configure at least one window to secure at least one light transmissible panel thereon for providing a support to the picture paper sheet and the plain paper sheet. Furthermore, the at least one light source is disposed within the interior volume of the housing. The at least one light source emits a path of light through the at least one light transmissible panel such that the picture of the picture paper sheet is visible onto the plain paper sheet placed thereabove. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20090068622 | LETTER GUIDE SHEET - A drawing sheet assembly including a plurality of drawing sheets, each drawing sheet including sequential instruction indicia. The instruction indicia instructs a user to draw at least part of two pre-writing shapes that cooperate to create a rudimentary drawing. Each drawing sheet further includes a drawing space providing a space in which a user can draw the rudimentary drawing in accordance with the sequential instruction indicia. The plurality of drawing sheets collectively include instruction indicia instructing a user to draw at least part of all nine pre-writing shapes. | 03-12-2009 |
| 434090000 | Grid included in drawing aid or scene viewer | 1 |
| 20080241802 | Device for drawing lines on a sized sheet of paper and maintaining registration of the paper when it has been removed and is being replaced on the device - Improvements in the instruments for drawing lines using grooves providing the presentation of lines that may be drawn by placing a sheet of paper over the presentation and engaging the sheet of paper with the point of a writing tool with sufficient force to press the engaged part of the paper into a selected groove and then moving the writing tool point within the line, depositing pencil lead or ink from the end of the writing tool on the paper that is pressed into the selected groove to form a line on the paper. The improvements include the provision of registration marks on a clipboard which has the presentation of grooves for lines to be drawn on the upper side of the clipboard, the registration marks acting as guidelines for the precise placement of the sheet of paper on which lines are to be drawn and its retention in that placement by a clip attached to the end of the clipboard and engaging the end of the sheet of paper for such retention. This precise placement of the sheet of paper allows a sheet of paper that has had one or more lines drawn on it in the manner noted above to be removed and later replaced on the clipboard in precisely the same location as it had when the line or lines were earlier drawn on it, with the result that any additional lines to be drawn will be in perfect relation to the lines earlier drawn, and the later drawings and the earlier drawings appear to have been made just as if the sheet of paper had not been removed between such drawings. Various shapes of such marks may be employed. Another major improvement is the provision of a turntable as a part of the upper surface of the clipboard, with the presentation of the array of grooves being in the upper surface of the turntable, and the turntable may be rotated under the sheet of paper to allow the drawing of lines at different angles to each other. The amount of rotation of the turntable is limited to a desired amount of arcuate movement, within ranges of 90°, 180°, 270°, or 360°. Another improvement is the ability to use different turntables having different types of arrays of grooves which are easily substituted as desired, not requiring completely different clipboard assemblies. | 10-02-2008 |
| 434091000 | Perspective | 1 |
| 20100092927 | Method and System for Creating True Perspective Drawings and Drawings Created by Same - A method and system for creating perspective drawings on a preferably curved drawing surface. An easel and a drawing surface are provided. The artist securely positions his head at a central point relative to the drawing surface and looks past an edge of the drawing surface at an object to be drawn, thereby creating an illusion of a transparent margin of the drawing surface overlapping the object. The object is then traced onto the transparent margin of the drawing surface. The traced-upon margin is cut off and removed from the drawing surface, thereby creating a new transparent margin. These steps are repeated on the new transparent margin until all of the drawing surface is used. The cut-up pieces of the drawing surface are reassembled to form a complete image. The easel includes structure that allows the artist to position an eye at the center point of the drawing surface. | 04-15-2010 |
| 434093000 | Flower arranging or landscaping | 1 |
| 20120231425 | REAL-TIME VIDEO IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL LANDSCAPING - System, method, and computer program product are provided for using real-time video analysis, such as AR or the like to assist the user of mobile devices with landscape design. Through the use of real-time vision object recognition objects, logos, artwork, products, locations, and other features that can be recognized in the real-time video stream can be matched to data associated with such to assist the user with selecting the proper landscape elements for the area the user wishes to landscape. The proper landscape elements may be based off of several factors regarding the landscape area. These factors include natural characteristics of the area, such as soil type, weather, sun/shade, natural terrain of the area, etc. This invention provides recommended landscape elements for an area, such that the recommended landscape elements have a high rate of success in the area. | 09-13-2012 |
| 434094000 | Hair or wig styling | 3 |
| 20090275001 | HAIR DRESSING AND BEAUTY TECHNIQUE TRAINING DEVICE AND MODEL FOR HAIR DRESSING AND BEAUTY TECHNIQUE TRAINING - It is an object to provide a hair dressing and beauty technique training device by which the presence or absence of twist or angle shift in a horizontal direction when drawn by sandwiching between the fingers is easily found, thus a proper posture for haircutting and winding etc., may be determined by oneself, furthermore the proper posture and stance and positions of hands and scissors etc., so as not to cause twist or angle shift may be acquired and one's habits and what techniques he/she lacks may be determined objectively, thus basic techniques for proper haircutting and winding may be acquired in a short period of time, and moreover when artificial hair runs out, if hair is exchanged for new hair, the head model may be used repeatedly, and thus running costs may be reduced. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100227300 | Head model for hairdressing and beauty training - A human head model for hairdressing and beauty training is disclosed. The head model comprises: a head component having a neck portion; a skin portion covered over the head component; and a plurality of connecting assemblies provided on the neck portion of the head component and the skin portion; wherein the skin portion is fixed to the head component via the plurality of connecting assemblies. The connecting assembly may be a rivet or a snap button. The present invention is of stable structure. For the skin portion and the head model are separate parts, and the head component is reusable, which saves materials and caters for environment protection. Meanwhile, the skin portion is of light weight, and occupies small space, which saves costs of transportation. The head model is adapted for use in haircut practice and also in dressing practice. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100304339 | Method And Apparatus For Teaching Cosmetology - An apparatus and method is provided for teaching cosmetology. The apparatus includes a sensor and a computer-based controller. In operation, the sensor senses a cosmetology student performing a cosmetology operation and generates a sensor signal in response thereto. The controller processes the sensor signal and based thereon generates a control signal for displaying the cosmetology operation in a virtual manner on a video display. | 12-02-2010 |
| 434095000 | Decorative sewing, needlework, weaving, or textile designing | 4 |
| 20100285431 | CROCHETED YARN MODEL ENABLING EASY, QUICK AND UNIFORM HAND KNIT HANDICRAFT PROJECTS - The present invention a crocheted yarn model enabling persons to make easy, quick and uniform hand knit like handicraft projects. Users will be able to make handicraft projects easily and uniformly in a very short period of time without any special skill or expertise. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120009548 | Swatch Organizer System and Method of Creating and Mounting Swatches - A swatch organizer system and method for preparing and mounting swatch samples and labels on a plurality of carriers that are secured onto a holder in a manner to allow the end user to easily evaluate the aesthetic nature of one or more swatch samples. Each carrier provides two surfaces for mounting swatches and/or labels. Mounting strips are provided to aid the end user in cutting, sizing and mounting raw materials such as fabric, paper, leather, etc. in the form of swatch samples onto carriers. Labeling is also provided to allow recording of descriptive information on the reverse of the carrier. Carriers, swatch samples and labels can be easily added, rearranged, removed or reused as desired. Supports design, organization and/or inventory needs with minimal time, effort and skill required by the end user. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20090061396 | Crochet Stitch/Pattern - The present invention relates to a new method for creating crocheted items using a classical crochet hook to form stitches in a new pattern. The pattern produces a visually very attractive surface (on both front and back side) and leads to a specific thickness and density of the produced items which makes them keep their shape very well. The new crocheting method can be applied to a variety of materials producing items especially in the fields of garments and home accessories. The present invention is described in one basic version and two variations. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20120282575 | SYSTEM FOR COMPILING KNITTING/CROCHETING PATTERNS INTO STEPWISE TIME-ADJUSTABLE VOICE AND VISUAL INSTRUCTIONS - A system for authoring knitting, crocheting, weaving patterns and other fiber arts patterns, and for converting those patterns into stepwise voice and visual instructions comprising a hardware architecture and modular software including a database of predefined stitch objects each corresponding to a stitching step or sequence. Each stitch object is linked in the database to a sound bite enunciating that stitch step and to a graphic illustration depicting that stitch step with a written explanation. The software includes an authoring module with a pattern compilation user-interface that allows a user to construct a complete pattern by selecting knitting commands from a menu of predefined commands in the database. Once constructed, the pattern is loaded into a playback module which employs an enunciation engine that speaks the complete pattern step-by-step and a playback user interface that displays a visual depiction and description of each step all at a user defined pace. | 11-08-2012 |
| 434096000 | Design formed of identical or complementary elements | 2 |
| 20100119999 | Visual/Tactile teaching aid and system - A teaching system for the perception enhancement of a user provides pairs of objects for visual and tactile comparison wherein the selection of paired objects provide a significant starting point for the construction of extended teaching aides, tactile forms and systems. The present invention may be combined with a range of text associated with paired forms, and includes a range of contrasting terms and synonyms generally associated with the contrasting and complementary nature of the paired forms. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20080227059 | Educational Aid for Vocabulary and Recognition of Form Spatial Structure and Word Enigma Straws - Disclosed are educational straws having an end portion of a defined shape and the name of said shape displayed on the exterior body of the straw thereby instilling a cognitive recognition of a sequence of letters associated with the shape which will enhance vocabulary, spelling and object spatial recognition for a plurality of defined shapes | 09-18-2008 |
| 434098000 | Color display | 18 |
| 20130084548 | DEVICE TO THREE-DIMENSIONALLY DISPLAY COLORS OF A COLOR MODEL - A device to three-dimensionally display colors of a color model is provided. The device includes a plurality of interconnected top panels. The top panels are arranged in a circle about a central axis to display primary, secondary and tertiary colors of the color model in a predetermined spatial relationship at the top surface of the device. The device further includes a plurality of interconnected side and bottom panels. Left and right surfaces of the side panels, the lower surfaces of the top panels and the upper surfaces of the bottom panels form the side surfaces of the device and display the primary, secondary and tertiary colors of the color model at the side surfaces. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130029296 | EDUCATIONAL METHODS, KITS AND SYSTEMS TO CREATE MEMORABILIA - The invention includes educational methods, processes and kits which result in a memorabilia product having at least one memorabilia page having a complementary designated theme of a defined attraction, and at least one educational component complementary to the designated theme of the defined attraction. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130065201 | Art instruction systems and methods using a border guide - Improved systems and methods using a border guide and/or border guide easel that enables art instruction in a relatively low cost and simple to use manner suitable for group or individual instruction of a relatively sophisticated nature. A scaled border guide preferably labeled with numbers and letters provides a virtual coordinate or reference system that enables artists to locate multiple random points on the surface to be painted. A physical grid or stencil or the like are not used on the artist's surface. The scaled border lines are used to define a virtual grid on the artist's working surface that may be used to indicate reference, points, positions, sizes and shapes for drawing or painting. Art instruction methods allow the teaching of drawing and painting in a more classical and relatively sophisticated style as compared to paint-by-numbers or grid art. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20110097691 | LEARNING METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLOR FORMULAS - A heuristic process for color formula calculation of pigmented shades matched to a target shade, comprising the steps of
| 04-28-2011 |
| 20080299521 | Colour Display System - A colour display system for aiding the selection and combination of colours in colour scheming is described, wherein the system comprises an array ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100196860 | AN EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT APPARATUS - An educational tool for teaching a user, the tool including at least one first member having a plurality of different visual cues, at least one second member associated with the at least one first member, the at least one second member having a plurality of indicia, each indicia corresponding to at least one visual cue on the at least one first member, wherein indicia of the at least one second member are used in increasing levels of difficulty, to trigger the user to associate and identify indicia on the at least one second member with a corresponding visual cue on the at least one first member. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110306021 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure is generally related to the device for displaying samples, which may comprise a first display panel, a lens set apart from the first display panel such that a viewer looking through the lens can obtain a focused image of the first display panel, a first opening in or on the display panel for a first generally planar color sample, said first color sample providing a background color, and a second opening for a second generally planar color sample, a second opening for a second generally planer color sample, said second opening configured to overlay said second color sample on a portion of the first color sample. A viewer can use the foregoing device to simulate the display of certain colors or floor materials for a space. Moreover, the viewer can select a desired color and/or floor material for the actual application to the space. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120021387 | PAINT SET - Provided is a paint set that can allow optimal colors to be easily selected, mixed and arranged and, at the same time, can attain a learning effect about three attributes of colors or a hue circle even during work production. A plurality of chromatic color paints each having a hue are arranged circularly in a storage case to constitute a hue circle. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120082960 | EARLY LEARNING TOOLS AND KITS INCLUDING MANIPULATOR DEVICES FOR ORGANIZED PLAY - Disclosed are manipulator devices for use in learning games, and kits utilizing the same. The manipulator devices my be a substantially elongated and flat body formed of flexible material and at least partially stuffed to resemble a bean bag. The body is adapted to be capable of manipulation between an unfolded position and a folded position, where the folded position conceals an identifiable attribute of the device selected from the group consisting of a number or a symbol. The kits may include three or more manipulator devices each having at least two attributes identifiable by children and allowing them to associate the plurality of devices into subsets according to shared types of these attributes. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20090017425 | Repositionable Color Chips - A color chip for mounting on a color card includes a chip substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a printed area including text disposed on the bottom surface of the chip substrate, and an adhesive coating on the bottom surface of the chip substrate. A color card assembly includes a color card having a front surface, a plurality of color chips mounted to the front surface of the color card, wherein each of the color chips includes a chip substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. An adhesive coating is used to couple the bottom surface of each of the color chips to the color card, and an uncoated portion is disposed in an outer peripheral area between the bottom surface of each of the color chips and the color card, wherein the uncoated portion is not coated with the adhesive coating. | 01-15-2009 |
| 434099000 | Personal appearance or wearing apparel | 8 |
| 434100000 | Cosmetic or nail polish | 8 |
| 20110287391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FACE CHART - A system and method for providing a personalized face chart. A digital image of the subject's face is obtained. A facial region of the digital image is identified. A line drawing is generated based on at least the facial region of the digital image. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20090263766 | STYLING HANDS - The present disclosure provides toy sets which incorporate at least one manikin hand configured to removably secure one or more artificial fingernails so that they can be decorated. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20120178056 | METHOD OF COLORING NAILS AND A NAIL POLISH FORMULATION - Various embodiments of this invention discloses a translucent and colored nail polish glaze, a nail polish base, and a method for combining nail polish base colors with translucent and colored nail polish glazes to create a multiple of different colors and color shades from a minimal number of nail polish base and glaze colors. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20100279256 | ARRAY OF COSMETIC PRODUCT CLUSTERS - An array of cosmetic product clusters designed to help consumers obtain a desired end-look, the array comprising a first cluster comprising cosmetic products corresponding to a first desired end-look and a second cluster comprising cosmetic products corresponding to a second desired end-look. The clusters are adjacent to one another and each cluster comprises at least two cosmetic product segments selected from eye products, lip products, face products, nail products, and cosmetic implements. Within each segment there is at least one individual cosmetic product that is not present in a corresponding segment of any other cluster. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20120178055 | COLOR SPOON - This application relates to a method of allowing customers to personally view cosmetic materials they located on the internet without leaving their homes and more particularly to a colored spoon. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120264088 | MAKEUP PRACTICE BOOK - A makeup practice book includes a three-dimensional model mounted on a bound page of the book, the model including a surface to which a makeup substance may be applied. At least one compartment for holding a makeup substance that may be applied to the surface is provided on a bound page of the book. Each page of one or more bound pages adjacent to the page on which the model is mounted includes a cutout section that is aligned to the model, such that the surface is accessible via the cutout section when the book is open to a page of the adjacent bound pages. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120329011 | Display for Viewing ColorSwatches - Described herein is a color display for cosmetics. The color display has a partially transparent flap with color swatches placed thereon, which allows the user to view a color as it may appear on their body. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20110159463 | DEVICE FOR TREATING HUMAN KERATINOUS MATERIAL - A method of making up human keratinous material, the method including: acquiring at a first location and storing a starting image and/or starting relief of keratinous material; and reproducing on keratinous material of the same type an image for reproduction and/or relief for reproduction corresponding to the starting image and/or relief, possibly after performing processing, the image and/or relief for reproduction being reproduced at a second location that is different from the first location. | 06-30-2011 |
