IP Library Granted Patent US 11,851,245
Granted Patent B1
US 11,851,245 · App. 17/362,381 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Stuffed stocking system and method

Inventors: Alex Wittmann Phillips (Mukilteo, WA); Karen Jody Mahood (Mukilteo, WA)
B65D33/2541A47G33/00B65D33/004B65D33/105B65D33/14B65D2203/02G06F3/14
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Patent No.
US 11,851,245
App. No.
17/362,381
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

An apparatus includes a receptacle configured to hold contents in a defined cavity, a device configured to fasten and secure the contents within the receptacle, and a tag configured to attach from a first attachment point on the receptacle to a second attachment point on the receptacle after the contents are placed within the receptacle.

Claims (24)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a receptacle configured to hold contents in a defined cavity;

a zipper to fasten and secure the contents within the receptacle; and

a tag configured to attach from a first attachment point on the receptacle to a second attachment point on the receptacle after the contents are placed within the receptacle, wherein

the first attachment point comprises a zipper pull associated with the zipper, and the second attachment point comprises a hanging loop to hang the apparatus, the tag securing the zipper pull to the hanging loop after the contents are placed in the receptacle, the zipper is sewn in a first end of the receptacle, and the recipient unsecures the tag from one of the zipper pull and the hanging loop and a remote viewing event for an opening of the receptacle begins.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tag comprises a message to a recipient of the receptacle, the message indicating a time to open the receptacle.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a Christmas stocking.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a handle sewn to a longitudinal side of the receptacle.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a first computing device to transmit information associated with the remote viewing event to a second computing device, the information comprising at least one of video, audio, and data.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second computing device receives the information associated with the remote viewing event and displays the information on a display.

7. A holiday stocking, comprising:

a receptacle configured to hold contents in a defined cavity;

a zipper sewn to a first end of the receptacle and configured to fasten and secure the contents within the receptacle;

a handle sewn to a longitudinal side of the receptacle; and

a tag configured to attach from a first attachment point on the receptacle to a second attachment point on the receptacle after the contents are placed within the receptacle, the tag comprising a message to a recipient of the receptacle, the message indicating a time to open the receptacle, the first attachment point comprising a zipper pull associated with the zipper, and the second attachment point comprising a hanging loop to hang the apparatus, the tag securing the zipper pull to the hanging loop after the contents are placed in the receptacle, wherein

the recipient unsecures the tag from one of the zipper pull and the hanging loop and a remote viewing event for an opening of the receptacle begins.

8. The holiday stocking of claim 7 , further comprising a first computing device to transmit information associated with the remote viewing event to a second computing device, the information comprising at least one of video, audio, and data.

9. The holiday stocking of claim 8 , wherein the second computing device receives the information associated with the remote viewing event and displays the information on a display.

10. The holiday stocking of claim 8 , wherein the second computing device receives the information associated with the remote viewing event and displays the information on a display in realtime.

11. The holiday stocking of claim 7 , wherein a computing device sewn into the receptacle determines a current time and compares the time to open the receptacle with the current time.

12. The holiday stocking of claim 11 , wherein the computing device prevents the zipper from opening the receptacle based on the current time.

13. The holiday stocking of claim 11 , wherein the computing device allows the zipper to open the receptacle when the current time is after the time to open the receptacle.

14. The holiday stocking of claim 7 , wherein a computing device is sewn into the receptacle, determines a pull of the zipper using input received by the computing device, and determines a current time and compares the time to open the receptacle with the current time.

15. The holiday stocking of claim 14 , wherein the computing device comprises a first computing device, and the first computing device transmits information associated with a remote viewing event to a second computing device, the information comprising at least one of video, audio, and data for an opening of the receptacle.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63049469 · Jul 8, 2020
Cited By (1)
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