Joseph Enterprises
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Christmas items |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California United States North America |
Key people | Joseph Pedott, founder |
| Products | Chia Pet, The Clapper, more... |
Number of employees | 40 (2013) |
| Website | jeiusa.com |
Joseph Enterprises, Inc is a gadget company which is owned by Joseph Pedott and based in San Francisco, California, United States, North America.[1] Its two most popular products are The Clapper and the Chia Pet.[citation needed]
History
The Clapper, whose slogan is "Clap On! Clap Off!", was first sold to the public on September 1, 1985. A trademark was filed on the brand name "Clapper" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on July 9, 1966[2] A design patent was applied for on November 13, 1985 which was issued as D299127 on December 27, 1988.[3] The apparatus was used for activating switches in response to different acoustic signals.
The Chia Pet was first used on September 8, 1977, and although its name is trademarked, the Chia Pet is not a patented invention. The first Chia Pet was the ram, marketed and distributed in 1977 although the trademark was not applied for until 1998.[4]
Products marketed by Joseph Enterprises tend to be advertised on television during the Christmas shopping season, and therefore they are marketed as gifts.[5][6]
Products
- Chia Pet
- The Clapper
- Smart Clapper
- Clapper Plus
- Classic Pen Set
- Creosote Sweeping Log
- Ignite-O
- The 'Ove' Glove
- Garden Claw
- Pogo Whisk
Discontinued items
- VCR Co-Pilot (known in the UK as Video Co-Pilot)
- Confidence
- Mandle Candle (available only in the UK)
References
- ^ Postal address on official JEI contact page http://www.jeiusa.com/index.php/contact-jeiusa
- ^ U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR). Retrieved on 2007-11-29 from http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=73608656.
- ^ U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database. Retrieved on 2010-08-31 from http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=3&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D299127&OS=D299127&RS=D299127.
- ^ U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR). Retrieved on 2010-08-31 from http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75584901.
- ^ Promotional Chia pet article http://www.commdiginews.com/entertainment/chia-pets-the-perfect-green-pc-christmas-gift-31704/
- ^ Chia pet advertisement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY7qQFij_M
External links
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