- Joseph Enterprises
Joseph Enterprises, Inc is a
gadget company, owned byJoseph Pedott and is based inSan Francisco, California . Its two most popular items are The Smart Clapper and theChia Pet .The Smart Clapper, whose slogan is "Clap On! Clap Off!", was
patent ed onJuly 9 ,1986 and first sold to the public onSeptember 1 ,1985 . [U.S. Patent & Trademark Office [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=73608656 Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR)] Retrieved on29 November ,2007 ] The apparatus was used for activatingswitch es in response to different acoustic signals. The Chia Pet was first used onSeptember 8 ,1977 , and aside from its name, the Chia Pet is not a patented invention. The first Chia Pet was the ram, marketed and distributed in 1982.Products marketed by Joseph Enterprises tend to be advertised on television during the
Christmas shopping season.References
External links
* [http://www.chia.com Joseph Enterprises, Inc homepage]
* [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blchia.htm Chia Pet - About.com]
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