please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information . please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message joseph enterprises inc. type private 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 two of their most popular products are the clapper and the chia pet . 2 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 discontinued items 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 4 a design patent was applied for on november 13 1985 which was issued as d299127 on december 27 1988 . 5 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 . 6 products marketed by joseph enterprises tend to be advertised on television during the christmas shopping season and therefore they are marketed as gifts . 7 8 products edit 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 edit vcr co pilot known in the uk as video co pilot confidence mandle candle available only in the uk references edit postal address on official jei contact page http www.jeiusa.com index.php contact jeiusa llc dwell april 2004 . joe pedott joseph enterprises . 4 . dwell llc . pp. 140 . key stephen . the success behind chia pet the clapper & the ove glove . what s the secret . all business . 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 edit joseph enterprises inc homepage chia pet about.com this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title joseph enterprises & oldid 742023833 categories companies based in californiaunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2009all articles needing additional referencesarticles with peacock terms from december 2009all articles with peacock termsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 05 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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