Patents Assigned to Faultless Starch/ Bon Ami Company
  • Patent number: 10225980
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hand tool that includes an implement, a tang extending from the implement, and a handle secured tot the tang. The handle includes an opposing surface facing away from the implement, and a portion of the tang is configured to engage a portion of the opposing surface to mechanically lock the handle and tang together. The present invention is also directed to a multi-blade garden transplanter tool that includes at least three blades extending outward along a center axis from a free end to a handle end, and a handle is secured to the handle end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Pope, Scott Wayland
  • Patent number: 10201124
    Abstract: A nut gatherer device includes a cage formed by a plurality of wires and a pair of hubs. Each hub includes first and second annular sets of spaced teeth, with portions of the wires secured in the radially-aligned spaces. In use, the wire cage is rolled on the ground into contact with a bulky object, such as a nut, so that the object forces the wires to separate and permit the nut to pass into the cage where it is retained until emptying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Pope, Huang-Mo Hsieh, Huang-Lung Lin
  • Patent number: 9736972
    Abstract: A weed extraction tool includes an actuator having two parallel blades formed from a single piece bent into a u-shape. The blades have serrated leading edges and a deep notch in the upper third of the blade trisection above the serrations to facilitate extraction of undesired plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventor: Stephen M. Pope
  • Publication number: 20170000029
    Abstract: A nut gatherer device includes a cage formed by a plurality of wires and a pair of hubs. Each hub includes first and second annular sets of spaced teeth, with portions of the wires secured in the radially-aligned spaces. In use, the wire cage is rolled on the ground into contact with a bulky object, such as a nut, so that the object forces the wires to separate and permit the nut to pass into the cage where it is retained until emptying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: STEPHEN M. POPE, HUANG-MO HSIEH, HUANG-LUNG LIN
  • Publication number: 20160324060
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hand tool that includes an implement, a tang extending from the implement, and a handle secured tot the tang. The handle includes an opposing surface facing away from the implement, and a portion of the tang is configured to engage a portion of the opposing surface to mechanically lock the handle and tang together. The present invention is also directed to a multi-blade garden transplanter tool that includes at least three blades extending outward along a center axis from a free end to a handle end, and a handle is secured to the handle end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: STEPHEN M. POPE, SCOTT WAYLAND
  • Patent number: 9445545
    Abstract: A nut gatherer device includes a cage formed by a plurality of wires. Each of the wires has a bowed middle segment and two straight end portions. Opposite end portions of the wires are secured within opposed hubs, each hub including first and second annular sets of spaced teeth, with the end portions of the wires secured in the radially-aligned spaces. A retainer affixed to the hub secures the wires between. A compressible washer between the wires and the retainer provides further securement and vibration dampening. An axle aperture in the hubs allows the cage to be rotatably attached to a handle. In use, the wire cage is rolled on the ground into contact with a bulky object, such as a nut, so that the object forces the wires to separate and permit the nut to pass into the cage where it is retained until emptying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Pope, Huang-Mo Hsieh, Huang-Lung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140161574
    Abstract: A nut gatherer device includes a cage formed by a plurality of wires. Each of the wires has a bowed middle segment and two straight end portions. Opposite end portions of the wires are secured within opposed hubs, each hub including first and second annular sets of spaced teeth, with the end portions of the wires secured in the radially-aligned spaces. A retainer affixed to the hub secures the wires between. A compressible washer between the wires and the retainer provides further securement and vibration dampening. An axle aperture in the hubs allows the cage to be rotatably attached to a handle. In use, the wire cage is rolled on the ground into contact with a bulky object, such as a nut, so that the object forces the wires to separate and permit the nut to pass into the cage where it is retained until emptying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: FAULTLESS STARCH - BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Pope, Huang-Mo Hsieh, Huang-Lung Lin
  • Patent number: 7708137
    Abstract: A candle box for storing individual candles and candle accessories. The box includes a housing with a top opening, a tray for storing candle accessories that fits within the top opening of the housing, and a slidable lid for covering the tray. The housing has a bottom and four side walls that define the top opening. The tray has a bottom integral with four tray side walls that, when placed within the opening of the housing, engage the interior surface of housing side walls to create an airtight enclosure. The lid has a top cover and three side walls, two of which are adapted to slidably engage any two opposing side walls of the tray. The top cover includes a snap-lock for engaging one of tray walls when the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Faultless Starch-Bon Ami Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Rowley, Jr., Catherine A. O'Kane
  • Patent number: D579738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Faultless Starch/ Bon Ami Company
    Inventor: Christopher Karczewski
  • Patent number: D723888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company
    Inventor: Stephen M. Pope
  • Patent number: D765235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: Catherine Ann O'Kane, Joseph Michael Rowley, Jr.
  • Patent number: D765825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: Catherine Ann O'Kane, Joseph Michael Rowley, Jr.
  • Patent number: D827089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FAULTLESS STARCH/BON AMI COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Pope, Scott L. Wayland