Patents by Inventor Alan Rupert Welch

Alan Rupert Welch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Knife storage and sharpening apparatus
    Patent number: 8721403
    Abstract: A knife storage and sharpening apparatus including a knife block having a plurality of elongate recesses each for receipt of a different knife and having a recess for receipt of a knife sharpening steel. The apparatus further includes another form of knife sharpening means specifically adapted for receipt in the recess for receipt of the steel. The knife sharpening means can be used to sharpen a knife while it is mounted in the sharpening steel recess. If the knife user prefers to use a sharpening steel, the knife sharpening means may be removed from the knife block to provide storage for the sharpening steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Welch Designs Limited
    Inventor: Alan Rupert Welch
  • Combination of knife block and knife sharpener with guard
    Patent number: 7637803
    Abstract: The combination of a knife storage block and a knife sharpener including a sharpening unit. The combination has a guard extending forwardly from either the knife storage block or the sharpener which in use protects a user's hand while drawing a knife through the sharpening unit. The knife sharpener may be external to the knife block or integral to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Welch Designs Limited
    Inventor: Alan Rupert Welch
  • Combination Of Knife Block And Knife Sharpener With Guard
    Publication number: 20090149120
    Abstract: The combination of a knife storage block and a knife sharpener including a sharpening unit. The combination has a guard extending forwardly from either the knife storage block or the sharpener which in use protects a user's hand while drawing a knife through the sharpening unit. The knife sharpener may be external to the knife block or integral to it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: ROBERT WELCH DESIGNS LIMITED
    Inventor: Alan Rupert Welch
  • Knife Storage And Sharpening Apparatus
    Publication number: 20080173772
    Abstract: A knife storage and sharpening apparatus including a knife block having a plurality of elongate recesses each for receipt of a different knife and having a recess for receipt of a knife sharpening steel. The apparatus further includes another form of knife sharpening means specifically adapted for receipt in the recess for receipt of the steel. The knife sharpening means can be used to sharpen a knife while it is mounted in the sharpening steel recess. If the knife user prefers to use a sharpening steel, the knife sharpening means may be removed from the knife block to provide storage for the sharpening steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: ROBERT WELCH DESIGNS LIMITED
    Inventor: Alan Rupert Welch
  • Flatware display unit
    Patent number: D540066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Welch Designs Limited
    Inventor: Alan Rupert Welch