Patents by Inventor Bruce Ancona

Bruce Ancona 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).

  • Adaptable baking system
    Patent number: 5558237
    Abstract: The baking system disclosed herein employs a wire rack frame which carries, between a pair of parallel side bars, a plurality of transverse bars the ends of which slidably engage the side bars. The spacing between the transverse bars may thus be manually adjusted. The system also involves a plurality of each of several differently sized pans with each of the pans being provided, on opposed sides thereof, with hook means adapted to engage a respective one of the slidable bars. Accordingly, a freely selectable group of pans can be supported on the rack during baking by appropriately spacing the transverse bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Pizza server
    Patent number: 5526569
    Abstract: The server disclosed herein incorporates first and second relatively rigid elements joined by an elongate hinge. The elements are essentially complimentary in shape and each provides a half handle portion and, extending from the half handle portion, a flat half blade portion, the half handle portions and the half blade portions being joined by respective sections of the hinge. The two rigid elements are moveable between a first position in which the blade portions are essentially coplanar, where they can be used to lift a food-stuff such as a slice of pizza from a pan, and a second position in which the blade portions form a shallow V-shape to retain the foodstuff. The elements can be moved from the first position to the second position by a user squeezing the handle portions together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Food preparation utensil
    Patent number: 5520104
    Abstract: The food preparation utensil disclosed herein facilitates both the pressing and slicing of a foodstuff such as cloves of garlic. A first handle member provides a pressing cavity having an apertured or screen-like bottom and a slicing cavity having a series of parallel blades. A second handle member is pivotally joined to the first handle member and provides first and second plunger members for pressing a foodstuff placed in the respective cavity. A cover member is attached to the first handle member between the bottoms of the two cavities and is adapted to selectively close either the pressing apertures or the blades, the side of the cover member facing the first cavity carrying a plurality of pins which can project through and clear the pressing apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Mary J. deGuzman, Craig LaRosa
  • Foodstuff treating device
    Patent number: 5490454
    Abstract: In the device disclosed, a foodstuff is placed in a carrier which can be rotated eccentrically around and over the face of a blade providing a circular cutting track by means of a plunger which is slidable within the carrier and can be gripped by a user to rotate the carrier while exerting pressure on a foodstuff contained in the carrier thereby to work the foodstuff against the cutting track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Edward H. Kilduff
  • Night light
    Patent number: D355497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: American Tack & Hardware Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Jose Padron
  • Combined coasters and holder therefor
    Patent number: D358740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Ancona 2 Designers, Inc.
    Inventors: Jane Ancona, Mary J. Deguzman, Bruce Ancona
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D362150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Mary J. DeGuzman
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D362152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Mary J. DeGuzman, Craig R. LaRosa
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D362989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Mary J. DeGuzman, Craig R. LaRosa
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D363408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Mary J. DeGuzman, Craig R. LaRosa
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D363633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Mary J. DeGuzman, Edward H. Kilduff
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D364067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Mary J. DeGuzman, Craig R. LaRosa
  • Handle for kitchen utensil
    Patent number: D365966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D366589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Spoon
    Patent number: D367406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Spatula
    Patent number: D367591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Ladle
    Patent number: D369727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Brush handle with sprayer
    Patent number: D376262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Kellogg Brush Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Louis Henry
  • Gadget handle
    Patent number: D377135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Mary J. DeGuzman
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D379898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: B. Via International Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Ancona, Jane Ancona, Craig R. LaRosa, Mary Jenine deGuzman