Patents by Inventor Jo-Anne Simard
Jo-Anne Simard 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).
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Publication number: 20230217888Abstract: A litter evacuation door system includes a door opening defined through a side wall portion of a litter tray, a sliding door guide structure surrounding the door opening, a door slidably engaged in the sliding door guide structure, the door is user selectively movable between a closed and open position, a bag engaging collar extending around an exterior side edge of the door opening and configured for engaging the opening edge of a litter collecting bag, the bag engaging collar further defining a bag collar engaging groove for slidably receiving therein the bag collar plate of a disposable litter collecting bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Patent number: 11547234Abstract: The hand tool has a pair of hand tool elements pivotally joined at one distal end thereof. Each hand tool element has an elongated configuration having a handle portion, a tool portion extending distally away from the handle portion, and a concave blade extending sidewardly and oppositely inwardly relative to one another along each tool portion. Furthermore, each hand tool element has a cutting edge along at least one portion of each concave blade, and at least one avocado seed engaging portion located along, and protruding substantially radially distally away from, each concave blade.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Patent number: 11241705Abstract: A fluid measuring and dispensing device comprises a bottle engaging element having a bottom portion configured for removably sealably engaging the mouth of the bottle, a fluid container movably mounted on a top portion of a bottle engaging element and defining a fluid chamber, and a mist spray pump connected to the fluid container and having a fluid input port in fluid communication with the chamber. The fluid container is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the bottle engaging element. When the fluid container is in the first position, the chamber is sealed from the interior of the bottle. And when the fluid container is in the second position, at least one passageway extends throughout a bottom wall of the fluid container and throughout the bottle engaging element respectively, such that the chamber is in fluid communication with the interior of the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Patent number: 11072083Abstract: An adjustable food cutter that allows to cut food having a predetermined thickness into equal portions having a user selected cubic volume. The adjustable food cutter comprises a male cutter element and a female cutter element each having a U-shaped configuration oppositely slidably engaged relative to one another so as to form a telescopic cutter body. The adjustable food cutter further comprises a telescopic handle connected between opposed longitudinal end portions of an upper edge of the telescopic cutter body. The telescopic cutter body and the telescopic handle are cooperatively movable between a retracted and an extended position.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20210038010Abstract: A hand tool for cutting and coring an avocado, and a method of using same. The hand tool comprises a pair of hand tool elements pivotally joined at one distal end thereof. Each hand tool element has an elongated configuration including a handle portion, a tool portion extending distally away from the handle portion, and a concave blade extending sidewardly and oppositally inwardly relative to one another along each tool portion. Furthermore, each hand tool element includes a cutting edge along at least one portion of each concave blade, and at least one avocado seed engaging portion located along, and protruding substantialy radially distally away from, each concave blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20200329948Abstract: A manual dishwasher device comprises a receptacle defining a top opening, a pair of sets of brush bristles each located along opposed inner longitudinal side surfaces of the top opening, with each set having their brush bristles extending oppositely laterally inwardly relative to one another, and a pair of support members extending longitudinally distally from opposed ends of the top opening for support of the device on opposed edge of a sink. The device may have its support members movable between an extended and a retracted position, and the pair of sets of brush bristles removably engaged along the side edges of the top opening. The sets of brush bristles and support members may cooperate to support the receptacle made entirely of flexible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20190329276Abstract: A fluid measuring and dispensing device for use with a bottle containing a fluid. The device comprises a bottle engaging element having a bottom portion configured for removably sealably engaging the mouth of the bottle, a fluid container movably mounted on a top portion of the bottle engaging element and defining a fluid chamber, and a fluid dispensing means connected to the fluid container and having a fluid input port in fluid communication with the chamber. The fluid container is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the bottle engaging element. When the fluid container is in the first position, the chamber is sealed from the interior of the bottle. And when the fluid container is in the second position, at least one passageway extends throughout a bottom wall of the fluid container and throughout the bottle engaging element respectively, such that the chamber is in fluid communication with the interior of the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20190105791Abstract: An adjustable food cutter that allows to cut food having a predetermined thickness into equal portions having a user selected cubic volume. The adjustable food cutter comprises a male cutter element and a female cutter element each having a U-shaped configuration oppositely slidably engaged relative to one another so as to form a telescopic cutter body. The adjustable food cutter further comprises a telescopic handle connected between opposed longitudinal end portions of an upper edge of the telescopic cutter body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20170150849Abstract: A food preparation implement usable by an intended user for pressing and crushing foodstuff, the intended user having a hand, the food preparation implement comprising: a first jaw and a second jaw, the first and second jaws being pivotally attached to each other at a pivot location so as to be movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration; the first jaw including a pressing compartment, the pressing compartment being defined by a pressing wall and a peripheral wall extending therefrom, the pressing wall defining a pressing aperture extending therethrough, the second jaw including a plunger, the plunger being insertable into the pressing compartment when the first and second jaws are in the closed configuration; the first and second jaws also including respectively a first and a second jaw crushing wall, the first and second jaw crushing walls being located substantially opposed to each other and substantially adjacent to each other when the first and second jaws are in the closed configuraType: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Patent number: 7963663Abstract: A lighting system, the lighting system being usable in combination with coloured light sources to create a lighting scheme by providing electrical power to the coloured light sources, the lighting system comprising: at least two lamp modules, each of the lamp modules including a module base and a socket matrix mounted to the module base, each of the socket matrices having a predetermined number of sockets, each of the sockets being able to removably receive at least one of the coloured light sources and transmit electrical power thereto; at least two power transmission lines, each of the power transmission lines being electrically coupled to a respective socket in each of the socket matrices; and a controller for selectively providing the electrical power independently to each of the power transmission lines.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20090027880Abstract: A lighting system, the lighting system being usable in combination with coloured light sources to create a lighting scheme by providing electrical power to the coloured light sources, the lighting system comprising: at least two lamp modules, each of the lamp modules including a module base and a socket matrix mounted to the module base, each of the socket matrices having a predetermined number of sockets, each of the sockets being able to removably receive at least one of the coloured light sources and transmit electrical power thereto; at least two power transmission lines, each of the power transmission lines being electrically coupled to a respective socket in each of the socket matrices; and a controller for selectively providing the electrical power independently to each of the power transmission lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20080121630Abstract: A portable food container for carrying and selectively heating a food article. The portable food container includes a first container section defining a first section outer surface, the container first section including a first section cavity for receiving the food article and a heat source for heating the food article when the food article is received in the first section cavity. The food container further includes a container second section defining a second section outer surface, the container second section including a second section cavity for receiving the food article. The container first and second sections are releasably attachable to each other about the first and second section outer surface so as to be jointly movable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20070227965Abstract: A strainer mountable over the pouring aperture of a cooking vessel includes a straining plate having straining apertures extending therethrough. An attachment flange extends from the plate peripheral edge and defines a flange contacting surface for frictionally contacting the peripheral wall of the vessel so as to generate a frictional force therebetween. The straining plate is made out of a resiliently deformable material so as to allow the straining plate to be stretchable from an unstretched configuration to a stretched configuration. Upon the straining plate being stretched towards the plate stretched configuration, the resilient nature of the straining plate biases the straining plate towards the plate unstretched configuration for exerting a compressive force on the peripheral wall of the vessel and increasing the intensity of the frictional force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Publication number: 20060185177Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a utensil provided with an integral clip device for securing the utensil to a top portion of a generally vertically extending wall defining an inner face and an outer face. The utensil comprises a proximal handle portion, and a distal efficient portion having a back portion defining a first surface and a tab defining a second surface extending generally parallel to said first surface and proximate thereto, whereby the utensil can be secured to the wall with the handle portion extending generally upward, by engaging the wall between the first surface and the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2005Publication date: August 24, 2006Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Patent number: D999263Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard
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Patent number: D1023824Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Inventor: Jo-Anne Simard