Patents by Inventor Louis Chalfant

Louis Chalfant 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).

  • Patent number: 9339140
    Abstract: A zester having an elongated body with a handle portion at one end and a cutting portion form by a plurality of raised cutting elements at the other end portion. A lower member is moveably mounted on said body beneath said plurality of cutting elements to form a collection chamber. A flexible squeegee is affixed to said lower member to scrape zest material from beneath the cutting elements as the lower member is extended outward from the housing after use of the zester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard S Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: 8944894
    Abstract: An adjustable manual abrasive sharpener having a pair of sharpening slots formed in a frame with opposing abrasive arms being pivotally mounted in each of the sharpening slots. A rod is mounted on the frame for rotatable motion and for linear motion long its axis of rotation from a position at which the rod is locked against rotation to a depressed position whereby the rod may be rotated. The bottom end portion of the rod includes a pinion gear which engages a pair of gear racks which are mounted for movement laterally relative to the axis of rotation of the rod. The pair of gear racks respectively engage slots formed on the bottom of the abrasive arms in each sharpening slot. Rotation of the rod causes movement of the gear racks to adjust each pair of abrasive arms with respect to each other to vary the sharpening angle of the abrasive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard S. Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Publication number: 20140216208
    Abstract: A device and method for manufacture thereof having a one or more cantilevered cutting teeth integrally formed in raised configuration on a flat base fro cutting food items moved along said base. The free end portion is formed by upper and lower etched out portions of the upper end of said cutting teeth to form a cutting edge. The upper surface of the upper cut-out portion of the teeth is situation at a position out contact with food items being cut. A substantially portion of the teeth is coated with a low friction material, except for the cutting edge In a second embodiment one or more domed cutting elements are cut out of base sheet and may include a leading V-shaped cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Richard S. Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Publication number: 20140217215
    Abstract: A device and method for manufacture thereof having a one or more cantilevered cutting teeth integrally formed in raised configuration on a flat base fro cutting food items moved along said base. The free end portion is formed by upper and lower etched out portions of the upper end of said cutting teeth to form a cutting edge. The upper surface of the upper cut-out portion of the teeth is situation at a position out contact with food items being cut. A substantially portion of the teeth is coated with a low friction material, except for the cutting edge In a second embodiment one or more domed cutting elements are cut out of base sheet and may include a leading V-shaped cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Richard S. Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Publication number: 20140209726
    Abstract: A device and method for manufacture thereof having a one or more cantilevered cutting teeth integrally formed in raised configuration on a flat base fro cutting food items moved along said base. The free end portion is formed by upper and lower etched out portions of the upper end of said cutting teeth to form a cutting edge. The upper surface of the upper cut-out portion of the teeth is situation at a position out contact with food items being cut. A substantially portion of the teeth is coated with a low friction material, except for the cutting edge In a second embodiment one or more domed cutting elements are cut out of base sheet and may include a leading V-shaped cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Richard S. Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D715618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc
    Inventors: Richard S. Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D723898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard S. Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D729031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc
    Inventors: Richard S. Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D746656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc
    Inventors: Richard S. Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D769670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard S Smith, Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D799930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D801135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D804272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SMITH'S CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D807725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D829247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D852604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D852605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D852606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant
  • Patent number: D863019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Chalfant, Ricky L. Dukes
  • Patent number: D863921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Smith's Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Chalfant