Patents by Inventor Maureen B Reynolds

Maureen B Reynolds 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: 8622604
    Abstract: A mixer for mixing food items and ingredients includes beaters removably attachable to the mixer, and the beaters including arms and mixing blades and extending along and wrapping about the arms and mixing blades of each beater is a heating element, preferably electrical wiring or leads, that is embedded in and covered by a heat conductive material such as ceramic, so that the heating element and the heat conductive material can warm up and bring to room temperature the various food items and ingredients for more efficient and quicker food preparation and processing when the beaters are immersed in or submerged within the items or ingredients and the heating element is actuated for producing heat that conducts through the heat conductive material to the food items and ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Inventors: Steven D Overholt, Maureen B Reynolds
  • Patent number: 8136979
    Abstract: A mixer for mixing food items and ingredients includes beaters removably attachable to the mixer, and the beaters including arms and mixing blades and extending along and wrapping about the arms and mixing blades of each beater is a warming element, preferably electrical wiring or leads, that is embedded in and covered by a heat conductive material such as ceramic, so that the warming element and the heat conductive material can warm up and bring to room temperature the various food items and ingredients for more efficient and quicker food preparation and processing when the beaters are immersed in or submerged within the items or ingredients and the warming element is actuated for producing heat that conducts through the heat conductive material to the food items and ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Maureen B Reynolds