Patents by Inventor Todd M. Edmunds

Todd M. Edmunds 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).

  • Stairway lift
    Patent number: 7096998
    Abstract: A combination elevator and stairway may be installed beneath a set of stairs and includes a lift mechanism which raises and lowers a platform or enclosed car and a pivoting stairway. The lift may be hydraulically or electrically actuated and may include a telescoping lift mechanism or scissor mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Todd M. Edmunds
  • Method and apparatus for cutting bread bowl bakery products
    Patent number: 6042864
    Abstract: A machine and method for cutting plugs in the tops of baked products which serve as bread bowls when the plugs are removed. The products are conveyed in successive rows to a cutting station where they are stopped and centered beneath a row of cutters by a centering gate and clamped in place by a clamping gate. The cutters are rotated and lowered in unison to cut cylindrical plugs which remain in place on the bakery products for handling and packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: United Bakery Equipment Co.
    Inventors: Paul M. Bastasch, Todd M. Edmunds, Randyl C. Hanson, Scott Lickteig, Eric Scheier