Pancake Turner, Ice Cube Remover, Or Cake Server Type Patents (Class 294/7)
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Patent number: 11905081Abstract: A delivery pizza may include a pizza box and pizza disposed therein. A toy container may be disposed in a gap of the pizza region between the pizza and adjacent sidewalls of the pizza box. In another embodiment, a toy partition member may be used to separate the toy from the pizza. A toy container may be configured to be supported by an in-store pizza on a pizza tray. A board game delivery device may alternatively be included in the pizza box to include a board game delivery device to enable a board game and accessory pieces therefor to be delivered to a consumer of the pizza. The board game may be positioned beneath the pizza, and game accessories may be disposed in storage regions defined by the board game delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Pizza Happy, LLCInventor: Nikitas Tsoukalis
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Patent number: 11882864Abstract: A sheet-shaped cooked rice forming jig includes: a forming frame for forming a sheet-shaped cooked rice, the sheet-shaped cooked rice being formed by packing a cooked rice in the forming frame; and a leveling spatula for leveling the cooked rice packed in the forming frame into a sheet shape. The forming frame is a flat-plate-like member having a predetermined thickness where upper and lower surfaces of the forming frame are formed into a flat surface. The forming frame is formed in a window shape in an endless manner so as to form a cooked rice packing portion in a penetrating manner inside the forming frame. The cooked rice is packed into the cooked rice packing portion, and the leveling spatula is formed of: a grip portion; and a spatula body portion extending from a distal end of the grip portion and having a flat shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: POTAMA CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsuaki Kiyokawa
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Patent number: 11771266Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved spatula device. The improved spatula device is designed to be placed in a baking pan before baking a food item, and is used to remove a first piece of a baked product or any other food item easily and conveniently from the baking pan, without damaging or disturbing other food items. The device includes a spatula portion, an elongated handle attached to the top edge of the spatula portion, and a flat and planar working end in the form of a planar surface extending perpendicularly from the bottom edge of the spatula portion. A piece of the baked batter or food item can be lifted easily, without disturbing nearby pieces, by lifting the improved spatula device using the handle. The improved spatula device can be used with any oven and any pan in which a batter, such as a cake batter, brownie batter or cookie batter is poured into the baking pan.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Warren Larson
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Patent number: 10398261Abstract: A spatula, comprising: a blade portion, having a blade surface and a sidewall protruding from the blade surface; a shaft portion, connected to a sidewall of the blade portion along a first extension axis. Wherein an orthographic projection of the first extension axis does not pass through a center of the blade surface, and thus operation of the spatula is more ergonomic and can solve problems encountered when using a conventional spatula that is easier to result in shoulder discomfort and sore muscles.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Byondy Inc.Inventor: Jung-Chau Li
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Patent number: 10085456Abstract: A device for cutting a food product such as a cake, tart, gelatin, pie or the like having a preferably circular form, but not necessarily, the device comprising a cutting structure formed by blades in the shape of the slice or piece to be cut; a grip or handle to hold and manipulate the device and a system for defining the size of the slice and also for controlling the holding and releasing of a freshly cut slice. The device further allows the user to choose the amount of slices into which the cake is to be split and displays the number of slices selected.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Inventor: Miguel Angel Avila Macias
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Patent number: 10076212Abstract: A kitchen utensil is described which provides the functions of food tongs and a spatula in one device. The single utensil gives the user the ability to hold a food item with the utensil, which may be hot or difficult to hold with one hand, and to be able to pick it up, flip or move it to a serving dish or tray due to a hammock configuration provided at distal ends of a pair of tong arms.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: ENHANCE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventors: Andrew John Ulseth, Trevor John Lambert
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Patent number: 9995046Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drywall tool including a scraping portion having an outwardly curved front portion extending between parallel side edge portions and a support member joined to the scraping portion by at least one fillet. The scraping portion may also be flexible to conform to the inner wall and resilient enough to prevent bending of the scraping portion around hardened putty or other materials attached to the inner wall of the bucket. The fillet may also provide a smooth connection to facilitate cleaning of the drywall tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: BUDDY TOOLS, LLCInventor: Ronald J. Morton
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Patent number: 9820612Abstract: A barbeque grill scraper and related methods of use that utilize a scraping end formed of a heat-responsive material to remove char and other debris from the grilling surface. The grill scraper includes a conformable scraping edge formed of the heat-responsive material. As the conformable scraping edge is drawn back and forth along the heated grilling surface, a combination of pressure applied by a user as well as the heat of the grill surface results in the formation of individual grooves along the conformable scraping edge, wherein each groove is formed to match an upper profile of the grilling surface. Over time, the grooves fully conform to the upper profile of the grilling surface such that an entire cooking surface can be scraped clean of char and debris.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: THOMPSON BROTHERS & COMPANY, LLCInventors: Nathan A. Thompson, Joshua J. Thompson, Jason S. Thompson
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Patent number: 9701030Abstract: The kitchen utensil provides the consumer a unique method for cutting a sandwich, which includes perforating or a complete and clean cut. The kitchen utensil while upright with the top portion resting in the palm of the consumer's hand with downward pressure being applied and rocked from end to end will push the bottom portion made up of the kitchen utensil blade or cutting side consisting of both comb like teeth in the center and wide blades on either end through the sandwich. The sandwich after being perforated will maintain its traditional square or rectangular shape so the consumer can place and remove the sandwich in and out of a sandwich bag.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Inventor: Paul Brendan Hodges
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Patent number: 9320392Abstract: A utensil for other use in the kitchen or similar venues configured with two side portions and a flexible middle portion formed to bend away from the adjacent side portions. The utensil includes a handle and at least one finger tab extending above and below the middle portion that allow the user to push the middle portion above or below the adjacent side portions and to lock utensil in an open position. The side and middle portions may be configured as a plurality of fork tines or the side and middle portions may be configured as substantially square (rectangular) supports resembling a spatula. Alternatively, the utensil is configured as two separate “L” shaped portions. The combination of the handle, the finger tabs and relatively movable portions allow a user of the utensil to grip food or other items with the utensil.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Inventor: Andre Aghamalian
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Patent number: 9301649Abstract: A sharpened edge spatula device facilitates food preparation and serving by providing a spatula device having a sharpened edge. The device includes a handle and a head coupled to and extending from the handle. The head has a first edge, a second edge, and a pair of side edges extending between the first edge and the second edge. The side edges taper extending from the first edge to the second edge and the first edge is sharpened.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Inventor: Laerte X. Costa
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Publication number: 20150097387Abstract: An adjustable kitchen utensil includes a first component having a first handle portion, and a first serving portion attached to the first handle portion by a first connecting portion. An embodiment of the adjustable kitchen utensil includes a second component having a second handle portion, and a second serving portion attached to the second handle portion by a second connecting portion. This embodiment has an attachment mechanism for attaching the first and second components. The attachment mechanism permits adjustment of the size of a serving surface of the attached first and second serving portions. An alternate embodiment includes a removable handle subassembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Garry Sarver, Erin Hughes
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Publication number: 20150093480Abstract: A barbecue utensil having a hollow cylindrical handle with a plunger access opening along the back side of the handle; food handling means removably attachable by an adapter to the bottom end of the handle; and a fluid syringe having a plunger at a top end and a fluid outlet at a bottom end, the syringe reversibly insertable into the bottom end of the handle, wherein the fluid outlet is reversibly connectable to the top end of the food handling means, which may be a fork, basting brush or spatula, for discharge of a fluid seasoning from a syringe into or onto a food item. A food thermometer or grill cleaning brush may also be attached to the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventor: Troy Biever
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Patent number: 8973194Abstract: A food skewer tool for removal of a food article from a skewer includes a flat elongated main body having a head portion disposed at a first end and a handle portion disposed at a second end opposite of the first end. The head portion and the handle portion are generally co-planar with one another. The tool further includes a notch extending inward into the head portion of the main body. The tool optionally includes a grip covering at least part of the handle portion of the main body. The tool further optionally includes an accessory disposed at the second end.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Edison Nation, LLCInventors: Matt Caughey, Scott Gary Dromms, Geoffrey R. Koch, Hongyuan Han, Jeffrey G. Ahearn, David A. Katzen, Alan A. Krushinskie
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Patent number: 8746765Abstract: Extendable implements include a handle and functional end that extends or retracts therefrom through a release. The handle and functional end are configured to provide user-implement synergy or ergonomics that account for typical hand grips and extension functionality together. Synergistic or ergonomic features can include any combination of positioning the release to avoid a strong grip on an extended implement, configuring the release to require definite voluntary actuation, extension and retraction of the functional end with a single hand not contacting the functional end, a deep handle molded to a forceful open grip, a functional end dimensioned to prevent deflection or breaking during extended typical use, a functional end dimensioned and a release configured to provide reliable extension, retraction, and/or locking of functional end, etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Inventor: Masoud Mafi
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Publication number: 20140070555Abstract: A spatula having an elongated supporting core enveloped by a unitary molded plastic cover. The core has a longitudinally extending handle portion, terminating at a forward end thereof in a generally flat portion. The cover includes a generally flat blade disposed over and extending outwardly from the flat portion of the core, and a handle which envelops and extends from the handle portion of the core. The handle of the cover meets the blade at a narrow neck. The core is preferably made of a stiff thermally insulating material, while the cover is preferably made of silicone rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventor: Samantha Rose
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Publication number: 20130341334Abstract: A cooking utensil includes a handle having a proximal end and a distal end, a shaft having a first end in contact with the proximal end of the handle and a second end distal to the first end, the second end including a food contact implement. The proximal end of the handle includes a first and a second foot. The distal end of the handle includes a third foot. The first, second, and third foot are configured to elevate the handle from a surface and maintain the food contact implement in an elevated position when the cooking utensil is placed on the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Identity Works, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan J. Barth, Thomas P. Hanchette
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Patent number: 8469419Abstract: A device for retrieving objects from a grill or an oven. The device uses selectively retractable claws lift the object from the grill grate or oven rack and remove it. The claws retract when they come in contact with a cross beam and re-extend in the intervals between. They are arranged to ensure that enough craws are extended at any given time to support the object being removed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Inventor: John Archer Chapin
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Patent number: 8348316Abstract: Cooking tongs comprise a flat slice portion (1) and a dished portion (2) mounted on elongate arms (3, 4) with a spring hinge (5) therebetween biasing the portions to a spaced apart position. The dished portion comprises a forward edge which is substantially straight, when viewed in plan, a concave part (9) adapted to accommodate the yolk portion of a frying egg, and a periphery (8) around said concave part lying in a single plane. The portions are mounted on the respective arms in such a manner as to permit the flat surface to engage the flat slice portion uniformly when the portions are pressed together, whereby to engage the white of said egg around the yolk, in use.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Inventor: Barry E. Hemmings
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Patent number: 8328253Abstract: A heat shield having at least one shield portion, a grip having a proximal end and a distal end, and a collar located proximal of the grip and adapted to receive the shaft of a tool is provided herein. The at least one shield portion is rotatable with respect to the grip and may be weighted such that it remains pointing downward when the grip portion is rotated about a longitudinal axis therethrough. The at least one shield portion may include a main shield and at least one secondary shield rotatably connected to the main shield. The heat shield may also be provided as part of a cooking tool having a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end and a cooking element attached at the distal end of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Inventor: Michael Wales
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Publication number: 20120297548Abstract: The present invention relates, in one aspect, to a cooking utensil including a functional member configured to engage a food item and a handle member extending from the functional member for gripping the utensil and for moving the functional member. The functional member includes a blade having a pair of opposite surfaces meeting at a pair of opposite lateral edges, one of the lateral edges being sharpened to form a cutting edge and the other one of the lateral edges including prongs and at least one of the planar surfaces having one or more recesses that do not pass entirely through the blade. In a preferred form, the one or more recesses include one or more concave depressions in the at least one of the planar surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: MCPHERSON'S LIMITEDInventor: Clive Solari
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Publication number: 20120263918Abstract: Provided is an injection-moulded article made up of a thermoplastic polymer material comprising a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) matrix, and at least one pigment and at least one nucleating agent dispersed in said PET matrix. The thermoplastic polymer material comprises no more than 5 wt % of mineral filler relative to the total weight of the article, and the article has a variable thickness ranging from 0.2 mm to 10 mm, at least two adjacent areas having a difference in thickness of at least 10%. A method for producing such an article is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: SEB SAInventors: Pascal Cuillery, Michel Demolis, Eric Genthon
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Patent number: 8235435Abstract: A handle for a kitchen utensil or the like includes a hand gripping section having a rearward push/pull valley with a varying, substantially elliptical cross-section that forms a floor, a push slope tapering up and forward from the floor, and a pull slope tapering up and back from the floor. The radial cross-sectional area of an end of the pull slope and a radial cross-sectional area of an end of the push slope each are substantially larger than a radial cross-sectional area of the floor. The handle section further includes a ring stop section disposed forward of the push/pull valley with one or more concentric rings extending above a surface of the handle member. The kitchen utensil includes a blade mating section disposed forward of the handle section and configured to receive a blade.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Le Creuset SASInventors: Alexander Colin Campbell, Louis F. Genatossio, Michael Edward Caine
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Publication number: 20120119527Abstract: The present invention is a barbeque grilling utensil that includes a shaft body, an internal shaft that is placed internally within the shaft body, an L-shaped actuation lever to movably secure the actuation lever to the shaft body and a spatula portion that is disposed on the shaft body that is controlled by the actuation lever. The barbeque grilling utensil also includes a handle that is disposed on the shaft body and is squeezed together with the actuation lever to control and operate the spatula portion, an internal spring that is integral to the pin to pivot joint and a pair of serrated contact blades that are disposed on one or more sides of the spatula portion that is integral to the pin to pivot joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Jeffery Dale Deitemeyer, Rosario Biunno
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Publication number: 20120049549Abstract: Cooking tongs comprise a flat slice portion (1) and a dished portion (2) mounted on elongate arms (3, 4) with a spring hinge (5) therebetween biasing the portions to a spaced apart position. The dished portion comprises a forward edge which is substantially straight, when viewed in plan, a concave part (9) adapted to accommodate the yolk portion of a frying egg, and a periphery (8) around said concave part lying in a single plane. The portions are mounted on the respective arms in such a manner as to permit the flat surface to engage the flat slice portion uniformly when the portions are pressed together, whereby to engage the white of said egg around the yolk, in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventor: Barry E. Hemmings
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Publication number: 20110187137Abstract: A heat shield having at least one shield portion, a grip having a proximal end and a distal end, and a collar located proximal of said grip and adapted to receive the shaft of a tool is provided herein. The at least one shield portion is rotatable with respect to the grip and may be weighted such that it remains pointing downward when the grip portion is rotated about a longitudinal axis therethrough. The at least one shield portion may include a main shield and at least one secondary shield rotatably connected to the main shield. The heat shield may also be provided as part of a cooking tool having a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end and a cooking element attached at the distal end of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventor: Michael Wales
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Patent number: 7934755Abstract: An omelet spatula includes a handle and a body. The body is attached to the handle and includes a surface in the shape of half of a cooking food, having an inner edge and an outer edge that meet at each end. The shape of the spatula allows the user to easily fold the cooking food over itself, for example, as when cooking an omelet. The spatula is configured to remain in the cooking pan, underneath half of the omelet, until the omelet is folded. Also, a cooking method using the spatula is described.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Inventor: Craig Missakian
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Publication number: 20110049918Abstract: A handle for a kitchen utensil or the like includes a hand gripping section having a rearward push/pull valley with a varying, substantially elliptical cross-section that forms a floor, a push slope tapering up and forward from the floor, and a pull slope tapering up and back from the floor. The radial cross-sectional area of an end of the pull slope and a radial cross-sectional area of an end of the push slope each are substantially larger than a radial cross-sectional area of the floor. The handle section further includes a ring stop section disposed forward of the push/pull valley with one or more concentric rings extending above a surface of the handle member. The kitchen utensil includes a blade mating section disposed forward of the handle section and configured to receive a blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Alexander Colin Campbell, Louis F. Genatossio, Michael Edward Caine
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Publication number: 20100236003Abstract: This invention presents a unique multi-use kitchen scraper-spatula that has four distinct edges made of three different materials having three different degrees of hardness or rigidity. This design transforms what is a common kitchen bowl scraper into a much more versatile cooking tool that can be used in the mixing, folding, and scraping of runny batter and sticky dough, the cutting and transfer of dough, as well as the removal of hardened food substance inside a bowl or on the counter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventor: Eric Y. Teng
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Patent number: 7607706Abstract: A pizza peel features a blade and a handle that are pivotally-connected by a fastening arrangement featuring a knob. The handle may be moved between a storage position and a deployed position and may be locked in the selected position by manipulation of the knob. When the handle is in the stored position, the pizza peel may be easily stored.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.Inventors: Chris Cunningham, Paul Christman
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Publication number: 20090123624Abstract: An omelet spatula includes a handle and a body. The body is attached to the handle and includes a surface in the shape of half of a cooking food, having an inner edge and an outer edge that meet at each end. The shape of the spatula allows the user to easily fold the cooking food over itself, for example, as when cooking an omelet. The spatula is configured to remain in the cooking pan, underneath half of the omelet, until the omelet is folded. Also, a cooking method using the spatula is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventor: Craig Missakian
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Publication number: 20080209738Abstract: Improved cooking utensils.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventor: Jeremy S. LAUFER
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Publication number: 20080203747Abstract: A serving utensil including a handle member, manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape. A serving member, manufactured from a second predetermined material and having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined shape, is operably connected to such handle member. The serving member further includes at least one stationary portion operably connected to such handle member at a predetermined location thereon and a plurality of moveable segmented portions operably connected to the stationary portion at one end thereof for allowing the serving member to conform to a predetermined shape of a dish from which food is being removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventor: William C. Stenglein
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Publication number: 20080203746Abstract: A pizza peel features a blade and a handle that are pivotally-connected by a fastening arrangement featuring a knob. The handle may be moved between a storage position and a deployed position and may be locked in the selected position by manipulation of the knob. When the handle is in the stored position, the pizza peel may be easily stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Chris Cunningham, Paul Christman
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Patent number: 7409764Abstract: A utensil for cutting and serving pastry or similar goods has operating handles made in form of tabs similar to ordinary scissors for fitting in operator's fingers, a spatula simultaneously used for cutting pastry or similar goods and holding a sliced piece and rigidly connected to the upper operating handle, blades bent in a form of a frame rigidly connected to the lower operating handle, a pusher for serving a piece of pastry or similar goods to a serving plate and a lever mechanism made in a form of pantograph for moving the pusher.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Inventor: Arshak Sh. Akopyan
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Patent number: 7399016Abstract: A cooking utensil for use with a cooking appliance having a hingedly mounted cover includes a food engaging portion; and a shaft mounted on the food engaging portion and which supports the cover in a given spaced orientation relative to the cooking appliance.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Inventors: William E. Barker, Donald W. Hensley
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Publication number: 20070170733Abstract: A spatula having a handle and a blade extending from the handle. The blade has at least one curved, convex section, along the blade's length. The curved, convex section forms a line that is not aligned with the handle's longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Mathieu Lion, Lucas Bignon
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Patent number: 7182377Abstract: An improved spatula is presented that has a handle shaped to permit easy removal of the contents of condiment containers. The spatula handle possesses a double angled offset such that when held in the hand, the spatula head makes flush contact with the walls of a condiment container.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2003Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Inventor: Frank D. Grundler
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Patent number: 7044518Abstract: A combination pastry support and server is provided by a formed polycarbonate sheet having a rectangular intermediate portion, and integral, trapezoidal flanges extending at an angle of 88° in opposite directions from its respective upper and lower edges. The trapezoidal flanges are tapered in opposite directions, making it possible to use the combination support and server on either exposed face of a partially cut circular cake.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Inventors: Timothy James Lang, Laura Lorraine Lang
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Patent number: 7011015Abstract: The pancake mold includes a scissor assembly with a first arm connected to a second arm by a pivot pin. Both arms have a handle end and a tool end. A mold cavity former is attached to the tool end of the first arm. A spatula is attached to the tool end of the second arm. Moving the handle on the second arm toward the handle on the first arm moves the spatula under the mold cavity former and a partially cooked pancake in the mold cavity former. The scissor assembly is inverted to discharge a partially cooked pancake from the cavity and onto a grill for continued cooking.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2003Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Inventor: Nicole M. Marghella
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Patent number: 6959951Abstract: A lifting tool having a handle connected to a flexible stabilizing member with ends that engage the top surface of a wire rack, and a hook member that extends downwardly from the stabilizing member to engage and receive the wire rack when the stabilizing member is in a compressed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2003Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Inventor: John C. Amodeo
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Publication number: 20040232712Abstract: A spatula turner has a handle defining a spatula axis and a shank extending from the handle. A generally flat spatula blade is connected to the shank and has at least two opposing curved scrapping edges that bow outwardly or are convex and are substantially parallel to the spatula axis. The spatula blade defines a plane of substantial symmetry co-extensive with the spatula axis and extends through the scrapping edges. The blade defines two regions, one region more approximate to the handle and one region more remote from the handle, the more remote region having a thickness in relation to the plane of symmetry that is less than the thickness of the more proximate region and is preferably provided with a chamfered edge to render the more remote region more flexible and suitable for introduction under the food product on a surface of a pan on which it is being prepared.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Jeff Siegel, Adam Krent, David Linn Burnett, William J. Lazaroff, Alison Waite Lincoln
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Publication number: 20040164569Abstract: An improved spatula is presented that has a handle shaped to permit easy removal of the contents of condiment containers. The spatula handle possesses a double angled offset such that when held in the hand, the spatula head makes flush contact with the walls of a condiment container.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventor: Frank D. Grundler
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Patent number: 6746062Abstract: A collapsible spatula for cooking over an open fire or grill which includes a perforated spatula face, a removable handle with retractable supports that can easily be assembled/or disassembled. Options include a collapsible spatula face having a hinge, a nonstick cooking surface, a serrated cooking edge, and a telescopic handle that includes a spring for biasing the rod in an extended state and a detent for maintaining a retracted state.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Inventors: Elizabeth Bielecki, Anthony Bielecki
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Publication number: 20040064952Abstract: A cooking utensil includes a body with a depressed portion, a handle extending from the body in a first direction, and a blade extending from the body in a second direction not parallel to the first direction. The body has a curved leading edge that is continuous with a lateral edge of the blade. The upper boundaries of the depressed portion of the body form a plane that makes a non-zero angle with the plane of the blade. A leading edge of the blade is sharpened to facilitate use of the utensil as a cleaver. In various embodiments, the orientation of the handle with respect to the body is modified in a number of ways to prevent interference with a side wall of a cooking container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Inventor: Andrew J. Armienta
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Publication number: 20040026939Abstract: A combination cooking tool for use when grilling comprises a utensil having a handle with a first and second end, and a tool head extending from the first end of the handle. The utensil is configured to be detachably connected to a second utensil, such that the first utensil and second utensil may be used as a cooking utensil to grasp and manipulate food or other objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Kenneth Jordan, Scott Dobias, Ryan Neal, Richard Harris
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Publication number: 20040026940Abstract: An interlocking cooking tool for use when grilling comprises a utensil having a handle with a first and second end, a tool head extending from the first end of the handle, and an interlocking connector extending from the second end of the handle. The utensil is configured to be releasably interlocked with a second utensil configured with an interlocking connector, such that the first utensil and second utensil when interlocked may be used as tongs. A method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventors: Andrew Kahler, Ryan Neal, Scott Dobias, Kenneth Jordan
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Patent number: 6682112Abstract: A compact cooking tool apparatus, comprises a handle having a first end and a second end. The handle is movable between an open position and a closed position. At least one cooking tool is adapted to extend from an end of the handle. The cooking tool is movably fixed to the handle. The handle is adapted to receive the cooking tool therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: W. C. Bradley CompanyInventors: Ryan Neal, Andrew Kahler, Kenneth Jordan, Ken Richied, Rick Nuchols, Mike Rowe
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Patent number: 6676181Abstract: A spatula for removing stuck food items from charcoal grills and liquid propane gas grills. The spatula has a handle and several flexible tines joined thereto. Arc-shaped blades are joined to the free ends of the tines. The arc-shaped blades conform closely to the top and side surfaces of the food supporting rods of a typical grill. When the spatula is used, the blades are slid along the rods to cleanly shear stuck food items from the grill without compromising the integrity of the food item.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2002Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Inventor: Robert P. Greiner
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Publication number: 20030234547Abstract: A collapsible spatula for cooking over an open fire or grill includes a perforated spatula face, a removable handle with retractable supports that can easily be assembled/or disassembled. Options include a collapsible spatula face, a nonstick cooking surface, a serrated cooking edge, and a telescopic handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2002Publication date: December 25, 2003Inventors: Elizabeth Bielecki, Anthony Bielecki