Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Gerald Kraai
  • Detachable power supply apparatus
    Patent number: 6607391
    Abstract: A detachable power supply apparatus for use with electrical appliances including removable temperature control devices includes a mounting panel on the temperature control device to which an electrical connector on a power supply cord is magnetically and electrically coupled. The mounting panel includes a ferrous contact plate attached to an outer surface thereof between a pair of conductive pins. The power supply cord includes a female electrical receptacle with a magnet subassembly attached at or near an outer surface thereof. The receptacle may be removably coupled to the mounting panel by positioning the receptacle outer surface adjacent the mounting panel contact plate. The magnet subassembly is designed to allow the receptacle to withstand a preselected tensile or pulling force and a preselected shearing or lateral force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Innovation IP Holding Co.
    Inventors: Lewis A. Mendelson, Blaise M. Wooderson
  • Trivet
    Patent number: D479093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Trivet
    Patent number: D479094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Banana hanger
    Patent number: D479098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Banana hanger
    Patent number: D479099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Napkin holder
    Patent number: D479100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Napkin holder
    Patent number: D479101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Trivet
    Patent number: D479433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Napkin holder
    Patent number: D479443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona
  • Trivet
    Patent number: D479783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: J.P. Products, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Bruce Ancona