Patents Assigned to Instant Brands Inc.
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Patent number: 11918137Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance comprises a cooker body for receiving food and a lid for covering the cooker body. The cooking appliance has a front side for facilitating cooking operations and a rear side spaced apart from the front side. The cooker body comprises at least one latch slot disposed on an inclined rear side of the cooker body. The lid comprises at least one latch bar disposed on a periphery thereof and extending outwardly therefrom. When the lid is detached from the cooker body, the latch bar is operable to be inserted into the corresponding latch slot to secure the lid at the inclined rear side of the cooker body, allowing a user to secure the lid to the latch slot without reaching a rear side of the cooker body by hand, and to retrieve the food without accidentally contacting the lid.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Yok Chong Chi, Jiwei Wang
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Publication number: 20230218103Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance comprises a cooker body for receiving food and a lid for covering the cooker body. The cooking appliance has a front side for facilitating cooking operations and a rear side spaced apart from the front side. The cooker body comprises at least one latch slot disposed on an inclined rear side of the cooker body. The lid comprises at least one latch bar disposed on a periphery thereof and extending outwardly therefrom. When the lid is detached from the cooker body, the latch bar is operable to be inserted into the corresponding latch slot to secure the lid at the inclined rear side of the cooker body, allowing a user to secure the lid to the latch slot without reaching a rear side of the cooker body by hand, and to retrieve the food without accidentally contacting the lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Yok Chong Chi, Jiwei Wang
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Patent number: 11684207Abstract: An air fryer comprises a main body and a lid assembly. The lid assembly is operable to removably cover the main body. The air fryer comprises a support structure removably assembled to the lid assembly; wherein the support structure is operable to be seated on a working surface for supporting the lid assembly, thereby providing convenient placement of the lid assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: instant Brands Inc.Inventors: YuDe Han, Yi Qin, HuaFeng Li
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Patent number: 11684196Abstract: A pressure cooker comprises a main body, a lid assembly, and an open-prevention assembly disposed on the lid assembly. The main body comprises a cooker rim and a cooker tooth extending therefrom, the open-prevention assembly comprises an open-prevention sliding block and a float device disposed on the lid assembly. With no pressure in the cooking chamber, rotating the lid will cause sliding movements of the open-prevention sliding block. With pressure in the cooking chamber, the float device will rise to prevent the open-prevention sliding block from sliding, thereby preventing the rotation of the lid. The open-prevention assembly comprises a locking sliding block coupled to the open-prevention sliding block. When a forced opening of the lid causes a deformation of the open-prevention sliding block, the locking sliding block lockingly engages the cooker tooth to prevent lid rotation, thereby ensuring safe use of the cooker.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventor: Jiwei Wang
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Patent number: 11659951Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance comprises a cooker body for receiving food and a lid for covering the cooker body. The cooking appliance has a front side for facilitating cooking operations and a rear side spaced apart from the front side. The cooker body comprises at least one latch slot disposed on an inclined rear side of the cooker body. The lid comprises at least one latch bar disposed on a periphery thereof and extending outwardly therefrom. When the lid is detached from the cooker body, the latch bar is operable to be inserted into the corresponding latch slot to secure the lid at the inclined rear side of the cooker body, allowing a user to secure the lid to the latch slot without reaching a rear side of the cooker body by hand, and to retrieve the food without accidentally contacting the lid.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Yok Chong Chi, Jiwei Wang
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Patent number: 11641970Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided. The lid comprises a pressure-limiting valve, a lever, and a button assembly comprising a steam-discharging button and a button seat, the steam-discharging button being fastened to the button seat and being vertically movable for actuating the lever to activate the pressure-limiting valve for steam discharging. The button assembly comprises a guiding rod, the steam-discharging button comprises a heart-shaped groove. A downward movement of the steam-discharging button causes a first end of the guiding rod to slide within the heart-shaped groove. When the steam-discharging button is released, the first end of the guiding rod slides to a position for lockingly engaging with the heart-shaped groove, to keep the steam-discharging button at a steam-discharging position.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Jiwei Wang
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Patent number: 11633063Abstract: An air fryer comprises a main body and a lid assembly. The lid assembly is removable from the main body for placement on a countertop, and comprises a hot air assembly, an outer lid shell covering the hot air assembly, and a support member downwardly extending from the outer lid shell. Upon placing the lid assembly on the countertop, the support member elevates the lid assembly so that the hot air assembly is elevated at a height from the countertop, thereby avoiding burns on the countertop. Upon removal of the lid assembly from the main body, the lid assembly can be supported to the countertop by using a support leg portion of the support member, allowing convenient placement of the lid assembly. The support leg portion elevates the hot air assembly at a predetermined height from the countertop thereby protecting the countertop from burns.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: YuDe Han, Yi Qin, HuaFeng Li
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Patent number: 11633060Abstract: A pressure cooking appliance is provided. The pressure cooking appliance comprises a cooker body and a lid, the lid comprising an upper lid portion, and a lower lid portion lockingly covering the cooker body to form a pressurized cooking chamber therebetween. The upper lid portion covers the lower lid portion from above, and comprises a main lid body and a removable cover, the main lid body comprising an opening portion formed at a central portion of the main lid body for exposing the lower lid portion, the removable cover being removably attachable to the opening portion and operable to expose a portion of the lower lid portion for accelerated cooling of the cooking chamber and speeding up wait time for opening the lid. Further, cooling towel or cooling pack can be placed at the opening portion to help with cooling and allow food to be enjoyed sooner.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Jiwei Wang, Ling Weng
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Publication number: 20230070803Abstract: An electric pressure cooker comprises a body having outer pot and inner pot received therein and a lid covering the cooker body. The outer pot and the lid comprise matching teeth for lockingly engagement upon rotating the lid into closure. The cooker body comprises a pair of cooker handles extending outwardly from a sidewall thereof. The cooker handle comprises handgrip portion. The inner pot comprises inner pot body and a pair of inner pot handles connected thereto. The handgrip portion extends to align with or beyond the inner pot handle, so that a user holding the cooker handles will avoid gripping the inner pot handles. A vertical gap between the inner pot handle and the handgrip portion allows hand access. When the user is reaching for the inner pot handle the fingers will contact the cooker handle, thereby avoiding mistakenly gripping the cooker handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yude Han, Jiwei Wang, Yi Qin
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Patent number: 11529012Abstract: An electric pressure cooker comprises a body having outer pot and inner pot received therein and a lid covering the cooker body. The outer pot and the lid comprise matching teeth for lockingly engagement upon rotating the lid into closure. The cooker body comprises a pair of cooker handles extending outwardly from a sidewall thereof. The cooker handle comprises handgrip portion. The inner pot comprises inner pot body and a pair of inner pot handles connected thereto. The handgrip portion extends to align with or beyond the inner pot handle, so that a user holding the cooker handles will avoid gripping the inner pot handles. A vertical gap between the inner pot handle and the handgrip portion allows hand access. When the user is reaching for the inner pot handle the fingers will contact the cooker handle, thereby avoiding mistakenly gripping the cooker handle.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: YuDe Han, Jiwei Wang, Yi Qin
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Patent number: 11439272Abstract: A food processor is provided. The food processor comprises a base, a container removably mountable on the base for receiving food, a rotatable mixing member disposed within the container for processing the food, an induction coil enclosing at least a portion of the container, and an electrically conducting member removably receivable within the container in a substantially parallel relationship with a surface defined by at least a portion of the induction coil.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Jiwei R. Wang, Yi Qin
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Publication number: 20220142396Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance comprises a cooker body for receiving food and a lid for covering the cooker body. The cooking appliance has a front side for facilitating cooking operations and a rear side spaced apart from the front side. The cooker body comprises at least one latch slot disposed on an inclined rear side of the cooker body. The lid comprises at least one latch bar disposed on a periphery thereof and extending outwardly therefrom. When the lid is detached from the cooker body, the latch bar is operable to be inserted into the corresponding latch slot to secure the lid at the inclined rear side of the cooker body, allowing a user to secure the lid to the latch slot without reaching a rear side of the cooker body by hand, and to retrieve the food without accidentally contacting the lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Yok Chong Chi, Jiwei Wang
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Publication number: 20220061576Abstract: A pressure cooking appliance is provided. The pressure cooking appliance comprises a cooker body and a lid, the lid comprising an upper lid portion, and a lower lid portion lockingly covering the cooker body to form a pressurized cooking chamber therebetween. The upper lid portion covers the lower lid portion from above, and comprises a main lid body and a removable cover, the main lid body comprising an opening portion formed at a central portion of the main lid body for exposing the lower lid portion, the removable cover being removably attachable to the opening portion and operable to expose a portion of the lower lid portion for accelerated cooling of the cooking chamber and speeding up wait time for opening the lid. Further, cooling towel or cooling pack can be placed at the opening portion to help with cooling and allow food to be enjoyed sooner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi QIN, Jiwei WANG, Ling WENG
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Patent number: 11259664Abstract: A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance comprises a cooker body for receiving food and a lid for covering the cooker body. The cooking appliance has a front side for facilitating cooking operations and a rear side spaced apart from the front side. The cooker body comprises at least one latch slot disposed on an inclined rear side of the cooker body. The lid comprises at least one latch bar disposed on a periphery thereof and extending outwardly therefrom. When the lid is detached from the cooker body, the latch bar is operable to be inserted into the corresponding latch slot to secure the lid at the inclined rear side of the cooker body, allowing a user to secure the lid to the latch slot without reaching a rear side of the cooker body by hand, and to retrieve the food without accidentally contacting the lid.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Yok Chong Chi, Jiwei Wang
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Patent number: 11197572Abstract: A pressure cooking appliance is provided. The pressure cooking appliance comprises a cooker body and a lid, the lid comprising an upper lid portion, and a lower lid portion lockingly covering the cooker body to form a pressurized cooking chamber therebetween. The upper lid portion covers the lower lid portion from above, and comprises a main lid body and a removable cover, the main lid body comprising an opening portion formed at a central portion of the main lid body for exposing the lower lid portion, the removable cover being removably attachable to the opening portion and operable to expose a portion of the lower lid portion for accelerated cooling of the cooking chamber and speeding up wait time for opening the lid. Further, cooling towel or cooling pack can be placed at the opening portion to help with cooling and allow food to be enjoyed sooner.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Jiwei Wang, Ling Weng
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Patent number: D934911Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Yi Qin, Jiwei R. Wang, Dongjun Wang
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Patent number: D937623Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventor: Yi Qin
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Patent number: D946962Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventor: Yi Qin
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Patent number: D975497Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventors: Jiwei R Wang, Yi Qin, Dongjun Wang
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Patent number: D988074Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Instant Brands Inc.Inventor: Tyler Brunner