Patents Assigned to The Vollrath Company
  • Method and apparatus for attaching a handle using self piercing rivets
    Patent number: 8025175
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes a cooking surface and a wall depending from the cooking surface. The wall has an interior surface and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface. A handle is adjacent the exterior surface. The handle has a first surface adjacent the wall and a second surface opposite the first surface. A rivet is disposed through the interior surface, the exterior surface, and the first surface of the handle. The second surface of the handle is unpierced by the rivet. The rivet is bonded with a mating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kurt Coyne, Alfred Alexander Arlic, II
  • Handle
    Patent number: 7490732
    Abstract: A handle is disclosed. The handle is for use with a utensil or tool such as a pan or other cookware. The handle comprises a core and may comprise a grip. The core comprises a base mounting portion coupled to the base and a grip portion including a first member and a second member spaced apart from the first member. Each of the first and second members include a vertical dimension greater than its horizontal dimensions. Bridge portions may extend between the first and second spaced apart members. The grip at least partially surrounds the grip mounting portion and may be overmolded to the core or slid on as a sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David M. Wasserman, John A. Wojcik, Mark V. LeGreve, Alan J. Schommer, Paul J. Mulhauser, Karl D. Kirk, III
  • Heater assembly
    Patent number: 7489858
    Abstract: A heater is disclosed. The comprises a housing; a reflector; and a pair of opposite connectors supported by the reflector and configured to support opposite ends of a heating element. The reflector is movable between a plurality of positions relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Zank, Michael J. Martin, Michael A. Ward
  • Bowl
    Patent number: D564844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Rebecca J. Schreiber-Pethan, David M. Wasserman
  • Double walled bowl
    Patent number: D568113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David M. Wasserman, Rebecca J. Schreiber-Pethan
  • Double walled bowl
    Patent number: D568688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David M. Wasserman, Rebecca J. Schreiber-Pethan
  • Pan
    Patent number: D575095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Rebecca J. Schreiber-Pethan, Mark V. LeGreve
  • Double walled bowl
    Patent number: D575992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark V. LeGreve, Rebecca Schreiber-Pethan
  • Cart post
    Patent number: D577874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Theresa M. Mayer, Alan J. Schommer, James E. Redlich
  • Heater
    Patent number: D580701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: John A. Wojcik, William C. Lindeman
  • Utensil
    Patent number: D595546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark V. LeGreve, Rebecca Schreiber-Pethan
  • Food pan
    Patent number: D596893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David R. Tosdale, Theresa M. Mayer
  • Food pan
    Patent number: D597371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David R. Tosdale, Theresa M. Mayer
  • Food pan
    Patent number: D613108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David R. Tosdale, Theresa M. Mayer
  • Food pan
    Patent number: D620305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David R. Tosdale, Theresa M. Mayer
  • Food pan
    Patent number: D620306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David R. Tosdale, Theresa M. Mayer
  • Support for food service equipment
    Patent number: D637039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Rebecca Schreiber-Pethan, Mark V. LeGreve
  • Double walled bowl
    Patent number: D640100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kwok Sui Shing
  • Pan
    Patent number: D640895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David R. Tosdale, Theresa M. Mayer, Ronald J. McGettrick
  • Double walled bowl
    Patent number: D640899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kwok Sui Shing