Patents Assigned to Vollrath
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rack
    Patent number: D650541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Theresa M. Mayer, James E. Redlich, Alan J. Schommer
  • Ice container
    Patent number: D650544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Carl R. Neess
  • Handle for food service equipment
    Patent number: D655975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Rebecca Schreiber-Pethan, Mark V. LeGreve
  • Kettle
    Patent number: D659462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jill E. Hundley, Michael I. Hebden
  • Riser
    Patent number: D663545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jill E. Hundley
  • Riser
    Patent number: D663969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jill E. Hundley
  • Food pan
    Patent number: D665221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David R. Tosdale, Theresa M. Mayer
  • Dispenser for food service equipment
    Patent number: D670965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Rebecca Schreiber-Pethan, Mark V. LeGreve