Patents by Inventor Alan Burton

Alan Burton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080087268
    Abstract: A cooking bag for supporting a food item between top and bottom halves of a clam shell type grill. The cooking bag is positionable on a bottom cooking surface on the bottom half of the grill and included a support member for engaging the bottom half of the grill. The bag support member maintains the position of the bag on the bottom cooking surface of the grill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventor: Alan Burton
  • Publication number: 20070134378
    Abstract: A bag for holding a food item within a cooking appliance is formed with a mounting opening. The bag is mounted to a cooking appliance, such as an indoor grill, by placing the mounting openings over a mounting fixture provided on the appliance. Alternatively, the bag may be mounted to the kitchen appliance with a spring-biased clasp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Alan Burton, John Harrington, Gregg Greulich, Karen Korponai, Augusto Picozza
  • Publication number: 20060266223
    Abstract: A beverage maker includes a base; a stand extending upwardly from the base; a brew head supported on the stand; and a manually actuated gear drive operably associated with the brew head and the stand for vertically adjusting the height of the brew head above the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Jamal Hammad, Kenneth Parker, Alan Burton
  • Patent number: 6571686
    Abstract: A brew basket is provided that is dimensioned to be received within the brew basket support member of an associated brewing machine such as a coffee maker. The brew basket includes an anti-drip valve mounted within a lower cavity and to the lower surface of the bottom wall. The brew basket is provided with an overflow return for diverting brewing water from the brew basket to the brewing machine carafe or other beverage receptacle if the brewing water reaches a level presenting potential overflow from the brew basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren Riley, Alan Burton, Jeffrey T. Stout, Peter A. Pickett, II
  • Patent number: 4869380
    Abstract: A frame for mounting electrical and electronic equipment has its horizontal and vertical members connected together at each corner by identical corner blocks with three wings at right angles to one another, with which the ends of the members are telescopically engaged and to which they are bolted. Racks are provided for mounting equipment or for trays or shelves in a number of positions. At each corner of the frame a vertical rod passes through holes in the top and corner blocks and a screw nut is engaged with the top of the rod for lifting the frame without damage or distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Vormet Quality Fabrication Close/Corporation
    Inventors: George T. Metcalfe, Alan Burton
  • Patent number: D507449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Burton, Lucie Milanes, Lisa Willey, David Singer
  • Patent number: D507924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Burton, Lucie Milanes, Lisa Willey, David Singer
  • Patent number: D509986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric O'Neill, Augusto Picozza, Alan Burton, Patricia Bassett
  • Patent number: D564285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc
    Inventors: Alan Burton, Brooks Rorke, Augusto Picozza
  • Patent number: D630463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Augusto Picozza, Alan Burton, John James Bernhard Whittaker, Remi Bigot
  • Patent number: D644477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Burton, Augusto Picozza
  • Patent number: D686033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Burton, William Goralski, Michael Page