Patents by Inventor Colleen Mapes

Colleen Mapes 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: 20130177681
    Abstract: An egg shell removal device that comprises a handheld, oscillating assembly having a body member and an electrically driven attachment head. The head comprises a formed member driven by an oscillating output shaft from the body member, which provides a means to separate the shell and the inner and outer membranes from an egg white without damaging the egg white in the process. The head is a tapering section having a rounded tip, a concave interior surface, and a convex outer surface, whereby the interior surface travels along the egg white surface and contours thereto, while the outer surface lifts and breaks the shell as the head member oscillates from its oscillator or electric motor input. Also disclosed is an accompanying method of egg shell removal using a handheld, vibratory device to lift and break a shell from an egg white, which replaces traditional shell removal process conducted by hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Henry Mapes, Colleen Mapes