Patents by Inventor Daniel A. WILMES

Daniel A. WILMES 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).

  • Refrigerated food preparation table and hinge bracket for holding lid partially or fully open
    Patent number: 9918547
    Abstract: A refrigerated food preparation table that includes a food item storage pan with a lid that is allowed to fully close and is held in a partially open position and in a fully open position and hinge brackets or apparatuses for holding a lid in a partially opened position and a fully opened position that include a slot, a surface, and an indentation that each engage pins on the lid. In various embodiments, the slot receives one such pin, the surface guides another pin on the lid as the lid is opened from a fully closed position to the partially opened position, the indentation receives the second pin when the lid is in the partially opened position, and the slot contains the first pin and the second pin when the lid is fully open. The food preparation table can be used to prepare pizza, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: TRUE MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Wilmes, Steven Lee Trulaske, Sr.
  • REFRIGERATED FOOD PREPARATION TABLE AND HINGE BRACKET FOR HOLDING LID PARTIALLY OR FULLY OPEN
    Publication number: 20170258219
    Abstract: A refrigerated food preparation table that includes a food item storage pan with a lid that is allowed to fully close and is held in a partially open position and in a fully open position and hinge brackets or apparatuses for holding a lid in a partially opened position and a fully opened position that include a slot, a surface, and an indentation that each engage pins on the lid. In various embodiments, the slot receives one such pin, the surface guides another pin on the lid as the lid is opened from a fully closed position to the partially opened position, the indentation receives the second pin when the lid is in the partially opened position, and the slot contains the first pin and the second pin when the lid is fully open. The food preparation table can be used to prepare pizza, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel A. WILMES, Steven Lee TRULASKE, SR.