Patents by Inventor Diana A. Spaulding

Diana A. Spaulding 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).

  • Patent number: 8191949
    Abstract: The food utensil is a scissor-like eating utensil that permits a user to retrieve snack foods from a container. The utensil comprises a pair of blades pivoted to each other. The blades have respective handles at one end and terminate with respective planar-configured forks at the other end. The dimensions of the blades, handles and forks are designed to enhance retrieval of snack foods from containers in a sanitary manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventors: Diana A. Spaulding, Ronald E. Spaulding
  • Publication number: 20110205190
    Abstract: The keypad ring is configured to be worn on one's thumb to facilitate touching or striking keys on a miniature keypad, miniature keyboard, or other miniaturized data input mechanism of a handheld electronic machine, such as a smart phone, cell phone, media player, or the like. The ring fits over the distal phalange of a user's thumb, the ring having an elongate cylindrical stem extending obliquely therefrom. When the keypad ring is attached to the user's thumb, the user can move the thumb to strike the miniature handheld device keys of the miniature keyboard with the tip of the stem portion of the keypad ring. The keypad ring can be made of materials including, but not limited to, rubber or thermoplastic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: DIANA A. SPAULDING, Ronald E. Spaulding
  • Publication number: 20100050441
    Abstract: The food utensil is a scissor-like eating utensil that permits a user to retrieve snack foods from a container. The utensil comprises a pair of blades pivoted to each other. The blades have respective handles at one end and terminate with respective planar-configured forks at the other end. The dimensions of the blades, handles and forks are designed to enhance retrieval of snack foods from containers in a sanitary manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Diana A. Spaulding, Ronald E. Spaulding