Patents by Inventor Doug Gonterman

Doug Gonterman 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).

  • Personal food delivery apparatus and method
    Patent number: 12137841
    Abstract: A personal food delivery apparatus and method includes a utensil with a handle end and a food end where the food end is a flat surface. A food retaining device is connected with the food end where the food retaining device retains food on the food retaining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NUMNUM, LLC
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • Personal Food Delivery Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20230123489
    Abstract: A personal food delivery apparatus and method includes a utensil with a handle end and a food end where the food end is a flat surface. A food retaining device is connected with the food end where the food retaining device retains food on the food retaining device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • FOOD ENTRAPMENT FEEDING UTENSIL
    Publication number: 20230091334
    Abstract: A food entrapment feeding utensil is provided. An example food entrapment feeding utensil includes an elongate handle end. The example food entrapment feeding utensil further includes a food retaining device extending from the elongate handle end. The food retaining device is structured to define a food retaining surface that is circumscribed by a rounded external edge. The rounded external edge is structured to be comfortably received into a mouth of a person. The food retaining surface defines one or more food retaining elements. The one or more food retaining elements are structured to promote food entrapment regardless of an attitude of the food entrapment feeding utensil when the handle end is grasped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • Personal food delivery apparatus
    Patent number: 11452407
    Abstract: A personal food delivery apparatus and method includes a utensil with a handle end and a food end where the food end is a flat surface. A food retaining device is connected with the food end where the food retaining device retains food on the food retaining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NUMNUM, LLC
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • Interior-focused sloped-sided apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10433663
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus that facilitates self-feeding by, for example, a person having limited fine motor skills and methods related thereto. Specifically, the disclosed apparatus enables food to collect in a specific area and guides a utensil to this area. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Numnum LLC
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • Personal Food Delivery Apparatus
    Publication number: 20170099994
    Abstract: A personal food delivery apparatus and method includes a utensil with a handle end and a food end where the food end is a flat surface. A food retaining device is connected with the food end where the food retaining device retains food on the food retaining device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • INTERIOR-FOCUSED SLOPED-SIDED APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160022064
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus that facilitates self-feeding by, for example, a person having limited fine motor skills and methods related thereto. Specifically, the disclosed apparatus enables food to collect in a specific area and guides a utensil to this area. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • Personal food delivery apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20140130359
    Abstract: A personal food delivery apparatus and method includes a utensil with a handle end and a food end where the food end is a flat surface. A food retaining device is connected with the food end where the food retaining device retains food on the food retaining device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • Personal food delivery apparatus
    Patent number: D800515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Numnum, LLC
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Lineberry
  • Plate
    Patent number: D843177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Numnum, LLC
    Inventors: Doug Gonterman, Jessica Gonterman