Patents by Inventor Earlyn Stone

Earlyn Stone 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: 4982656
    Abstract: There is disclosed a food steamer having a food tray with a stepped sidewall to provide a subjacent section of lesser cross-sectional area than its upper section. An internal cover is received within the upper section of the food tray and it is slidably received against the interior sidewalls of the upper section permitting adjustment of its level in the upper section whereby the volume of the food compartment beneath the internal cover can be fixedly adjusted. The steaming vessel also has an exterior cover that has a top plate with a peripheral downwardly dependent side walls which are received within the open upper edges of the food tray. In the preferred embodiment, the slidably adjustable internal cover is formed with an outer rigid frame to which is removably attached to a plastic or aluminum film permitting replacement and disposal of the film after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Inventor: Earlyn Stone
  • Patent number: 4949933
    Abstract: There is disclosed a document holder having a clip to secure one or several pages of a document, supporting the pages in a convenient position adjacent a computer keyboard, typewriter, and the like. The document holder has a universal base which is formed of first and second angle members that are joined along their vertical surfaces to form a channel. The horizontal sides are grooved their entire length and receive a coextensive relatively stiff but resilient strap. Each of the straps receives a continuous band of an elastic and resilient cushion that is coextensive its length. The angle members are joined with screw fasteners extending through aligned apertures in the vertical sides of the angles with the apertures of at least one of the angle members being elongated to provide adjustability in the width of the assembled channel of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Inventor: Earlyn Stone