Patents by Inventor Ed Kilduff
Ed Kilduff 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).
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Patent number: 10702095Abstract: A liquid infusion system has an infusion chamber with open top and bottom ends. The top end has a removable cover. Flavored ingredients are placed in the chamber. A lower housing is rotatably secured to the bottom end of the chamber. A one-way valve located within the lower housing allows liquid flow in only a single direction. A stopper configured to be inserted into a bottle of virgin liquid is connected to the lower housing. When the system is tilted downward, virgin liquid is free to flow from the bottle and into the chamber. Bringing the bottle to vertical closes the valve and allows the virgin liquid and any ingredients placed in the chamber to steep, to produce a flavored infused beverage. The lower housing can be rotated and locked into a position in relation to the infusion chamber to prevent the flow of liquid into or out of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FRESHLINK PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, LLCInventors: Dean Chapman, Shane Blomberg, Ed Kilduff, Andrew Reeves
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Publication number: 20180289208Abstract: A liquid infusion system has an infusion chamber with open top and bottom ends. The top end has a removable cover. Flavored ingredients are placed in the chamber. A lower housing is rotatably secured to the bottom end of the chamber. A one-way valve located within the lower housing allows liquid flow in only a single direction. A stopper configured to be inserted into a bottle of virgin liquid is connected to the lower housing. When the system is tilted downward, virgin liquid is free to flow from the bottle and into the chamber. Bringing the bottle to vertical closes the valve and allows the virgin liquid and any ingredients placed in the chamber to steep, to produce a flavored infused beverage. The lower housing can be rotated and locked into a position in relation to the infusion chamber to prevent the flow of liquid into or out of the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Dean Chapman, Shane Blomberg, Ed Kilduff, Andrew Reeves
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Patent number: 7967230Abstract: The kitchen tool is composed of: a handle, a support yoke, and a crushing plate. The handle is connected to the support yoke. The support yoke is shaped to form a parabolic arch with arms that are biased to spring inward or outward in an alternative embodiment. The end of each arm has a mounting hole along with three locking holes. These pivot axles are connected to the mounting holes on the support yoke arms. The holes and posts are arranged such that they for two positions for the device. In a first position the crushing plate is place is a position perpendicular to the support yoke arms. In a second position the crushing plate is place is a position parallel to the support yoke which makes the device's profile much thinner and easier to fit into a standard kitchen drawer.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Freshlink Product Development, LLCInventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Garoth Brown, Ed Kilduff
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Publication number: 20090307912Abstract: The folding ladle's primary function is similar to many other ladles found in the market today and known in the prior art, it can be used to scoop a standard size portion of liquid or powered solids from one container to another. The primary innovation of the invention is the flexible bowl, which allows the large scooping bowl of the ladle to fold in half for more compact storage. Once folded the ladle will hold this smaller position indefinitely until it is snapped back to its open position. This is achieved through the special shape of the ladle's bowl. When snapped into the closed position the size of the tool is greatly reduced in size and it fits more easily into drawers for storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Gareth Brown, Ed Kilduff
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Publication number: 20090308962Abstract: The kitchen tool is composed of: a handle, a support yoke, and a crushing plate. The handle is connected to the support yoke. The support yoke is shaped to form a parabolic arch with arms that are biased to spring inward or outward in an alternative embodiment. The end of each arm has a mounting hole along with three locking holes. These pivot axles are connected to the mounting holes on the support yoke arms. The holes and posts are arranged such that they for two positions for the device. In a first position the crushing plate is place is a position perpendicular to the support yoke arms. In a second position the crushing plate is place is a position parallel to the support yoke which makes the device's profile much thinner and easier to fit into a standard kitchen drawer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Gareth Brown, Ed Kilduff
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Patent number: 7631429Abstract: A handheld peeler with removable multi-blade holder for peeling, or slicing food products. The tool includes a main handle made from steel or any other suitable tough metal or plastic, a button, a blade cartridge, two or more blades, a top blade holder, a bottom blade holder, an axle, a retaining ring, and a knob.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Freshlink Product Development, LLCInventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Ed Kilduff, Gareth Brown
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Patent number: 7302887Abstract: A kitchen hand tool for crushing, slicing, or juicing food products. The tool is operated by closing two handles that rotate a drive gear that engages the ratcheting tooth portion of a crush paddle resulting in the movement of the crush paddle toward a basket, crushing and discharge of the food item through the basket. A drive pawl forces the drive gear to rotate counterclockwise, which in turn forces ratcheting tooth portion and subsequently the crushing paddle down in a clockwise direction applying crushing force on the garlic or any item placed in the crushing area. As the drive gear turns until it clicks past a locking pawl. This cycle of opening and closing the handles is repeated until the crush paddle is fully advanced and can move no further and is against the basket.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Freshlink Product Development LLCInventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Matthew Chin, Ed Kilduff, Gareth Brown
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Publication number: 20070210195Abstract: The present invention is a handheld grinding mill. The handheld grinding mill of the present invention is operated by first removing the grinder knob and screw off cap to expose the interior chamber of the body, where the desired spice would be place for grinding. Once the body is loaded with the desired spice, the cap and knob are attached. To open and close the aperture, the shutter-actuating ring is rotated either clockwise or counter clockwise, placing the doors in either a closed or open position, as desired. To grind and dispense spices loaded in the body of the mill, the actuating ring is rotated to retract the doors and open the aperture and the knob is rotated, which results in a rotation of the grinder and dispensing of the spice through the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Ed Kilduff, Gareth Brown
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Publication number: 20070186423Abstract: The present invention is a handheld peeler with removable multi-blade cartridge for peeling, or slicing food products. The tool comprises in combination: a main handle made from steel or any other suitable tough metal or plastic, button, blade cartridge, two or more blades, a top blade holder, bottom blade holder, an axle, a retaining ring, and a knob.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Ed Kilduff, Gareth Brown
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Publication number: 20070181012Abstract: The present invention is a kitchen hand tool for crushing, slicing, or juicing food products. The tool is operated by closing two handles that rotate a drive gear that engages the ratcheting tooth portion of a crush paddle resulting in the movement of the crush paddle toward a basket, crushing and discharge of the food item through the basket. A drive pawl forces the drive gear to rotate counterclockwise, which in turn forces ratcheting tooth portion and subsequently the crushing paddle down in a clockwise direction applying crushing force on the garlic or any item placed in the crushing area. As the drive gear turns until it clicks past a locking pawl. This cycle of opening and closing the handles is repeated until the crush paddle is fully advanced and can move no further and is against the basket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2007Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Dean Chapman, Paul Goetz, Mathew Chin, Ed Kilduff, Gareth Brown
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Patent number: 6823760Abstract: A winged corkscrew has a lock box that prevents a non-stick coated worm from turning in a reverse direction and slipping out of a cork when two wings of the corkscrew are closed. The lock box locks onto a collar on a main shaft of the cork screw, and thereafter, a cam on the main shaft forms a one way rotational ratchet with the lock box. When the worm is fully inserted, the wings are lowered to remove the cork, but the ratchet prevents the worm from turning in reverse and slipping out of the cork. The corkscrew also has catches that center the corkscrew on the bottle and align the worm into the center of the cork. After the cork has been removed from the bottle, the lock box is unlocked to allow the cork to be removed.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Metrokane, Inc.Inventor: Ed Kilduff
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Patent number: D430994Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Metrokane, Inc.Inventor: Ed Kilduff