Patents by Inventor Gene Tironi

Gene Tironi 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: 9596959
    Abstract: A device for cooking cannoli shells is comprised of a rack, a plurality of clips, a plurality of rods and a handle. The clips are attached to the upper side of the rack. The clips releasably secure the rods at a central section of each rod. The rods are shaped such that cannoli dough in the shape of a cannoli shell may be placed on each end of each rod, for a total of two shells per rod. The handles allow the device to be inserted into and removed from hot cooking oil. When the device is placed within a frying pan, the cannoli dough shell wraps on the rods are submerged below the surface of the cooking oil. Multiple racks may be releasably attached to each other to form a multiple tiered device which can be used with a frying pan deep enough to accommodate the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gene Tironi, Kolleen M. Tironi
  • Publication number: 20150282670
    Abstract: A device for cooking cannoli shells is comprised of a rack, a plurality of clips, a plurality of rods and a handle. The clips are attached to the upper side of the rack. The clips releasably secure the rods at a central section of each rod. The rods are shaped such that cannoli dough in the shape of a cannoli shell may be placed on each end of each rod, for a total of two shells per rod. The handles allow the device to be inserted into and removed from hot cooking oil. When the device is placed within a frying pan, the cannoli dough shell wraps on the rods are submerged below the surface of the cooking oil. Multiple racks may be releasably attached to each other to form a multiple tiered device which can be used with a frying pan deep enough to accommodate the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Gene Tironi, Kolleen M. Tironi
  • Patent number: 9078541
    Abstract: A device for cooking cannoli shells is comprised of a rack, a plurality of clips, a plurality of rods and a handle. The clips are attached to the upper side of the rack. The clips releasably secure the rods at a central section of each rod. The rods are shaped such that cannoli dough in the shape of a cannoli shell may be placed on each end of each rod, for a total of two shells per rod. The handles allow the device to be inserted into and removed from hot cooking oil. When the device is placed within a frying pan, the cannoli dough shell wraps on the rods are submerged below the surface of the cooking oil. Multiple racks may be releasably attached to each other to form a multiple tiered device which can be used with a frying pan deep enough to accommodate the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventors: Gene Tironi, Kolleen M. Tironi
  • Publication number: 20120210882
    Abstract: A device for cooking cannoli shells is comprised of a rack, a plurality of clips, a plurality of rods and a handle. The clips are attached to the upper side of the rack. The clips releasably secure the rods at a central section of each rod. The rods are shaped such that cannoli dough in the shape of a cannoli shell may be placed on each end of each rod, for a total of two shells per rod. The handles allow the device to be inserted into and removed from hot cooking oil. When the device is placed within a frying pan, the cannoli dough shell wraps on the rods are submerged below the surface of the cooking oil. Multiple racks may be releasably attached to each other to form a multiple tiered device which can be used with a frying pan deep enough to accommodate the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Gene Tironi, Kolleen M. Tironi