Patents by Inventor Gerald W. Steinman

Gerald W. Steinman 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: 4955125
    Abstract: A pizza supporting and baking grid structure or pizza grill is disclosed as including a self-supporting metal screen having opposed faces and an outer periphery. The metal screen preferably has an open-mesh expanded metal construction. A circumferentially continuous one-piece rim extends about the outer periphery of the screen including opposed faces of the screen which are proximate to the outer periphery thereof. The rim has a generally flat annular rim section and an integral generally upstanding rim section which is re-shaped following assembly and juxtaposition of the screen relative to the generally flat annular rim section. The re-shaping of the integral generally upstanding rim section causes it to be moved into generally opposed and parallel relationship relative to the generally flat annular rim section so as to capture the screen therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Inventor: Gerald W. Steinman
  • Patent number: 4723757
    Abstract: A portable winch incorporating at one end a mechanism for providing its suspension from a stabilized support, said frame member having a cable winding drum provided therein, and a handle lever operatively associated with the drum and disposing a ratchet pawl for engagement with the ratchet wheel of the drum, in order to provide for a winding of the cable upon the drum, for lifting or supporting of a load, or for providing its gradual release therefrom. The ratchet pawl of the handle lever capable of manipulating into two positions, one providing for its permanent engagement with the ratchet wheel teeth, or in the alternative, through a maneuvering of its supporting spring, can be shifted out of engagement with the ratchet wheel teeth. A stop pawl operatively associates with the frame member and normally in engagement with the ratchet wheel, to maintain it in its wound position during manipulation of the handle lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Durbin-Durco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald W. Steinman, Lonnie M. Smith