Patents by Inventor James P. Miner

James P. Miner 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: 11963634
    Abstract: Embodiments of an adjustable warming rack as an accessory component for a cooking station are provided. In one embodiment, the warming rack may include a rack panel and first and second legs. The rack panel may extend with an upper panel and a lower panel such that the upper panel is moveable relative to the lower panel to modify a surface area defined by an upper side of the rack panel. The first and second legs are each pivotably coupled adjacent respective first and second opposite sides of the rack panel such that the first and second legs are configured to suspend the rack panel above a flat cooking surface of the cooking station. Further, the first and second legs are pivotably moveable to modify a height that the rack panel is suspended from the flat cooking surface of the cooking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher L. Hanks, James P. Miner
  • Publication number: 20230414038
    Abstract: A portable cooking system with adjustable leg height includes a cooking station and multiple station legs. The station legs are removably coupled to an underside of the cooking station. Each of the legs include a threaded shaft, a washer and a leg base, the washer being fixed to the threaded shaft to define an upper winding portion of the threaded shaft along one side of the washer and a lower winding portion of the threaded shaft along the other side of the washer. The upper winding portion is configured to couple directly to the underside of the cooking station and the leg base is configured to be rotatably moveable along the lower winding portion to adjust a height of each station leg of the cooking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: James C. Bush, III, James P. Miner
  • Patent number: 11819164
    Abstract: A basting cover for maintaining a humid environment for a food product. The basting cover includes a wall, a rigid band, and a flexible handle. The wall extends with a central wall portion and a side wall portion, the central wall portion having an external surface, the side wall portion extending outward from the central wall portion to a free end. Further, the side wall portion extends with thinned portions defined therein to facilitate the side wall portion to be moveable between an expanded use position and a collapsed storage position. The rigid band extends along a central wall periphery. The flexible handle is coupled to the central wall portion such that the flexible handle is disposed in a space between an outer edge of the rigid band and the external surface of the central wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: James P. Miner, Mauricio J. Escobedo
  • Publication number: 20220167796
    Abstract: A basting cover for maintaining a humid environment for a food product. The basting cover includes a wall, a rigid band, and a flexible handle. The wall extends with a central wall portion and a side wall portion, the central wall portion having an external surface, the side wall portion extending outward from the central wall portion to a free end. Further, the side wall portion extends with thinned portions defined therein to facilitate the side wall portion to be moveable between an expanded use position and a collapsed storage position. The rigid band extends along a central wall periphery. The flexible handle is coupled to the central wall portion such that the flexible handle is disposed in a space between an outer edge of the rigid band and the external surface of the central wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: James P. Miner, Mauricio J. Escobedo
  • Publication number: 20210228020
    Abstract: Embodiments of an adjustable warming rack as an accessory component for a cooking station are provided. In one embodiment, the warming rack may include a rack panel and first and second legs. The rack panel may extend with an upper panel and a lower panel such that the upper panel is moveable relative to the lower panel to modify a surface area defined by an upper side of the rack panel. The first and second legs are each pivotably coupled adjacent respective first and second opposite sides of the rack panel such that the first and second legs are configured to suspend the rack panel above a flat cooking surface of the cooking station. Further, the first and second legs are pivotably moveable to modify a height that the rack panel is suspended from the flat cooking surface of the cooking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher L. Hanks, James P. Miner
  • Publication number: 20210212488
    Abstract: Embodiments of an outdoor cooking kit and method of assembling the outdoor cooking kit are provided. The outdoor cooking kit includes a case, a flexible mat, one or more utensils, and a seasoning container. The case extends between first and second end portions with one or more extensions therebetween. The flexible mat may be manually moved to a rolled position to form an elongated rolled structure extending between first and second ends. The one or more utensils may be positioned within the rolled structure of the flexible mat, and the seasoning container may be positioned within the second end portion of the case. With this arrangement, the first and second ends of the rolled structure are positioned between the first and second end portions of the case and maintained with the one or more extensions being in a taut position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: James C. Bush, III, Christopher L. Hanks, James P. Miner