Patents by Inventor James Poon

James Poon 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).

  • Publication number: 20250098898
    Abstract: A sandwich press or food holder for use with a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. Sidewalls of the press that define a space in which a food item is received can have one or more ridges that define a convex surface inside the cavity and a concave surface on an exterior of the sidewall. The concave surface can be positioned adjacent a heating element when the press is received in a cooking cavity of the appliance. One or more openings can be provided in the sidewall, e.g., to allow radiant energy to pass and/or steam to escape. A handle can permit two-handed manipulation of the press and can have a gripping portion that is offset from an area directly above the press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
  • Publication number: 20250066105
    Abstract: A food holder for use with a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. Sidewalls of the holder that define a space in which a food item is received. The sidewalls may be secured by engagement features, e.g., components that can be plastically deformed to secure portions of the sidewall relative to each other. A handle attached to the sidewalls may have a grip portion that is movable relative to a sidewall to which the handle is attached, e.g., by bending a portion of the handle. Lateral end walls and/or a bottom wall can be pleated or otherwise arranged to accommodate movement of the sidewalls towards each other, e.g., when compressing a food item between the sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Thomas L. Klaff, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Stephen G. Schimoler
  • Patent number: 12193605
    Abstract: A sandwich press or food holder for use with a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. Sidewalls of the press that define a space in which a food item is received can have one or more ridges that define a convex surface inside the cavity and a concave surface on an exterior of the sidewall. The concave surface can be positioned adjacent a heating element when the press is received in a cooking cavity of the appliance. One or more openings can be provided in the sidewall, e.g., to allow radiant energy to pass and/or steam to escape. A handle can permit two-handed manipulation of the press and can have a gripping portion that is offset from an area directly above the press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
  • Publication number: 20240413652
    Abstract: Systems and methods of a tote power dock system are provided. In some embodiments, a method of operating a power dock system includes: refraining from providing power to one or more electrical contacts of the power dock system when no actively cooled tote is present on the power dock system; determining that an actively cooled tote is present on the power dock system; and in response to determining that an actively cooled tote is present on the power dock system, providing power to the one or more electrical contacts of the power dock system. In some embodiments, this provides increased safety for the electrical connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Karen Benedek, Michael Canaday, Michael Hash, Ed Karwacki, James Poon, Tim Violino
  • Publication number: 20240156303
    Abstract: A sandwich press or food holder for use with a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. Sidewalls of the press that define a space in which a food item is received can have one or more ridges that define a convex surface inside the cavity and a concave surface on an exterior of the sidewall. The concave surface can be positioned adjacent a heating element when the press is received in a cooking cavity of the appliance. One or more openings can be provided in the sidewall, e.g., to allow radiant energy to pass and/or steam to escape. A handle can permit two-handed manipulation of the press and can have a gripping portion that is offset from an area directly above the press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
  • Patent number: 11930961
    Abstract: A sandwich press or food holder for use with a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. Sidewalls of the press that define a space in which a food item is received can have one or more ridges that define a convex surface inside the cavity and a concave surface on an exterior of the sidewall. The concave surface can be positioned adjacent a heating element when the press is received in a cooking cavity of the appliance. One or more openings can be provided in the sidewall, e.g., to allow radiant energy to pass and/or steam to escape. A handle can permit two-handed manipulation of the press and can have a gripping portion that is offset from an area directly above the press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
  • Publication number: 20230055637
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven, has a lifting arm including ribs that form a support surface for a food product in a cooking cavity of the appliance. Each rib can include an opening configured to permit infrared radiation from a heating assembly to pass through the rib to the food product supported by the lifting arm and/or to reduce a thermal mass and capacitance of the lifting arm. The heating assembly can include a support and/or heating element with a curved shape having a concave side facing a cooking cavity. The support and/or heating element can have a planar shape when unstressed and a curved shape when stressed. The heating element may be coupled to the support so as to be slidably movable relative to the support, e.g., so the heating element can slide relative to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
  • Patent number: 11517147
    Abstract: A heating assembly for a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven, has a support and/or heating element with a curved shape having a concave side facing a cooking cavity. The support and/or heating element may be flexible, e.g., having a planar shape when unstressed and a curved shape when stressed. The support and/or heating element may define a sheet, e.g., having a length and width. The heating element may have openings in the sheet. The heating element may be coupled to the support so as to be slidable movable relative to the support, e.g., so the heating element can slide relative to the support when the support and heating element are bent into a curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
  • Patent number: 11517148
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven, has a lifting arm including ribs that form a support surface for a food product in a cooking cavity of the appliance. Each rib can include an opening configured to permit infrared radiation from a heating assembly to pass through the rib to the food product supported by the lifting arm and/or to reduce a thermal mass and capacitance of the lifting arm. The heating assembly can include a support and/or heating element with a curved shape having a concave side facing a cooking cavity. The support and/or heating element can have a planar shape when unstressed and a curved shape when stressed. The heating element may be coupled to the support so as to be slidably movable relative to the support, e.g., so the heating element can slide relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
  • Patent number: 11452405
    Abstract: A toaster includes a housing that defines one or more cooking cavities. Each cooking cavity has a lift to lower and raise a food product inside the cooking cavity depending on food product type, and heating elements to cook the food product arranged inside the cooking cavity. The toaster includes a user interface operable to control a cooking cycle inside the one or more cooking cavities. The user interface can be used to select a combination of food product, cooking mode, and doneness level, and to initiate a cooking cycle performed by the toaster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Shannon Galvin, Kristin Cefalo, Ryan O'Donnell, Richard Simmers, Joyce Tu, Jay Hunt, Martin Fisher, James Poon, Eric David Cohen
  • Publication number: 20220287509
    Abstract: A sandwich press or food holder for use with a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. Sidewalls of the press that define a space in which a food item is received can have one or more ridges that define a convex surface inside the cavity and a concave surface on an exterior of the sidewall. The concave surface can be positioned adjacent a heating element when the press is received in a cooking cavity of the appliance. One or more openings can be provided in the sidewall, e.g., to allow radiant energy to pass and/or steam to escape. A handle can permit two-handed manipulation of the press and can have a gripping portion that is offset from an area directly above the press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
  • Publication number: 20220151434
    Abstract: A heating assembly for a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. The heating assembly can have one or more elements arranged to emit radiation in a wavelength range of 0.75 to 10 microns with a radiative flux of at least 3,000 to 5,000 Watts/sq.cm at a distance of 10 cm from the plurality of heating elements, and/or to emit visible light in a wavelength range of 570 to 800 nanometers, and/or emit radiation in a wavelength range of 0.75 to 10 microns with a ratio of the radiating area to the total area of each heating element being 5% to 25%, and/or emit radiation in a wavelength range of 0.75 to 10 microns toward a cooking space with a ratio of a total radiating area of the plurality of heating elements to an area of the cooking space receiving the radiation is 1% to 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Karen R. Benedek, James Poon
  • Publication number: 20210315420
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven, has a lifting arm including ribs that form a support surface for a food product in a cooking cavity of the appliance. Each rib can include an opening configured to permit infrared radiation from a heating assembly to pass through the rib to the food product supported by the lifting arm and/or to reduce a thermal mass and capacitance of the lifting arm. The heating assembly can include a support and/or heating element with a curved shape having a concave side facing a cooking cavity. The support and/or heating element can have a planar shape when unstressed and a curved shape when stressed. The heating element may be coupled to the support so as to be slidably movable relative to the support, e.g., so the heating element can slide relative to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
  • Patent number: D926206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Fisher, Shannon Galvin, Jay Hunt, Joyce Chien Tu, James Poon, Eric David Cohen
  • Patent number: D934020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
  • Patent number: D937622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
  • Patent number: D939262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
  • Patent number: D1008728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell
  • Patent number: D1009560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell
  • Patent number: D1068380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell