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).
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Publication number: 20250098898Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
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Publication number: 20250066105Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Thomas L. Klaff, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Stephen G. Schimoler
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Patent number: 12193605Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 26, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
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Publication number: 20240413652Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Karen Benedek, Michael Canaday, Michael Hash, Ed Karwacki, James Poon, Tim Violino
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Publication number: 20240156303Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
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Patent number: 11930961Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
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Publication number: 20230055637Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
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Patent number: 11517147Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
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Patent number: 11517148Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
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Patent number: 11452405Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Shannon Galvin, Kristin Cefalo, Ryan O'Donnell, Richard Simmers, Joyce Tu, Jay Hunt, Martin Fisher, James Poon, Eric David Cohen
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Publication number: 20220287509Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell, Robie Helm, Cody O'Sullivan, Eric Hyp
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Publication number: 20220151434Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Karen R. Benedek, James Poon
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Publication number: 20210315420Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
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Patent number: D926206Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Martin Fisher, Shannon Galvin, Jay Hunt, Joyce Chien Tu, James Poon, Eric David Cohen
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Patent number: D934020Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
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Patent number: D937622Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
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Patent number: D939262Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Peter J. Loftus, Ryan O'Donnell, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Aurelio Reyes, Richard Simmers
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Patent number: D1008728Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell
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Patent number: D1009560Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell
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Patent number: D1068380Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Revolution Cooking, LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Cody O'Sullivan, James Poon, Ryan O'Donnell