Patents by Inventor Janice E. Wasik

Janice E. Wasik 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: 4333241
    Abstract: A device for measuring the quantity of raw pasta required to produce the desired amount of cooked pasta. In the domestic market most packaged spaghetti is ten inches in length and a simple measurer for calculating the required amount of this raw product selected for cooking is a non-stretchable, flexible measuring line that can be looped around a bundle of spaghetti to determine its circumference. The line is calibrated and can show the number of serving portions of cooked spaghetti that the encircled bundle will produce. To facilitate its use in the family kitchen the line is provided with a ring on one end thereof that can be slipped over the thumb of the user and holding a bundle of spaghetti, of approximately correct size, in her hand the line is wrapped around the spaghetti to measure its circumference and determine if more or less spaghetti is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Inventors: Ronald J. Wasik, Janice E. Wasik
  • Patent number: 4214369
    Abstract: A device for measuring the quantity of raw pasta required to produce the desired amount of cooked pasta. In the domestic market most packaged spaghetti is ten inches in length and a simple measurer for calculating the required amount of this raw product selected for cooking is a non-stretchable, flexible measuring line that can be looped around a bundle of spaghetti to determine its circumference. The line is calibrated and can show the number of serving portions of cooked spaghetti that the encircled bundle will produce. To facilitate its use in the family kitchen the line is provided with a ring on one end thereof that can be slipped over the thumb of the user and holding a bundle of spaghetti, of approximately correct size, in her hand the line is wrapped around the spaghetti to measure its circumference and determine if more or less spaghetti is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Inventors: Ronald J. Wasik, Janice E. Wasik