Patents by Inventor Jerel P. Traun

Jerel P. Traun 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).

  • Portable turntable for use in microwave ovens
    Patent number: 4625087
    Abstract: Locking mechanism for a mechanically driven, low profile, portable turntable for use in cooking ovens, especially microwave ovens, for rotating foodstuffs while cooking. The low profile turntable includes a spring which varies the height of the rotating portion of the turntable with respect to the base between a first predetermined position when there is no food or the like on the turntable and a second predetermined position when there is food on the turntable. The locking mechanism includes notches and prongs located on the rotating portion and base portion of the turntable which engage each other when the turntable is in the first predetermined position to prevent rotation of the turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Northland Aluminum Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorgen A. Jorgensen, Donald W. Nygren, Douglas J. Kluge, Jerel P. Traun