Patents by Inventor Kurt Gregory Botsai

Kurt Gregory Botsai 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: 7753206
    Abstract: A measuring cup being nestable within another measuring cup is provided. Each nestable measuring cups includes a cup portion and a handle extending from the cup portion. The handle of one measuring cup is receivable within a channel formed in the handle of the other measuring cup. The measuring cups can be sized to receive different volumes of material, and smaller measuring cups can be disposed within the larger measuring cups in a stacked, nestable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Zyliss USA Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Sawhney, Lance Gordon Hussey, Christopher Glupker, Hyun Suk Song, Kurt Gregory Botsai
  • Patent number: 7621207
    Abstract: Adjustable slicing devices and blades for the adjustable slicing devices are provided. One slicing device includes a frame having a first configuration and a second configuration. The slicing device further includes a first guide plate and a second guide plate wherein the first and second guide plates are mounted to the frame and include an opening formed between the guide plates in the first configuration. The device includes a first blade mounted in the opening in the first configuration, the blade having a cutting edge, and an adjustment control member having a first position for releasing the frame from the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: DKB Household USA Corp.
    Inventors: Kurt Gregory Botsai, Lance Gordon Hussey, Ingvald Alain Smith-Kielland, Ravi Sawhney, Christopher Glupker
  • Publication number: 20090223068
    Abstract: A pizza cutter is provided. In one implementation, the pizza cutter may include a handle, an arm coupled to an end of the handle, a circular blade coupled to the arm; and a crust cutter member coupled to the end of the handle. An edge of the crust cutter member may be sharpened. The crust cutter member may extend in a plane that may be substantially parallel to a centerline of the handle. The pizza cutter may also include a second crust cutter member coupled to the end of the handle. The second crust cutter member may also have sharpened edge. The second crust cutter may extend in a perpendicular direction relative to the crust cutter member above, in a plane that may be substantially parallel to the centerline of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Ravi Kumar Sawhney, Kurt Gregory Botsai, Christopher Warren Glupker, Toshihiro Aya, Leah Louise Thomas, John Mark Vernon
  • Publication number: 20090114104
    Abstract: A drying device having a bowl, a basket with a plurality of perforations, a cover assembly, and a drive assembly. The drive assembly includes: a driving mechanism mechanically coupled to a rotatable lid that is configured to mate with a rotatable basket, and a handle pivotally attached to the cover assembly. The handle is configured to actuate the driving mechanism upon rotation of the handle about an axis from a first position to a second position. The drying device may also include a locking mechanism and/or a braking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Ravi Kumar Sawhney, Kurt Gregory Botsai, John Mark Vernon, Christopher Glupker, Simon Risley, Sanjay Choudhuri, Jason Alan Dimas Rico, Patrice Gerber
  • Publication number: 20080017540
    Abstract: A measuring cup being nestable within another measuring cup is provided. Each nestable measuring cups includes a cup portion and a handle extending from the cup portion. The handle of one measuring cup is receivable within a channel formed in the handle of the other measuring cup. The measuring cups can be sized to receive different volumes of material, and smaller measuring cups can be disposed within the larger measuring cups in a stacked, nestable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Ravi Sawhney, Lance Gordon Hussey, Christopher Glupker, Hyun Suk Song, Kurt Gregory Botsai
  • Patent number: D521828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Zyliss U.S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Overthun, Annetta Papadopoulos, David Webster, Kurt Gregory Botsai, Lance Gordon Hussey, Ingvald Alain Smith-Kielland, Craig Steele
  • Patent number: D530162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Zyliss USA Corporation
    Inventors: Lance Gordon Hussey, Ingvald Alain Smith-Kielland, Kurt Gregory Botsai, Ravi Sawhney
  • Patent number: D536370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: ZIH Corp.
    Inventors: Larry Smolenski, Ravi Kumar Sawheny, Kurt Gregory Botsai, Lance Gordon Hussey, Christopher Warren Glupker
  • Patent number: D564913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: DKB Household USA Corp.
    Inventors: Ingvald Alain Smith-Kielland, Craig Steele, Kurt Gregory Botsai, Lance Gordon Hussey, Ravi Sawhney
  • Patent number: D564914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: DKB Household USA Corp.
    Inventors: Ingvald Alain Smith-Kielland, Craig Steele, Kurt Gregory Botsai, Lance Gordon Hussey, Ravi Sawhney