Patents by Inventor Laurine R. Shadduck

Laurine R. Shadduck 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: 4572444
    Abstract: A food chopper having a handle and a plurality of concentric cylindrical cutting blades, each having a vertical wall and a cutting edge at the bottom thereof with flowthrough openings formed in the vertical walls with adjacent flowthrough openings being separated by relatively narrow structural struts. A first handle member closes the top of the outermost of the blades and has a plurality of flexible finger members forming a generally cylindrical area. A block member carrying at least two concentric cutting blades with a second handle member projecting from the block member is adapted to snap fit into the central cylindrical area defined by the finger members. Spring means is mounted in the block member to urge one of the concentric cutting blades outwardly so that the cutting edge thereof is normally positioned outwardly of the cutting edge of the outermost blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Inventor: Laurine R. Shadduck