Patents by Inventor Mark Allen Nichols

Mark Allen Nichols 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: 10028608
    Abstract: An oven includes a cooking enclosure including one or more cooking heater elements, a steam source in the cooking enclosure, and a steam source heater for the steam source. A sensor is responsive to the temperature of the steam source. A fluid reservoir is exterior to the cooking enclosure and a conduit extends from the fluid reservoir to or proximate the steam source. A controller energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is below a predetermined threshold and de-energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is above the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Kyle Scott McKenney, Karen Benedek, Brian McGee, Eric Hyp, Michael Joseph Smith, Mark Allen Nichols, William R. Arling, Joyce Chen Tu
  • Publication number: 20150320257
    Abstract: A rotisserie oven includes a cooking enclosure, at least one bottom side track associated with the cooking enclosure, a spit assembly support framework. A drip pan has at least one side configured to engage the bottom side track of the cooking enclosure. A first side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for a spit assembly. A second side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for the spit assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Kyle Scott McKenney, Karen Benedek, Eric Daniel Hyp, Michael Joseph Smith, Mark Allen Nichols, William R. Arling, Joyce Chien Tu, Cory Smith
  • Publication number: 20150173551
    Abstract: An oven includes a cooking enclosure including one or more cooking heater elements, a steam source in the cooking enclosure, and a steam source heater for the steam source. A sensor is responsive to the temperature of the steam source. A fluid reservoir is exterior to the cooking enclosure and a conduit extends from the fluid reservoir to or proximate the steam source. A controller energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is below a predetermined threshold and de-energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is above the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Kyle Scott McKenney, Karen Benedek, Brian McGee, Eric Hyp, Michael Joseph Smith, Mark Allen Nichols, William R. Arling, Joyce Chen Tu
  • Publication number: 20140216271
    Abstract: A rotisserie system includes a cooking oven enclosure including a driven gear at one inner wall thereof. A spit assembly support framework has a drip pan and first and second side racks upstanding from the drip pan each including a spit assembly support. A spit assembly comprises a driven wheel including gear teeth driven by the driven gear, an inward bushing supported by the spit assembly support, and a socket for a spit rod. The spit assembly also includes a handle assembly with an inward bushing supported by a the spit assembly support, a yoke assembly including a center spit rod extending into the driven wheel socket, and one or more additional spit rods extending at least partially along the length of the center spit rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: R. William Arling, Eric Hyp, Michael Joseph Smith, Mark Allen Nichols, Joyce Chien Tu, Cory Smith, August Drufke
  • Patent number: 7546790
    Abstract: A table saw including a base, a main table supported by the base, first and second rails attached to the table, a sliding table fixedly attached to the rails and sliding along the longitudinal axis of the rails and a cross-cut table slidably movable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rails. The cross-cut table may be adjusted to ensure movement parallel to a blade protruding from the main table. An improved miter gauge assembly is also disclosed. An improved fence assembly is further disclosed herein. In addition, a table saw having an improved panel and leg construction is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: James Parks, Robert S. Gehret, Scott Livingston, Michael L. O'Banion, Robert P Welsh, William Scott Taylor, Todd L. Huston, Edwin G. Zehr, Scott Stropkay, David Louis Weissburg, Mark Allen Nichols, William R. Stumpf, Lewis Hampton Rohr, Henry Louis Tew, Thomas S. Paladino, Paul Eichelberger, David Edmund Duncanson, Jerry Wayne Holleman, Adan Ayala
  • Publication number: 20040154449
    Abstract: A table saw including a base, a main table supported by the base, first and second rails attached to the table, a sliding table fixedly attached to the rails and sliding along the longitudinal axis of the rails and a cross-cut table slidably movable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rails. The cross-cut table may be adjusted to ensure movement parallel to a blade protruding from the main table. An improved miter gauge assembly is also disclosed. An improved fence assembly is further disclosed herein. In addition, a table saw having an improved panel and leg construction is disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: James Parks, Robert S. Gehret, Scott Livingston, Michael L. O'Banion, Robert P. Welsh, William Scott Taylor, Todd L. Huston, Edwin G. Zehr, Scott Stropkay, David Louis Weissburg, Mark Allen Nichols, William R. Stumpf, Lewis Hampton Rohr, Henry Louis Tew, Thomas S. Paladino, Paul Eichelberger, David Edmund Duncanson, Jerry Wayne Holleman, Adan Ayala
  • Patent number: D696063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D700804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D700805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D701084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D701085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D701086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D702078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols, Michael Tracz, Anthony DeMore, James Park
  • Patent number: D704525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D705010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D705606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols, Michael Tracz, Anthony DeMore, James Park
  • Patent number: D706578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Devin Joseph Coakley, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D706579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D730681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventors: Cory Smith, Mark Allen Nichols
  • Patent number: D740069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: EURO-PRO OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Mark Allen Nichols, Joyce Chien Tu, Cory Smith, Michael Joseph Smith, August Drufke, R. William Arling