Patents by Inventor Mark Phillip Murphy

Mark Phillip Murphy 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: 7185436
    Abstract: A peeler apparatus is provided having an ergonomic handle and a blade that can be rotated relative to the handle to accommodate different peeling styles. The blade can be rotated in order to position the blade in a variety of positions relative to the handle. Such positions include perpendicular, parallel left, parallel right, 45 degree left, and 45 degree right positions. Variations of the peeler can be provided which enable rotations of 180 degrees, 360 degrees, and/or other angles as desired. A user-operable knob cooperatively engaged with a yoke permits the yoke and a blade secured to the yoke to rotate relative to the handle in response to rotation of the knob. A peeler having a blade fixed at approximately 45 degrees relative to the handle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kyocera Tycom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Phillip Murphy, Belinda Martinez, Christopher Lawrence Hawker, Takayuki Matsuo, Patrick Joseph Bertke, Steven Andrew Sauer, Catherine Healy Shaw, Kristen Karl Hedstrom