Patents by Inventor Michael Neshat

Michael Neshat 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: 6360442
    Abstract: A grapefruit knife for use in cutting sections of edible fruit from the less desirable membrane and peel is disclosed. The present invention includes a handle having two opposing ends, a single cutting blade attached to one end of the handle, and a scooping blade attached to the other end of the handle. Each of these blades has two cutting edges. On the cutting blade the two cutting edges are aligned serially, in a plane, to cut in the same direction, while on the scooping blade the cutting edges are opposingly arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Pampered Chef, Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas O'Brien, Michael Neshat, Chuck Visocky
  • Publication number: 20010045016
    Abstract: A grapefruit knife for use in cutting sections of edible fruit from the less desirable membrane and peel is disclosed. The present invention includes a handle having two opposing ends, a single cutting blade attached to one end of the handle, and a scooping blade attached to the other end of the handle. Each of these blades has two cutting edges. On the cutting blade the two cutting edges are aligned serially, in a plane, to cut in the same direction, while on the scooping blade the cutting edges are opposingly arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: THOMAS O'BRIEN, MICHAEL NESHAT, CHUCK VISOCKY
  • Patent number: 6308419
    Abstract: A sleeve which is slid over the blade of a knife or the like and includes two interconnected sections. One of the sections includes a plurality of spaced molded clips formed in and spaced along a shoulder which extends around the periphery of the one section. The other section includes a plurality of cut-outs formed in and spaced along a shoulder which extends around the periphery of the other section. The clips on the one section extend through the openings defined by the cut-outs in the other section respectively and latch onto the shoulder on the other section for coupling the first and second sections together to form the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: The Pampered Chef, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Neshat, Dustin Smith
  • Patent number: D428312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: The Pampered Chef, Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas O'Brien, Michael Neshat, Chuck Visocky
  • Patent number: D433882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: The Pampered Chef, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Neshat, Dustin Smith