Patents by Inventor Michael P. Bourgeois
Michael P. Bourgeois 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).
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Patent number: 10314430Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a pot with multiple cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert can be used for cooking an entire poultry carcass. Other inserts are perforated baskets that can be used to fry items.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 10041277Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a specially configured pot with multiple specially configured cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert is a rack that can be used for cooking one or more whole poultry carcasses. Another insert is a perforated basket that can be used to hold items to be cooked. The pot has a lower tapered section that includes a tapering downwardly sidewall or walls meeting a smaller, generally rectangular bottom panel. The pot has an upper section with a larger transverse cross section than the pot bottom, preferably comprised of generally vertically oriented side all sections. The basket can be correspondingly shaped to the contour of the pot interior.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.Inventors: Norman R Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 10016094Abstract: A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet of material is supported (e.g., removably) above the sheet of corrugated material. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet of material, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of flanged members attached to a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. A sheet with openings slides into the frame aligning the openings with the lowest part of the trough.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Barbara Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 10004356Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a pot with multiple cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert can be used for cooking an entire poultry carcass. Other inserts are perforated baskets that can be used to fry items.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 9820611Abstract: A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet of material is supported (e.g., removably) above the sheet of corrugated material. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet of material, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of flanged members attached to a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. A sheet with openings slides into the frame aligning the openings with the lowest part of the trough.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Barbara Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Publication number: 20170099993Abstract: A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet of material is supported (e.g., removably) above the sheet of corrugated material. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet of material, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of flanged members attached to a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. A sheet with openings slides into the frame aligning the openings with the lowest part of the trough.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: METAL FUSION, INC.Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Barbara Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 9572455Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a pot with multiple cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert can be used for cooking an entire poultry carcass. Other inserts are perforated baskets that can be used to fry items.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: METAL FUSION, INC.Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 9474294Abstract: A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet is supported (e.g., removably) above the lower sheet. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. A food stuffing apparatus provides a receptacle having an interior, an upper end portion with a larger opening and a lower end portion with a smaller opening, and a tapering portion in between the upper and lower end portions. A plunger is provided having a head, a lower end portion with a shaft having a lower pushing surface and a joint, joining the head to the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: METAL FUSION, INC.Inventors: Michael P. Bourgeois, Norman R. Bourgeois, Barbara Bourgeois
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Publication number: 20150182073Abstract: A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet of material is supported (e.g., removably) above the sheet of corrugated material. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet of material, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of flanged members attached to a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. A sheet with openings slides into the frame aligning the openings with the lowest part of the trough.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Barbara Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 8919244Abstract: A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet of material is supported (e.g., removably) above the sheet of corrugated material. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet of material, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of flanged members attached to a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. A sheet with openings slides into the frame aligning the openings with the lowest part of the trough.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Metal Fusion, Inc.Inventors: Norman R. Bourgeois, Barbara Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 8272375Abstract: A stove and pot arrangement is provided that affords utility to backpackers and other users having limited space. The apparatus provides a specially configured stove frame having laterally spaced apart channels that are receptive of the pot rim and wall and wherein the pot interior is receptive of a central portion of the frame, the pot and frame having about the same overall height.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Inventors: Norman Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Publication number: 20120219673Abstract: A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet is supported (e.g., removably) above the lower sheet. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. A food stuffing apparatus provides a receptacle having an interior, an upper end portion with a larger opening and a lower end portion with a smaller opening, and a tapering portion in between the upper and lower end portions. A plunger is provided having a head, a lower end portion with a shaft having a lower pushing surface and a joint, joining the head to the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Michael P. Bourgeois, Norman R. Bourgeois, Barbara Bourgeois
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Patent number: 8001955Abstract: A stove and pot arrangement is provided that affords utility to backpackers and other users having limited space. The apparatus provides a specially configured stove frame having laterally spaced apart channels that are receptive of the pot rim and wall and wherein the pot interior is receptive of a central portion of the frame, the pot and frame having about the same overall height.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Inventors: Norman Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 7770514Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a pot with multiple cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert can be used for cooking an entire poultry carcass. Other inserts are perforated baskets that can be used to fry items.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Inventors: Norman Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 7707929Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a specially configured pot with multiple specially configured cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert is a rack that can be used for cooking one or more whole poultry carcasses. Another insert is a perforated basket that can be used to hold items to be cooked. The pot has a lower tapered section that includes a tapering downwardly sidewall or walls meeting a smaller, generally rectangular bottom panel. The pot has an upper section with a larger transverse cross section than the pot bottom, preferably comprised of generally vertically oriented side all sections. The basket can be correspondingly shaped to the contour of the pot interior.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Inventors: Norman R Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 7325482Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a pot with multiple cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert can be used for cooking an entire poultry carcass. Other inserts are perforated baskets that can be used to fry items.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Inventors: Norman Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois
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Patent number: 7237476Abstract: An improved outdoor cooking apparatus features a pot with multiple cooking inserts and burner frame that supports a burner element. One insert can be used for cooking an entire poultry carcass. Other inserts are perforated baskets that can be used to fry items.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Inventors: Norman Bourgeois, Michael P. Bourgeois