Patents by Inventor Michael R. Mastroianni
Michael R. Mastroianni 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: 11399665Abstract: A removable cookware handle is disclosed for connection to a piece of cookware. The removable cookware handle can attach to an attachment member that is secured to the cookware piece. To facilitate locking and unlocking of the attachment member to the removable cookware handle, a plurality of button mechanism are present on the housing of the removable cookware handle. A first button mechanism of the plurality of button mechanisms is slidable in a longitudinal direction while the second button mechanism is depressible in a lateral direction. When unlocking the removable cookware handle from the attachment member, a user may depress the second button and manipulate the first button backward to allow the attachment member to be released from a locking cavity within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Columbia Insurance CompanyInventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni
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Publication number: 20200405100Abstract: A removable cookware handle is disclosed for connection to a piece of cookware. The removable cookware handle can attach to an attachment member that is secured to the cookware piece. To facilitate locking and unlocking of the attachment member to the removable cookware handle, a plurality of button mechanism are present on the housing of the removable cookware handle. A first button mechanism of the plurality of button mechanisms is slidable in a longitudinal direction while the second button mechanism is depressible in a lateral direction. When unlocking the removable cookware handle from the attachment member, a user may depress the second button and manipulate the first button backward to allow the attachment member to be released from a locking cavity within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni
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Patent number: 10772469Abstract: A removable cookware handle is disclosed for connection to a piece of cookware. The removable cookware handle can attach to an attachment member that is secured to the cookware piece. To facilitate locking and unlocking of the attachment member to the removable cookware handle, a plurality of button mechanism are present on the housing of the removable cookware handle. A first button mechanism of the plurality of button mechanisms is slidable in a longitudinal direction while the second button mechanism is depressible in a lateral direction. When unlocking the removable cookware handle from the attachment member, a user may depress the second button and manipulate the first button backward to allow the attachment member to be released from a locking cavity within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni
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Patent number: 10687666Abstract: A cooking appliance has a base with an upstanding wall defining a hollow interior with an opening. The base is configured to support a cooking grate adjacent to the opening. A lid is configured to be removably attached to the base and allow access to the cooking grate. An electrical cooking element is spaced from the grate and positioned in the hollow interior. A passage is formed in the upstanding wall and has a closure moveable between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, the passage receives and supports the cooking element in the hollow interior of the base to enable cooking with electricity via the cooking element. In the closed position, the closure of the passage at least partially blocks access through the passage into the hollow interior to enable cooking with a combustible solid material deposited in the base without the cooking element.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni, Ross Bartels
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Publication number: 20190059656Abstract: A removable cookware handle is disclosed for connection to a piece of cookware. The removable cookware handle can attach to an attachment member that is secured to the cookware piece. To facilitate locking and unlocking of the attachment member to the removable cookware handle, a plurality of button mechanism are present on the housing of the removable cookware handle. A first button mechanism of the plurality of button mechanisms is slidable in a longitudinal direction while the second button mechanism is depressible in a lateral direction. When unlocking the removable cookware handle from the attachment member, a user may depress the second button and manipulate the first button backward to allow the attachment member to be released from a locking cavity within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni
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Publication number: 20180220843Abstract: A cooking appliance has a base with an upstanding wall defining a hollow interior with an opening. The base is configured to support a cooking grate adjacent to the opening. A lid is configured to be removably attached to the base and allow access to the cooking grate. An electrical cooking element is spaced from the grate and positioned in the hollow interior. A passage is formed in the upstanding wall and has a closure moveable between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, the passage receives and supports the cooking element in the hollow interior of the base to enable cooking with electricity via the cooking element. In the closed position, the closure of the passage at least partially blocks access through the passage into the hollow interior to enable cooking with a combustible solid material deposited in the base without the cooking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni, Ross Bartels
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Patent number: 9750269Abstract: A popcorn popping unit has a heating element and a blower fan, and a cooking surface adapted to receive kernels of corn. The popping unit is configurable for two flow paths of pressurized air through the popping unit. In the first path, pressurized air is configured to flow over the heating element, flow over the cooking surface, cook the kernels of corn, and move the cooked kernels of corn to a serving dispenser. In a second path, pressurized air is configured to flow over the cooking surface, and move un-popped seeds into a seed collection bin.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: GREENFIELD WORLD TRADE, INC.Inventors: Michael R. Mastroianni, Rong Liu, Bikram Sohi, William A. Bucklew
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Patent number: 9357794Abstract: A popcorn popping unit comprises a blower unit and a popping vessel. The popping vessel has first and second parts assemblable with one another to form the popping vessel. The first part is operatively mounted on the blower unit and the second part has an opening configured to vent pressurized air generated by the blower during cooking operations from the popping vessel through the opening. The popping vessel has at least a portion with inner and outer walls spaced apart from one another to form a double wall construction for the at least portion of the popping vessel. The inner wall may comprise glass and the outer wall may comprise plastic. The inner and outer walls may be transparent.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: FOCUS PRODUCTS GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLCInventors: Michael R. Mastroianni, Rong Liu, Bikram Sohi, William A. Bucklew
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Publication number: 20160045079Abstract: A shower curtain rod wall mount bracket has a tubular member configured to receive a shower curtain rod. The tubular member has a center axis and the shower curtain rod is received by the tubular member along the tubular member center axis. A wall mount portion is operatively connected to the tubular member. The wall mount portion has a mounting surface configured for mounting the wall mount bracket to a wall adjacent a shower enclosure. The mounting surface is generally perpendicular to the tubular member center axis. A bathroom accessory mount is operatively connected to the wall mount portion. The bathroom accessory mount supports a bathroom accessory that may be, by example, a hook, a tray, and/or a rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Michael R. Mastroianni, William A. Bucklew, Zhe Shen
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Publication number: 20150257419Abstract: A popcorn popping unit has a heating element and a blower fan, and a cooking surface adapted to receive kernels of corn. The popping unit is configurable for two flow paths of pressurized air through the popping unit. In the first path, pressurized air is configured to flow over the heating element, flow over the cooking surface, cook the kernels of corn, and move the cooked kernels of corn to a serving dispenser. In a second path, pressurized air is configured to flow over the cooking surface, and move un-popped seeds into a seed collection bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Focus Products Group International, LLCInventors: Michael R. Mastroianni, Rong Liu, Bikram Sohi, William A. Bucklew
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Publication number: 20150047511Abstract: A popcorn popping unit comprises a blower unit and a popping vessel. The popping vessel has first and second parts assemblable with one another to form the popping vessel. The first part is operatively mounted on the blower unit and the second part has an opening configured to vent pressurized air generated by the blower during cooking operations from the popping vessel through the opening. The popping vessel has at least a portion with inner and outer walls spaced apart from one another to form a double wall construction for the at least portion of the popping vessel. The inner wall may comprise glass and the outer wall may comprise plastic. The inner and outer walls may be transparent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Michael R. Mastroianni, Rong Liu, Bikram Sohi, William A. Bucklew
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Patent number: 8545914Abstract: A carrier for food products such as muffins and cupcakes includes a pan and a cover. The pan including multiple pan wells that project from an upper surface thereof. At least some of the pan wells each includes an opening in respective bottom surfaces thereof. The cover includes multiple cover wells or supports projecting from a surface thereof, each corresponding to one of the pan wells. At least some of the cover wells each includes a support extending from a bottom surface thereof. The cover secures to and substantially covers the pan in a first configuration. The pan nests on the cover in a second configuration such that the supports project through a respective one of the openings.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Focus Products Group International, LLCInventor: Michael R. Mastroianni
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Publication number: 20120017731Abstract: A slicer for quickly slicing food items includes a cavity into which a food item can be inserted, a plurality of blades for slicing the food item, and a pressing portion for pressing the food item onto the plurality of blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Michael R. Mastroianni, Aurelio Reyes
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Publication number: 20120017779Abstract: A corn kerneler having a cutting apparatus including an expandable, ring-shaped blade. The corn kerneler further includes a housing supporting the cutting apparatus and cooperating with the blade to form a substantially enclosed kernel collection chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Tony J. Abfall, Michael R. Mastroianni, David M. Waskin, Aurelio Reyes, John R. Visk
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Patent number: 8046921Abstract: A food cutting apparatus includes a body defining a first opening and supporting a first blade extending within the first opening. The first blade is configured to cut the food item. The apparatus also includes a dial rotatably coupled to the body about an axis and defining a second opening substantially aligned with the first opening. The dial supports a second blade extending within the second opening. The second blade is configured to cut the food item.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Focus Products Group, LLCInventor: Michael R. Mastroianni
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Publication number: 20090241344Abstract: A food cutting apparatus includes a body defining a first opening and supporting a first blade extending within the first opening. The first blade is configured to cut the food item. The apparatus also includes a dial rotatably coupled to the body about an axis and defining a second opening substantially aligned with the first opening. The dial supports a second blade extending within the second opening. The second blade is configured to cut the food item.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventor: Michael R. Mastroianni
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Patent number: D492605Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Amco Houseworks LLCInventor: Michael R. Mastroianni
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Patent number: D830096Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni, Ross Bartels
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Patent number: D845068Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni
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Patent number: D853173Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Inventors: William A. Bucklew, Michael R. Mastroianni, Bikram Sohi