Patents by Inventor Pascal Drouville

Pascal Drouville 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: 10743716
    Abstract: The removable gripping device for an ear-shaped holding member of a kitchen utensil includes a case with a housing in the form of a slit with a height to at least partially accommodate the latter by nesting and with functional play. The case also has a latch able to occupy at least a locked position and an unlocked position in order, depending on the case, to block or free the removable gripping device on this holding member. In combination with and independently of the locking/unlocking function, at least one retaining pad extends at least partially in the slit-shaped housing so as to define, in the latter, at least one passage section adjusted to the thickness of the holding member. The pad, in its part at least extending in the housing is made from a flexible material to retract under stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CRISTEL
    Inventors: Paul Dodane, Pascal Drouville
  • Patent number: 10016096
    Abstract: The kitchen utensil includes a container and a handle. The outer upper perimeter of the container bears an extending retaining bracket provided with at least one opening for the engagement and reception of a hook-shaped end of a latching tab of the handle. The handle also bears a latch mounted slidingly and able to occupy at least an unlocked position and a locked position in which it is pushed back under the action of a return, to extend, on the opposite side relative to the latching tab, under the retaining bracket of the container. The latch is mounted sliding on the handle in a direction forming an acute angle relative to the plane of the retaining bracket so as to tighten toward the retaining bracket under the action of the return to the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: CRISTEL
    Inventors: Paul Dodane, Emmanuel Brugger, Pascal Drouville
  • Publication number: 20170340171
    Abstract: The removable gripping device for an ear-shaped holding member of a kitchen utensil includes a case with a housing in the form of a slit with a height to at least partially accommodate the latter by nesting and with functional play. The case also has a latch able to occupy at least a locked position and an unlocked position in order, depending on the case, to block or free the removable gripping device on this holding member. In combination with and independently of the locking/unlocking function, at least one retaining pad extends at least partially in the slit-shaped housing so as to define, in the latter, at least one passage section adjusted to the thickness of the holding member. The pad, in its part at least extending in the housing is made from a flexible material to retract under stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Paul DODANE, Pascal DROUVILLE
  • Publication number: 20170319012
    Abstract: The kitchen utensil includes a container and a handle. The outer upper perimeter of the container bears an extending retaining bracket provided with at least one opening for the engagement and reception of a hook-shaped end of a latching tab of the handle. The handle also bears a latch mounted slidingly and able to occupy at least an unlocked position and a locked position in which it is pushed back under the action of a return, to extend, on the opposite side relative to the latching tab, under the retaining bracket of the container. The latch is mounted sliding on the handle in a direction forming an acute angle relative to the plane of the retaining bracket so as to tighten toward the retaining bracket under the action of the return to the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Paul DODANE, Emmanuel BRUGGER, Pascal DROUVILLE
  • Patent number: 9220374
    Abstract: A removable holding device for manipulating a cooking utensils has a shell having an internal cavity that opens laterally on a front face thereof via an oblong orifice. The internal cavity is adapted to receive a lug of the cooking utensil when the lug is inserted through the oblong orifice. A locking mechanism is received within a clearance chamber in the shell that is at least partially closed. The locking mechanism cooperates with an opening in the lug when the lug is received in the internal cavity. The shell is a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: CRISTEL (A FRENCH COMPANY)
    Inventors: Paul Dodane, Pascal Drouville
  • Patent number: D814858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: CRISTEL
    Inventors: Paul Dodane, Pascal Drouville
  • Patent number: D815488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: CRISTEL
    Inventors: Paul Dodane, Pascal Drouville