Patents by Inventor Patricia A. Filkins

Patricia A. Filkins 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).

  • Splatter screen
    Patent number: 6056146
    Abstract: A splatter screen may be releasably retained to a cookware item to prevent splatter of hot food items and the like from the cookware item during cooking. A rim of the splatter screen is constructed and arranged to be releasably retained within an upper rim portion of the cookware item. Any number of spring clips may be attached to the rim of the splatter screen for releasably retention of a cover of the cookware item to the splatter screen. A grip portion of a handle, attached to the rim of the splatter screen, is constructed and arranged to accommodate a handle of the cookware item with which the splatter screen is intended to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Varakian, Karen Swinford, Patricia A. Filkins, Randall Bell, James Hand
  • Barbecue mitt
    Patent number: D468871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Inventors: Alison A. Roach, Maria Theodore, Patricia A. Filkins
  • Splatter shield
    Patent number: D420249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Varakian, Karen Swinford, Patricia A. Filkins, Randall Bell, James Hand
  • Splatter shield
    Patent number: D422175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Varakian, Karen Swinford, Patricia A. Filkins, Randall Bell, James Hand