Patents by Inventor Paul Blankenship

Paul Blankenship 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).

  • Publication number: 20080048050
    Abstract: An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of a shower enclosure with a liquid cleanser dispenses the cleanser using a pump and rotatable spray head. A motor drives the pump and rotates the spray head. The sprayer has a showerhead mountable housing with a hanger. The housing supports a bottle of cleanser in an inverted fashion. Cleanser is delivered from the bottle through a cleanser conduit in the piercing post into a well of the housing. The bottle is vented from the well through an air vent path in the piercing post or from a well vent outlet through the air vent path in the piercing post. An outlet valve in the well permits outflow of cleanser from the well. Various bottle caps and bottle closures are also provided to improve venting and/or limit cleanser leakage from the bottle when the bottle is installed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Amber Mazooji, Terry Kovara, Peter Neumann, David Leifheit, Michael Allen, Paul Blankenship, Lawrence Pillion
  • Publication number: 20070151463
    Abstract: A toaster for heating foodstuffs includes a chassis having a cavity therein and having at least one chassis opening for accessing the cavity. A door is movable with respect to the chassis between a closed position in which the door substantially covers the chassis opening, and an open position in which the cavity is accessible through the chassis opening. A carriage with at least one slot movable between a first position disposed completely within the cavity and a second position extending at least partially from the cavity through the chassis opening. The toaster has a heating configuration in which the carriage is in the first position and the door is in the closed position to confine the foodstuff being heated and create a generally enclosed chamber within the cavity in which heat and moisture loss is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: HAMILTON BEACH/PROCTOR-SILEX, INC.
    Inventors: William Starr, Nhiem Nguyen, Terry Myers, Paul Blankenship, Adam Steinman
  • Publication number: 20060157500
    Abstract: An automated sprayer for spraying the walls of a shower enclosure with a liquid cleanser dispenses the cleanser using a pump and rotatable spray head. A motor drives the pump and rotates the spray head. The sprayer has a showerhead mountable housing with a hanger. The housing supports a bottle of cleanser in an inverted fashion. Cleanser is delivered from the bottle through a cleanser conduit in the piercing post into a well of the housing. The bottle is vented from the well through an air vent path in the piercing post or from a well vent outlet through the air vent path in the piercing post. An outlet valve in the well permits outflow of cleanser from the well. Various bottle caps and bottle closures are also provided to improve venting and/or limit cleanser leakage from the bottle when the bottle is installed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Amber Mazooji, Terry Kovara, Peter Neumann, David Leifheit, Michael Allen, Paul Blankenship, Lawrence Pillion
  • Publication number: 20050178757
    Abstract: A toaster for heating foodstuffs includes a chassis having a cavity therein and having at least one chassis opening for accessing the cavity. A door is movable with respect to the chassis between a closed position in which the door substantially covers the chassis opening, and an open position in which the cavity is accessible through the chassis opening. A carriage with at least one slot is movable between a first position disposed completely within the cavity and a second position extending at least partially from the cavity through the chassis opening. The toaster has a heating configuration in which the carriage is in the first position and the door is in the closed position to confine the foodstuff being heated and create a generally enclosed chamber within the cavity in which heat and moisture loss is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: William Starr, Nhiem Nguyen, Terry Myers, Paul Blankenship, Adam Steinman
  • Patent number: D896019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynda Musanta, David Yang, Dean Warner, Paul Blankenship, Seth A Lichtman