Patents by Inventor Peter Jerome Ashcraft

Peter Jerome Ashcraft 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: 20240148179
    Abstract: A tray assembly includes a tray having a top side, an underside opposite the top side, and a plurality of protrusions extending from the underside. Each protrusion defines a recess in the top side and has a bottom wall and a contoured surface connecting the bottom wall to the top side. The tray assembly also includes a diffuser in the form of a plate with a plurality of apertures therethrough. The diffuser is couplable to the tray and positionable a spaced distance above the top side of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: James Kelly Pool, III, Peter Jerome Ashcraft
  • Patent number: 11730303
    Abstract: A tray assembly includes a tray having a top side, an underside opposite the top side, and a plurality of protrusions extending from the underside. Each protrusion defines a recess in the top side and has a bottom wall and a contoured surface connecting the bottom wall to the top side. The tray assembly also includes a diffuser in the form of a plate with a plurality of apertures therethrough. The diffuser is couplable to the tray and positionable a spaced distance above the top side of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CookTek Induction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: James Kelly Pool, III, Peter Jerome Ashcraft
  • Publication number: 20200405087
    Abstract: A tray assembly includes a tray having a top side, an underside opposite the top side, and a plurality of protrusions extending from the underside. Each protrusion defines a recess in the top side and has a bottom wall and a contoured surface connecting the bottom wall to the top side. The tray assembly also includes a diffuser in the form of a plate with a plurality of apertures therethrough. The diffuser is couplable to the tray and positionable a spaced distance above the top side of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: James Kelly Pool, III, Peter Jerome Ashcraft