Patents by Inventor Sami PIERCY

Sami PIERCY 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: 20230337863
    Abstract: A salad spinner includes a lid with an integrated drive mechanism and a strainer bowl having a strainer basket supported therein. The strainer basket having a pivotable strainer handle. The strainer handle defines a centrally disposed aperture. The drive mechanism has a drive shaft with a predetermined geometric cross-section that is removably coupled to the aperture of the strainer handle having the same geometric shape. The drive shaft can be further configure to engage an opening of a food chopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew KRUS, Ian MORGAN, Sami PIERCY
  • Patent number: 11723491
    Abstract: A salad spinner includes a lid having a pull ring supported thereon and a strainer bowl having a strainer basket supported therein, the strainer basket having a pivotable strainer handle mounted on a chopper. The pull ring is configured to be angularly displaced away from the lid to impart a spinning motion to the strainer basket within the strainer bowl. The strainer handle defines a centrally disposed strainer aperture. The lid has a hex shaft that is removably coupled to the strainer aperture of the strainer handle. The hex drive shaft is further removably coupled to a hex opening of a chopper rod of a chopper. The hex drive shaft initiates the spinning motion to chop salad and to dry salad independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Krus, Ian Morgan, Sami Piercy
  • Publication number: 20230047222
    Abstract: A salad spinner includes a lid having a pull ring supported thereon and a strainer bowl having a strainer basket supported therein, the strainer basket having a pivotable strainer handle mounted on a chopper. The pull ring is configured to be angularly displaced away from the lid to impart a spinning motion to the strainer basket within the strainer bowl. The strainer handle defines a centrally disposed strainer aperture. The lid has a hex shaft that is removably coupled to the strainer aperture of the strainer handle. The hex drive shaft is further removably coupled to a hex opening of a chopper rod of a chopper. The hex drive shaft initiates the spinning motion to chop salad and to dry salad independently of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew KRUS, Ian MORGAN, Sami PIERCY
  • Publication number: 20220408960
    Abstract: A citrus juicer includes a vessel configured to receive a cone segment, the cone segment defining a conduit extending from a shaft and a plurality of slits extending circumferentially thereon, a rubber spring vertically aligned with an opening of the conduit, and a reamer element in operable communication with the rubber spring. The rubber spring is fixedly mounted to a sprint support member, the spring support member coupled to the conduit extending from the shaft of the cone segment. The rubber spring further defines a centrally disposed projection. When a force is applied to a top portion of the reamer element, the rubber spring is in a compressed state such that the centrally disposed projection engages the spring support element to displace the reamer element in a vertical direction with respect to the shaft of the cone element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew KRUS, Ian MORGAN, Sami PIERCY
  • Publication number: 20220387944
    Abstract: A stirring implement includes a stirrer having a single stir rod defining a generally triangular shape at a distal end thereof, a rotating guide defining a slot, wherein the single stir rod of the stirrer is inserted through the slot of the rotating guide such that the single stir rod is positioned at an angle with respect to a planar surface of the rotating guide, and a lid releasably engageable to the rotating guide. The stirrer has a handle at a proximal end thereof and the handle rotates circumferentially beyond an outer perimeter of the lid. An apex defined by the single stir rod travels circumferentially along an inner wall of an outer perimeter of a container attached to the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew KRUS, Ian MORGAN, Sami PIERCY
  • Patent number: D975507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Krus, Ian Morgan, Sami Piercy
  • Patent number: D980023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Krus, Ian Morgan, Sami Piercy
  • Patent number: D980024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Krus, Ian Morgan, Sami Piercy
  • Patent number: D982376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Krus, Ian Morgan, Sami Piercy
  • Patent number: D988818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Krus, Ian Morgan, Sami Piercy
  • Patent number: D999030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Krus, Ian Morgan, Sami Piercy