Patents by Inventor Scott David Eckerman

Scott David Eckerman 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for chocolate dispensers
    Patent number: 6860788
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for dispensing chocolate. Solid chocolate is heated to its melting point within a chamber in order to form a liquid chocolate that is viscous and can flow out an opening in a nozzle at one end when pressure is exerted at another end. The chocolate dispenser is portable and has a housing or case that holds a heating chamber and a heater. The heater heats solid chocolate in the heating chamber into liquid chocolate. A nozzle is snapped or screwed into a dispensing end of the dispenser. A plunger has a piston inserted into the heating chamber to apply pressure to liquid chocolate in order for it to flow out of an opening in the nozzle. A children's playset for use with the chocolate dispenser includes a support structure to support the chocolate dispenser over a dispensing area. One embodiment of the playset includes a turn table and a tapper. A cooling tray may be included in the playset to cool the melted chocolate to its solid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Shoot the Moon Products II, LLC
    Inventors: David Small, Scott David Eckerman, Leslie Earl Allen, III
  • Methods and apparatus for chocolate dispensers
    Publication number: 20030129921
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for dispensing chocolate. Solid chocolate is heated to its melting point within a chamber in order to form a liquid chocolate that is viscous and can flow out an opening in a nozzle at one end when pressure is exerted at another end. The chocolate dispenser is portable and has a housing or case that holds a heating chamber and a heater. The heater heats solid chocolate in the heating chamber into liquid chocolate. A nozzle is snapped or screwed into a dispensing end of the dispenser. A plunger has a piston inserted into the heating chamber to apply pressure to liquid chocolate in order for it to flow out of an opening in the nozzle. A children's playset for use with the chocolate dispenser includes a support structure to support the chocolate dispenser over a dispensing area. One embodiment of the playset includes a turn table and a tapper. A cooling tray may be included in the playset to cool the melted chocolate to its solid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Shoot the Moon II, LLC
    Inventors: David Small, Scott David Eckerman, Leslie Earl Allen
  • Video capture device
    Patent number: D400193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Shooting Star Products, LLC
    Inventors: David Bernard Small, Paul Salvadore Rago, Scott David Eckerman