Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Loechel

Stephen J. Loechel 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).

  • Patent number: 5054835
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved food handling implement which in one mode of use forms a pair of separate elements which can be used individually as salad servers, while in another mode of use forms a set of tongs which can be operated by a person single handed. Each element has an elongate handle having an end portion which is angled with respect to the axis of the handle, and a connector cap for releasably connecting the elements together to enable the elements to be coupled together in approximately parallel relationship in the one mode of use, or with the angled end portions retained in facing relationship with the handles diverging away from the connector cap in the another mode of use, wherein the hand portions of the elements can be urged together or apart by virtue of the resilience of the handles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Tango Proprietary Limited
    Inventors: Stephen J. Loechel, Kerry W. Henderson
  • Patent number: 4143481
    Abstract: An educational toy comprised of a kit of parts, and including blocks having slots in their faces, and resilient strips to fit into the slots and adapted to be retained in the slots by bending of the strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Inventor: Stephen J. Loechel
  • Patent number: D255471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Assignee: Motley Manufacturing Agencies Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Stephen J. Loechel
  • Patent number: D327610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Tango Proprietary Limited
    Inventors: Stephen J. Loechel, Kerry W. Henderson