Patents by Inventor Theodore Jach

Theodore Jach 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).

  • Material trimmer with cut-line indicator
    Patent number: 9138908
    Abstract: A material trimmer for trimming sheet material having a blade slidingly engageable with the sheet material along a cutline and an indicator indicative of the approximate location of the cutline. The indicator provides for ready and correct orientation of the sheet material within the material trimmer. In one set of embodiments, the blade is attached to a carriage or trolley adapted for sliding translation along a portion of a guide. The guide is operatively connected to a base. The indicator is disposed in relation to a slot provided in the guide overlaying the sheet material orientated on the base. The indicator may comprise a cord operatively connected to the guide. The tension of the indicator is maintained or adjusted through manipulation of one or more tensioners operatively connected to the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Fiskars Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean T. Petersen, David C. Eby, Theodore Jach, Doug Birkholz
  • MATERIAL TRIMMER WITH CUT-LINE INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20090293694
    Abstract: A material trimmer for trimming sheet material having a blade slidingly engageable with the sheet material along a cutline and an indicator indicative of the approximate location of the cutline. The indicator provides for ready and correct orientation of the sheet material within the material trimmer. In one set of embodiments, the blade is attached to a carriage or trolley adapted for sliding translation along a portion of a guide. The guide is operatively connected to a base. The indicator is disposed in relation to a slot provided in the guide overlaying the sheet material orientated on the base. The indicator may comprise a cord operatively connected to the guide. The tension of the indicator is maintained or adjusted through manipulation of one or more tensioners operatively connected to the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Sean T. Petersen, David C. Eby, Theodore Jach, Doug Birkholz
  • Puffed cereal cakes
    Patent number: 6248379
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of puffed cereal cakes, preferably rice cakes, comprising the steps of: providing a cereal grain, preferably a milled parboiled rice, wherein the cereal grain is impregnated with a non-mineral food ingredient such as a sugar; introducing the grain into a mold; and puffing the cereal in the mold under pressure to form a shaped impregnated cereal cake. The cereal grains impregnated with organic food ingredients can be used to make puffed cereal cakes having improved taste, texture and nutritional properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: N.V. MasterFoods S.A.
    Inventors: Roberto A. Capodieci, Lucio H. Yonemoto, Catherine V. Baillie, Theodore Jach, Fabiana F. Gargaro
  • Scissors
    Patent number: D611794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Fiskars Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Williams, Theodore Jach, Christopher Peterson
  • Scissors
    Patent number: D631716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fiskars Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Roberts, Daniel J. Lipscomb, Molly Opitz, Theodore Jach, Douglas Nelson
  • Scissors
    Patent number: D648608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Fiskars Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Roberts, Steven Stokes, Theodore Jach