Patents by Inventor Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody

Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody 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: 11832701
    Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Thomas Richards, Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, Shannon Marie Mcsweeney, Daniel J. Innes, Steven Luke Bailey
  • Publication number: 20230172335
    Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Thomas Richards, Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, Shannon Marie Mcsweeney, Daniel J. Innes, Steven Luke Bailey
  • Publication number: 20220202157
    Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua Thomas RICHARDS, Thomas Edward Kingsborough CODY, Steven Luke BAILEY, Shannon Marie MCSWEENEY, Daniel John INNES
  • Publication number: 20210204758
    Abstract: A spiralizer attachment (70) for a kitchen appliance includes a body and a rotatable plate (60) associated with the body. The blade plate includes a slot (86) and at least one blade (88). Rotation of the blade plate relative to a food item forms at least one continuous slice of the food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, James Richard Potter, Oliver Henry Sherston Chambers, Colden Eldridge, Damian Lee, Charles Stewart Brunner
  • Publication number: 20210113023
    Abstract: A lid of a food processing system selectively receivable by a container of the food processing system includes a lid body defining a cavity within the lid body, a locking assembly at least partially disposed within the cavity and an actuator associated the said lid body and the locking assembly. The locking assembly is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to application of a first force applied to the actuator. The locking assembly is movable from the locked position to the unlocked position in response to application of a second force applied to said actuator, the first force and said second force being applied in a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, James Richard Potter, Oliver Henry Sherston Chambers, Andrew David Roberts
  • Patent number: 10939783
    Abstract: A lid of a food processing system selectively receivable by a container of the food processing system includes a lid body defining a cavity within the lid body, a locking assembly at least partially disposed within the cavity and an actuator associated the said lid body and the locking assembly. The locking assembly is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to application of a first force applied to the actuator. The locking assembly is movable from the locked position to the unlocked position in response to application of a second force applied to said actuator, the first force and said second force being applied in a same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, James Richard Potter, Oliver Henry Sherston Chambers, Andrew David Roberts
  • Publication number: 20180213980
    Abstract: A lid of a food processing system selectively receivable by a container of the food processing system includes a lid body defining a cavity within the lid body, a locking assembly at least partially disposed within the cavity and an actuator associated the said lid body and the locking assembly. The locking assembly is movable from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to application of a first force applied to the actuator. The locking assembly is movable from the locked position to the unlocked position in response to application of a second force applied to said actuator, the first force and said second force being applied in a same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Kingsborough Cody, James Richard Potter, Oliver Henry Sherston Chambers, Andrew David Roberts