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Assignee: The Pampered Chef, Ltd.


Location: Addison, IL
No. of patents: 19

NumberTitleIssue Date
6484341Dough roller
A consolidated pastry forming apparatus is provided that incorporates a separatable roller tool and a finishing tool. The roller tool includes a handle, a first pair of fork arms at one handle end, and a second pair of fork arms at the other handle end. A...
11/26/2002
6425496Indicator tab for carafe
A reversible indicator tab is provided for a carafe of the type having a lever with a free end extending therefrom. The indicator tab includes a hollow cap having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls. The top and bottom walls are spaced apa...
07/30/2002
6360442Grapefruit knife
A grapefruit knife for use in cutting sections of edible fruit from the less desirable membrane and peel is disclosed. The present invention includes a handle having two opposing ends, a single cutting blade attached to one end of the handle, and a scoopi...
03/26/2002
6354337Oven baster and cleaning brush
A baster and cleaning brush set includes a baster and a cleaning brush. The baster has a tube with a tip portion at one end and a compressible bulb at the other end. The bulb is removable from the tube. The cleaning brush includes a handle and a shank fro...
03/12/2002
6308419Sleeve for the blade of a knife
A sleeve which is slid over the blade of a knife or the like and includes two interconnected sections. One of the sections includes a plurality of spaced molded clips formed in and spaced along a shoulder which extends around the periphery of the one sect...
10/30/2001
6237474Garlic press with detachable cleaner
A manually operated, two lever arm type garlic press is provided which a detachably associated cleaning plate that is stored at the front end of the one of the lever arms (preferably, the first lever arm). The cleaning plate is provided with projections o...
05/29/2001
6231226Mixing Pitcher
A combination pitcher and mixing subassembly is described that incorporates a mixing head which is longitudinally reciprocally movable within the pitcher. The combination is particularly well suited for use with pitchers that are not cross-sectionally cir...
05/15/2001
6224475Sharpener sheath
The present invention is a device for storing and selectively sharpening a knife. The present invention includes a scabbard with opposing first and second ends. An opening is defined in the first end and a passage defined in the scabbard for receiving a k...
05/01/2001
6200015Mixing container
A mixing container is provided which has a housing and a disassociatively associatable mixer subassembly. The mixer subassembly includes a top portion, a rod that slidably and reciprocatably extends centrally through the top portion, a gripping portion at...
03/13/2001
6135017Wire egg separator
An egg separator made from a length of wire which has been bent and twisted to form a cup-shaped portion in which the white of the egg is separated from the yolk of the egg. The separator also includes a handle having two wire arms with bends therein defi...
10/24/2000
6109170Garlic press with detachable cleaner
A manually operated, two lever arm type garlic press is provided which a detachably associated cleaning plate that is stored at the front end of the one of the lever arms (preferably, the first lever arm). The cleaning plate is provided with projections o...
08/29/2000
6105468Multi-purpose opener
A multi-purpose closure opener for use with a variety of containers including twist-top bottles, vacuum-sealed jars and tab-top cans. A rigid elongated main body supports a twist-top opening section, a jar lid opening section and a tab-top can closure ope...
08/22/2000
6032368Apple corer
A hand held coring device for removing the core from a piece of fruit such as an apple, pear, or the like is disclosed. The device is constructed of a tube having a wall, a central bore, first and second ends, and at least two slots defined within the wal...
03/07/2000
6000666Adjustable trivet
An adjustable trivet having two substantially identical components slideably interlocked to permit use with various size cookware is provided. Each component is equipped with an edge support having a raised end surface, a middle support having a raised en...
12/14/1999
5954241Container for receiving and dispensing of particulates
A particulate receiving and dispensing container having a vessel and a cooperating closure is provided. The vessel has a generally circular mouth with a segmental discontinuity therein. The vessel mouth is slidably engagable with a grater. Specifically, w...
09/21/1999
5803378Rotary grater
An improved hand-held, hand-crank operated rotary drum-type grater for cheese and the like is provided which has a housing that has portions which are slidably engagable with mouth adjacent lip portions of a predetermined collection vessel for grated mate...
09/08/1998
5784953Egg separator
An unitary egg separator is provided which includes a cup with a handle. The cup has a pair of symmetrically located elongated slots positioned adjacent to the bottom apex of the cup. The handle is transversely broadened and longitudinally relatively shor...
07/28/1998
5695282Mixing pitcher
A combination mixing pitcher having a mixer subassembly that incorporates an impeller which is reciprocally longitudinally slidably movable but not rotatable within the pitcher. The impeller is fixed to one end of a plunger rod that reciprocates slidably ...
12/09/1997
5660341Rotary grater
An improved hand-held, hand-crank operated rotary drum-type grater for cheese and the like is provided. The grater is adapted to incorporate molded plastic or metal components but preferably utilizes a cage-type drum body having a cylindrical surface defi...
08/26/1997
 
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