Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356933 | Multifunctional ladle A multifunctional ladle includes a spoon-body which has a handle and a perforated spoon which mounts on the spoon-body by using a link rod, a spring and a screw. By pushing or pulling a switch on the handle which connects with the link rod, the perforated spoon can ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7231719 | Hair clipper accessories The present invention achieves technical advantages as devices that attach to hair clippers, providing the clippers with an appearance that is preferably in harmony with the sound of clippers, and that is also non-threatening to a person, such as a child. In one emb... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7172705 | Skimmer A skimmer device and a method for skimming a liquid, foam, fat or other solid or liquid material or anything else that a user wants to remove or separate from a remaining liquid or solid that is left in a container. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7143517 | Cleaning device for a shaving apparatus A cleaning device for a shaving apparatus, includes a container for receiving the shaving apparatus. The container is at least partially filled with a cleaning fluid. The cleaning device of the invention also includes a device to limit the immersion depth of the sha... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7066779 | Mounting arrangement for squeakers A method of mounting a squeaker into a hard rubber ball toy. A separate holder or sleeve is provided that retains a squeaker and forms the noise producing element to be inserted into the rubber toy. The sleeve has a recessed area that tightly mates with an opening i... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6974056 | Cup for measuring and dispensing powdered product The present invention provides an improved apparatus for measuring and dispensing powdered products. The apparatus includes a cup portion and a funnel-shaped dispenser. The cup holds the powdered material to be measured is sized to contain a desired volume of the po... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6928870 | Spice storage and dispensing spoon A spice storage and dispensing system is configured as a spoon and includes a handle for the storage of spice and a bowl for the measurement and dispensing of spice received from the handle. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6848339 | Hard/soft spoon products A process for making a combination food utensil constructed of materials having different relative hardness, particularly a spoon. Portions of the utensil are constructed of a hard material such as polyproplylene to provide structural rigidity and to allow the utens... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6662454 | Child resistant, disposable, premeasured dosage spoon The present invention relates to a child resistant, disposable, premeasured dosage spoon. It includes a bowl portion having a premeasured dosage volume bowl, a front end for oral insertion, a back end. It also includes a handle portion having a front end ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6647828 | Hard/soft spoon products A process for making a combination food utensil constructed of materials having different relative hardness, particularly a spoon. A skeleton or backbone of the utensil is constructed of a hard material such as polypropylene to provide structural rigidity... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6595110 | Blending and bubble filtering container structure A blending and bubble filtering container structure includes a spoon-shaped blending and bubble filtering container, and a filtering film layer bonded on the spoon-shaped blending and bubble filtering container. The spoon-shaped blending and bubble filter... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6557264 | Invertably standable cooking utensil A cooking utensil is provided which can be stood invertedly upright and stored temporarily in a hygienic manner, without taking up space. The cooking utensil includes a shank portion, a head portion, a supporting member, and a liquid receiving member. The... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6550146 | Sieving ladle A sieving ladle allowing separation of solids or coarse material from liquids or fine particles; the sieving ladle comprising a generally concave-shaped bowl, the bowl defining a bowl wall, the bowl wall having a bowl wall peripheral edge, the bowl wall p... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6453562 | Baby spoons and method of manufacture A combination-material food utensil constructed of materials having different relative hardness. The skeleton or backbone of the utensil is constructed of a hard material providing structural integrity and allowing the utensil to easily slide along the bo... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6134790 | Utensil for children A utensil for infants and toddlers it includes a planar flexible handle portion and a semi-rigid utensil portion. The utensil portion includes a ridge and a handle which engages the handle portion. A mouth guard is included and is disposed at the junction... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6105254 | Articulating spoon A hand held eating utensil having a pair of scissors like handles pivotally connected to each other at approximately their midpoints. A spoon bowl is at the forward end of one of the handles and a pusher mechanism shaped as an animal head is pivotally con... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105259 | Eating utensils An eating utensil includes a body defining a handle portion shaped to facilitate grasping by a user. A pair of spaced-apart outer tines extend from the body. Each of the spaced-apart outer tines defines an outer tine length. The eating utensil further inc... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5975305 | Unit dose spoon A unit dose spoon having a bowl portion, a recessed handle portion communicating with the bowl portion. An upwardly extending pedestal is mounted in the recessed handle portion and is provided with an upwardly extending cutting blade on the top surface th... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5890223 | Child's feeding implement The present invention consists of an angled disabled and/or young child's feeding implement which has a handle portion which is bent from the longitudinal axis of the implement by approximately fifteen to seventy degrees. In one preferred embodiment of th... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5697160 | Eating utensil for pasta An eating utensil used in cooperation with a fork to eat elongate type pasta in a manner which prevents splattering of pasta sauce onto the user. The utensil is comprised of a handle which carries a bowl which is formed with an upwardly concave center por... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5655303 | Baby feeding system A new Baby Feeding System for minimizing the time for feeding a child by utilizing molded shapes which represent objects that the child enjoys, retracting apart exposing an extendible eating utensil carrying food for the child; then extending the eating u... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5614275 | High-relief, resiliently flexible, composite molded plastic product A high-relief, resiliently flexible composite molded plastic product (21). The product (21) includes a relatively rigid injection molded core member (22) having a pair of oppositely facing core shoulders (26,27), and a plastic sleeve member (23) with slee... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5554161 | Tick removal tool A tool for removing ticks and similar parasites. A spoon-shaped tool, the spoon of which is split lengthwise and hinged to rotate the split spoon sections normally open far enough to fit over a tick's body, then rotated closed into an overlapping relation... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5382256 | Protective instrument for suturing The protective instrument for suturing is formed by a rigid longitudinally concavo-convex body member having rounded edges and blunt ends. It is provided with a handle, so that in use the concave portion is facing the inner surface of the incision and the... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5367775 | Skimming ladle A skimming ladle is provided, which consists of a bowl that is capable of holding a liquid with a fatty oil therein. A spout is formed on one side of the bowl. a handle that is fixed to the bowl extends therefrom for manipulation of the bowl. A structure ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5263255 | Popcorn utensil An elongated, trough-like utensil for eating buttered popcorn by scooping it from a container. Long enough to reach into a deep container, one end of the utensil includes a finger stop which can be held between the middle and index fingers. The finger sto... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5261560 | Utensil receptacle A receptacle for a spoon and fork; The spoon and the fork are pivotally mounted to the underside to the top of the receptacle, and the top is hinged to the bottom of the receptacle so that it may be opened to permit the spoon and fork to be turned to a po... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5203459 | Prepackaged oral medication serving apparatus and method An apparatus and method of providing and administering medicants to persons who have little or no control over the muscles of their mouth or, for other reasons, cannot swallow pills. A generally rectangular prepackaged serving container has a concave rece... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5077900 | Fat skimming ladle A fat skimmer in the form of a ladle having a deep vessel bowl with a rim at which there are ports for the transfer of surrounding fatty liquid into the vessel, determined by manipulation controlled by a locator associated with the rim.... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4825551 | Strainer ladle A strainer ladle which comprises an outer ladle having an unperforated bowl and a handle, an inner ladle having a perforated bowl which is nested within the unperforated bowl and a handle which is slidably mounted on the handle of the outer ladle. The per... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4779344 | Manipulatable utensil figure A manipulatable utensil figure member for a handheld eating or writing utensil. The figure member has a figure face portion, and defines a handle receiving opening for receiving therethrough the handle of the utensil such that the figure member is positio... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4724615 | Metered dosage spoon A medicine spoon has a spoon bowl with a handle, and a flat cover completely covers the bowl in a closed position in which the cover bears against the edge of the bowl. The cover has a handle attached to the bowl handle for pivotal movement between the cl... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4719702 | Utensil hand guard An utensil for feeding infants and small children is which an elastomeric handguard is mounted around the utensil handle near the food carrying portion of the utensil, e.g. spoon bowl. The removable guard has an object such as an amusing face thereon faci... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4314724 | Hand held tongs This specification discloses a pair of tongs comprising two arms interconnected by flexible leaf spring, having a substantially linear shape in a free condition, and being flexed into a tensed, U-shaped configuration when connected with the tong's arms, s... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4275646 | Kitchen utensil for making flavored beverages The specification discloses a kitchen utensil for making flavored beverages such as hot tea, and the like, and comprises a pair of arms having one set of ends pivotally interconnected, and apertured bowl members mounted on the other arm ends, and includin... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4040185 | Ladle for serving soup A substantially hemispherical bowl is provided with a handle. An inner boat-shaped receptacle, which has a generally V-shaped cross-section and tapers toward each of its ends, is supported by the bowl in a generally inverted position relative to the bowl,... | 08/09/1977 |
