Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7409765 | Combination cooking utensil A combination cooking utensil for use in food preparation has a handle with a shank extending from the handle to a utensil head. An audio input/output and audio player are provided with the housing for storing and playing audio files. A power supply is located withi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7104682 | System and method for determining temperature of food A device for checking the internal temperature of food, which includes a piercing element for insertion into food and a temperature sensor integral with the piercing element. The piercing element is connected to a main handle, which is removably connected to a handl... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6536114 | Boiled egg shell ripper A hand tool to facilitate removing the shell from a hard boiled egg. The tool has an egg shell ripper prong disposed between a spaced apart pair of members that engage the outer surface of the egg shell and limit the depth of penetration of the ripper pro... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6390911 | Shell seafood cracking and serving device A shell seafood cracking and serving device for cracking shell seafood with little mess and effort by the user. The shell seafood cracking and serving device includes a utensil having a handle member and a seafood cracking member being securely attached a... | 05/21/2002 |
| 5279036 | Spoon or spatula for food use The invention is related to a spoon for food use. A spoon (1) has a handle (5) and an end (8) provided with a cavity (2) used to house the food product, pinchers (3,12) are provided to ensure the holding of the product inside its cavity (2). The invention... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5175933 | Pizza fork apparatus A pizza fork is arranged for the ease of cutting and spearing of food items, wherein the pizza fork includes an elongate handle integrally mounting a head at a forward distal end of the handle. The head includes a plurality of spaced tines, wherein the ou... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5088201 | Spaghetti cutting device A spaghetti cutting device includes a pair of cutting edges spaced apart by a shorter cutting edge therewith, the cutting edges being configured to cut the strands of spaghetti extending outwardly from the sides and ends of the tines of a fork. The cuttin... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5026386 | Flaval separator A surgical instrument specifically designed to facilitate the separation of the Ligamentum Flavum from its vertebral attachments is disclosed. The instrument has an angulated semispherical solid ovoid tip with sharp edges along its top flat surface.... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4691440 | Forked shell and membrane stripper for boiled eggs A handy, simple forked shell and membrane stripper capable of simultaneously stripping the shell and membrane of the boiled eggs consists of a step portion and a three-forked portion comprising one central fork and two side forks, the former having at its... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4599797 | Revolvable eating utensil and method of cleaning same The revolvable eating utensil includes a handle portion in the form of an open frame, and an elongated member having a comestible engageable portion axially rotatably supported by the handle portion. The handle portion includes a pair of short front and r... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4200961 | Separating meat from shell A lobster fork has a short ridged claw tine, a thumb indent opposite the claw tine and a spurred tine.... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4182032 | Combination fork device A fork having a finger operated assist blade pivotally attached thereto such that it is movable sideways against the outer tine of the fork in a lateral direction. The assist blade, which is spring biased outwardly, is higher than the fork tines so that f... | 01/08/1980 |
