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    U.S. patent 7754261: Food containment cooking device. Granted to Stewart et. al. (2 total) on 2010-07-13 (filed 2006-09-11). Currently involved in at least 1 patent litigation: Fusionbrands, Inc. v. Lamson & Goodnow, LLC et. al. (Georgia). See http://news.priorsmart.com for more info.

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    U.S. patent 7754261: Food containment cooking device. Granted to Stewart et. al. (2 total) on 2010-07-13 (filed 2006-09-11). Currently involved in at least 1 patent litigation: Fusionbrands, Inc. v. Lamson & Goodnow, LLC et. al. (Georgia). See http://news.priorsmart.com for more info.

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    2) United States Patent sy 6) o ay 2 6) 52) 68) (56) Stewart et al. FOOD CONTAINMENT COOKING DEVICE Inventors: Anna M. Stewart, 692 Highland Ave Adana, GA (US) 30312: Stephen Kraigh Stewart, 692 Highland Ave Aalanta, GA (US) 30812 Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis patent is extended or adjusted under 35 USC. 154¢b) by 60 days Appl. No. 11/890,732 Filed: Sep. 11, 2006 Publication Data Us 200710212469 AL 13,2007, Related U. pplication Data Continustion-in-pan of application No. 291255,628, filed on Mar, 11, 2006, naw Pat. No, Des. 556,501 Int.C1 A238 5/00 (2006.01) A23C 300 2006.01) us.c. 426/300; 4261523 Field of Classification Search 9/440-441, 991426427, M8, 403-418, 444450, 336, DT/312-602; 2200213, 574,622,912, 658-659, 220/574.1, 573.1, 4.24, 4.25, $60; 2061822; 228/108, 114, 116.1, 406, 125.01; 426/300, 426.298, 520, 323 ‘See application file for complete search history Referenecs Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS s4om9 a ¢ Is. 911874 Brandes © 31877 Gisretal 100 USO0 1775426182 (10) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent: US 7,754,261 B2 Jul. 13, 2010 S04058 A 71908 Rogers 240273 DisTams § 31980 Ulmer DITOTSE $ # 11/1955 Ziel prises 2690516 A 91984 Haron 99336 IW329 $ * S197 Highbeger Diss SIS76M A * UOTE Call 99.440 3831.508 A 81974 Wallan damn032 A T1981 Levinson 4617860 A * 101986 Blaylock mais 382206 § 11/1994 Davis DBR § 101995 Leung DBNISS¢ S 71997 Tehenor 5690721 A + 121997 Funke 99336 DAIS@S7 § * 101999 Comelsea Diss DISH § © 42000 Rachid prsss 632455 BI* $2002 Chen ‘20514 DATRIS6 S 42005 Thun Diss 591.738 B2* 72003 Gavi 90336 (688485 BI* 22004 Laver eal 220s DINRGTL S © £2004 Lebonite Drses (Continued) FORBIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ca, 4923.4 Gl1ss DE 3601406 AL TIS87 i ‘e304 8141991 (Continued) Primary Examiner Reginald L Alexander (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Smith Frobssein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC; Gregory Stt Smith on ABSTRACT A anu: purpose device for holding fod items for eooking storage and other purposes is disclosed, One use the device is fr the poaching of one or more eggs. The devices formed ‘and dimensioned float ia boiling ate without tipping over and spilling an egg contained within. 1 Claim, § Drawing Sheets 130 US 7,754,261 B2 Page 2 US. PATENT DOCUMENTS oe rois9 21927 cB. sam 9982 DS38399 8 + 32007 Miller piss GR oraiT6 964 DSS601 $+ 122007 Stewart etl. Diss! Wo S10H462 AL i987 7aIv07L B2* 92008 Lien 20771 Wo. 9302603 AL 211998, 20080295706 AL* 122008 Cohn 3416 Wo. ficolseestai arte wo 03065857 AD 82003 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS al aons0s7ss7 Al 82006 PR 968429 41/1980 WO WO 2007106130 AL * 972007 TR 2936356 AL 82003, Gu ses 01905 “ited by examiner US. Patent Sul. 13, 2010 Sheet 1 of 5 US 7,754,261 B2 100 ‘e 200 300 400 \ 600 oO 130 FIG. 1 US. Patent Sul. 13, 2010 Sheet 2 of 5 US 7,754,261 B2 FIG. 2 US. Patent Sul. 13, 2010 Sheet 3 of 5 US 7,754,261 B2 200 9 300 JA / / \ le 140 \ / SN 130 FIG. 3 US. Patent Sul. 13, 2010 Sheet 4 of 5 US 7,754,261 B2 FIG. 4 US. Patent Sul. 13, 2010 Sheet 5 of 5 US 7,754,261 B2 400 FIG. 5 US 7,754,261 B2 1 FOOD CONTAINMENT COOKING DEVICE (CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED. "APPLICATIONS ‘This aplication claims the benefit ofthe iling date of and is a continuationinspar of United States Design Patent Application having tile of POACH POD, filed on Mar. 1, 2006 and assigned Sor. No. 29/285,628 and issued as US. Design Pat, No, D556,501 on Dec. 4, 2007 FIELD OF THE INVENTION ‘The present invention relates tothe fc of food conta ment devices forse during cooking, and more particularly to a device for poaching egs. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION “Making an acceptable poached exis challenge for most people. One comtibuting factor is that poaching eps is gen- erally not a dally occurence with most people. This may result a wser under-caokng or over-cooking an eo. Adi tionally, there i tendency with conventional egepoochers forthe egg to stick to the cooking suri, yielding unaccep- able rest “Thercare several generally aoeptedletures fora accept able poached egg. One feature isan egg whose whites have ‘oencooked to setbut the yolks stil partially ray. Another feature stat the cag renin intact without losing isiicat ‘volume int the water. Another features an ett doesnot stick to the cooking device, sino ce the eg ticks ther is xg los that our aa the ikeihoo foe bursting the yolk luring removal is higher. Convection cooking devies dedicated to poaching epas ae generally blky and require precious cabinet spe for Storage. Aso, wih conventional poaching device tho gas generally sick tothe coking surface ofthe device. Some conventional poaching devices have stainless egg shaped holders that submerge in water and have andl foe remval from water. The drawback of these devices is that they have simll holes inthe Bottom are, some ofthe caaisTost through theseboles,plusthe egg ends to stick in these holes. Recently devices for the poaching of eggs have been made of icon However evn inthe known silicone versions the hoes inthe ‘bottom cause eg loss and cause some sticking seus hardens within these holes. This may increase the leasing time Many of the conventional egg poschers have only one futon to poach eaps-and have no further utility. Abo ‘many of the conventional egg poacher are designed o pach raltiple eggs simultaneously. Single people, couples with ditfreatschaules, dete, ee. aay only want to poach one 2g or preparea singe service portion of fod item placed {nto cooking device such as poacher Known art related to eg poaching devie incodes the following US. Pat. No. 1483817, issved to Fowler on Ma. 24 187, 200, nother embodiments ta hole 400s forme with each gy {ab 200, Inoneembodiment the food containment cooking devices made as follows 6 Create a metal mold by cutting a semi ctcular shaped. cavity that will create a thin wall thickness of 0.090 inches or thinner. Dimension the eavty deep enough to hold the volume of one ea. Fill dae mold with silicone or other suitable material (Cure the materia Remove the material from the mol From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that, although specific embodiments of the invention have boen described ‘rei fr purposes of llustraion, various modifications may ‘be made without deviating from the spirit and seope of the invention, Forexample, many ofthe features nd components.

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