Eugene Ryu Kaneko

US Patent:

D572086, Jul 1, 2008

Filed:

Jul 27, 2007

Appl. No.:

29/289664

Inventors:

Tamotsu Matsumoto - Chiba-Ken, JP
Makiko Kida - Chiba-ken, JP
Eugene R. Kaneko - Astoria NY, US

Assignee:

Helen of Troy Limited - St. Michael

International Classification:

0707

US Classification:

D 7629, D7614

US Patent:

7448660, Nov 11, 2008

Filed:

Nov 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/283101

Inventors:

Shunji Yamanaka - Tokyo, JP
Hisato Ogata - Tokyo, JP
Eugene Kaneko - Astoria NY, US

Assignee:

Helen of Troy Limited - St. Michael

International Classification:

A47G 21/10
A47J 43/28

US Classification:

294 16, 294 992

Abstract:

A pair of locking kitchen tongs for use in handling food items and the like is disclosed. The tongs have a pair of rigid steel arms each having a workpiece engaging or grasping end, a body portion and a pivot end from which the arms are pivotally connected together. The grasping ends are preferably scalloped along one edge, for handling relatively large items, and serrated (i. e. , fine-toothed) along another edge, for handling of smaller or fine items. A bulbous, tear-shaped body made from a rigid, non-metal material encapsulates the pivot ends of the two arms as they are pivotally connected together to permit movement between an open position and a closed position. Also within and coupled to the encapsulating body is a sliding locking plate. The locking plate has a body defining a slot which allows the locking plate to slide between a locked position, maintaining the arms in their closed position, and an unlocked position, allowing them free pivoting movement.

US Patent:

7469848, Dec 30, 2008

Filed:

Nov 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/288501

Inventors:

Shunji Yamanaka - Tokyo, JP
Hisato Ogata - Tokyo, JP
Eugene Kaneko - Astoria NY, US

Assignee:

Helen of Troy Limited - St. Michael

International Classification:

A47J 43/25

US Classification:

241 95, 2412731

Abstract:

A grater for cutting, slicing and grating food. The grater including a housing having a peripheral wall structure and a base cooperating to define a receptacle. The housing including a skirt portion extending away from the receptacle and being engageable by a user's hand to hold the housing in place on an underlying support surface. The grater includes a blade carried by the housing. The skirt portion receives a user's hand in a grasping position to simultaneously engage the skirt portion and the underlying support surface.

US Patent:

D584561, Jan 13, 2009

Filed:

Nov 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

29/293262

Inventors:

Anton Ljunggren - New York NY, US
Anthony DiBitonto - Brooklyn NY, US
Steven Michael Dibdin - Bloomfield NJ, US
Eugene Ryu Kaneko - Astoria NY, US

Assignee:

Helen of Troy Limited - St. Michael

International Classification:

0701

US Classification:

D 7322, D7321, D7320

US Patent:

D610412, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

May 7, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/314882

Inventors:

Tamotsu Matsumoto - Chiba-Ken, JP
Makiko Kida - Chiba-ken, JP
Eugene Ryu Kaneko - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Helen of Troy Limited - St. Michael

International Classification:

0706

US Classification:

D 7629

US Patent:

7815067, Oct 19, 2010

Filed:

Mar 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/395596

Inventors:

Tamotsu Matsumoto - Chiba-Ken, JP
Makiko Kida - Chiba-ken, JP
Eugene R. Kaneko - Astoria NY, US

Assignee:

Helen of Troy Limited - St. Michael

International Classification:

B65D 39/12
B65D 53/00

US Classification:

220234, 220212, 220803, 220377, 215359, 29234117, 292DIG 37

Abstract:

A storage container including a housing having an open-top wall structure defining a receptacle for receiving material to be stored. The container includes a cover disposable on the housing in a closed position relative to the receptacle. A button is movably carried by the cover and a seal. The seal is carried by the cover and shiftable between a compressed condition for sealingly engaging the wall structure when the cover is disposed in the closed position, and an uncompressed condition for disengaging from the wall structure. The container also includes a toggle mechanism coupled to the button and to the seal for effecting movement of the seal to its compressed and uncompressed conditions respectively in response to alternate actuations of the button.

US Patent:

7984554, Jul 26, 2011

Filed:

Mar 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/729798

Inventors:

Gregiore Bernard Aby-Eva - Pittsburgh PA, US
Michael John Laskowski - Pittsburgh PA, US
Eugene Rye Kaneko - Astoria NY, US

Assignee:

Helen of Troy Limited - St. Michael

International Classification:

A21C 5/00

US Classification:

30116, 30117, 30303, 30304

Abstract:

An apparatus for partitioning a food mass, such as a solidified egg, is disclosed including a base, a holder for supporting the food mass, and a plurality of cutting members for partitioning the food mass, wherein the holder is rotatable to permit the cutting members to partition the food mass in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The apparatus further includes a retainer positionable on a top surface of the food mass having passageways permitting the cutting members to pass through a portion thereof. The apparatus may include a cleaning plate receivable by portions of the holder in a position below the food mass, the cleaning plate being removable from the holder to remove food matter from between the support portions. The apparatus may include a lock for securing apparatus in a closed or lowest position for storage.

US Patent:

8251245, Aug 28, 2012

Filed:

Mar 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/048444

Inventors:

Dean DiPietro - Brooklyn NY, US
Timothy Jude Kennedy - Leonia NJ, US
Sherwood Forlee - Brooklyn NY, US
Eugene Ryu Kaneko - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Helen of Troy Limited - St. Michael

International Classification:

B65D 45/16
B65D 51/18
B65D 45/00

US Classification:

220324, 220255, 220315

Abstract:

A releasably sealable container is disclosed. The container includes a container body, a lid, a gasket and a retaining arm. The container body includes a lip defining an opening. The lid is configured to engage the opening. The lid includes a body and a frame. The gasket is configured to cooperate with the lid and the lip to seal the opening.