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Is a salad spinner patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a salad spinner have been patented many times, but "a salad spinner" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 19 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “salad spinner” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 19 best keyword matches we examined, 3 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2002.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: LIFETIME BRANDS INC (3), KWOK KUEN SO (2), PROGRESSIVE INT CORP (2), SO KWOK KUEN (1).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): A47J (19), A23N (1), A23B (1), F26B (1).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a salad spinner
- Salad spinner US-2026174287-A1 2026 · ZHEJIANG FULLSTAR TECH CO LTD
A salad spinner includes a bottom basin, a mesh basket, a cover and a top cover. The top cover is provided with a drive assembly for driving the cover to rotate, the cover is circumferentially fixed to the mesh basket. When the co…
View on Google Patents - Salad spinner US-10016095-B2 2018 · PROGRESSIVE INT CORP
A salad spinner includes an outer bowl configured to hold an inner basket. The bowl and basket are each configured with a central post supported by a base structure having a pillar and a piston. A helical screw positioned within t…
View on Google Patents - Bowl and basket assembly and salad spinner incorporating such an assembly US-8397631-B2 2013 · SO KWOK KUEN
A bowl and basket assembly kit is disclosed as including an upper basket part ( 202 ), a middle basket part ( 204 ) and a lower basket part ( 206 ) linked with one another and engageable with one another in a way to form a perfora…
View on Google Patents - Collapsible salad spinner US-8215230-B2 2012 · CURTIN HEATHER
A collapsible salad spinner includes a bowl, basket, and lid. Each of the bowl and basket are formed such that they are collapsible, with the bowl and basket being collapsible while nested within one another.
View on Google Patents - Bowl and basket and salad spinner incorporating such an assembly US-7921769-B2 2011 · KWOK KUEN SO
A bowl and basket assembly ( 100, 200 ) is disclosed as including a perforated basket ( 104, 204 ) and a bowl ( 102, 202 ) for receiving said basket, the basket including a top body part ( 104 a, 204 a ), a middle body part…
View on Google Patents - Salad spinner US-2010251906-A1 2010 · REPP TIMOTHY CORCORAN
A rotatable greens drying device that includes a lid, a rotatable colander, a drive mechanism for rotating the colander, and a receiving ring fan which transfers rotational force from the drive mechanism to the rotatable colander.…
View on Google Patents - Salad spinner US-7621213-B2 2009 · KING S FLAIR DEV LTD
A salad spinner is disclosed, comprising an outer bowl; an inner basket receivable in the outer bowl; a lid placed over the outer bowl; a drive and brake mechanism combination comprising a rotary drive plate, a drive assembly enga…
View on Google Patents - Sanitizing salad spinner and methods US-2009098259-A1 2009 · MCELLEN JOHN J
Methods and apparatus for the sanitation and surface disinfection of edible produce such as lettuce, spinach and other leafy vegetables and fruits and vegetables such as apples, plums, pears, tomatoes having a protective skin. A c…
View on Google Patents - Salad spinner US-2007137504-A1 2007 · KWOK KUEN SO
A salad spinner has a housing with a lid, a rotatable basket, and a drive mechanism in the lid for rotating the basket to spin water off salad in the basket. The drive mechanism has a manual actuator and a gear train for transmitt…
View on Google Patents - Salad spinner with improved drive assembly US-7111546-B2 2006 · LIFETIME BRANDS INC
A salad spinner for drying food articles and household items includes a transparent bowl and a perforated basket disposed in the bowl. The basket further includes a cylindrical wall connected to a bottom wall of the basket and dis…
View on Google Patents - Salad spinner dryer US-2005166768-A1 2005
A salad spinner dryer has a cylindrical drum into which the salad ingredients are placed that rotates about a horizontal axis at different rates and in different directions (e.g. clockwise and counterclockwise about the axis). Wat…
View on Google Patents - Salad spinner US-6622618-B1 2003 · BONJOUR INC
A battery-operated two-speed salad spinner. The bowl receives one of two differently sized baskets. A cover includes a driving mechanism that rotates a selected bowl through a driving wheel.
View on Google Patents - Auxiliary container for salad spinner US-6473988-B1 2002 · WKI HOLDING CO INC
A food drying device of the type which includes an outer housing, a perforated main container in the housing and a drive apparatus on the housing for rotating the main container relative to the housing, includes a perforated auxil…
View on Google Patents - Electric salad spinner US-6343546-B2 2002 · LECTRIX LLC
An electric salad spinner device which is designed for ease of use and allows for efficient drying of salad greens, leafy vegetables and the like. The device comprises a base component, a generally cylindrical basket component, a …
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a salad spinner been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Kitchen gadgets are a crowded, mature field; novelty usually sits in one specific mechanism, the material, or how two familiar functions are combined.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.