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Patent No. 6745394

Ballistic resistant body covering

A ballistic resistant body covering for protecting the torso, groin and neck area from ballistic missiles.

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Assignee: Swift & Company


Location: Greeley, CO
No. of patents: 7

NumberTitleIssue Date
7892076Multibar apparatus and method for electrically stimulating a carcass
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for the differential and purposeful stimulation of an animal carcass, i.e. substantially an entire animal carcass, without the purge problems typically found in the anterior and posterior portions of the an...
02/22/2011
7866223Method of obtaining samples of meat to assay for microbial contamination
The present invention generally relates to a device for obtaining samples of meat during commercial meat production. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for an automated, hand held device used to rapidly obtain samples of meat that are of...
01/11/2011
7169415System for preserving fresh meat products
A method for preserving a food product, such as meat, comprising the steps of inoculating meat with an effective amount of euhygienic non-pathogenic, non-spoilage bacteria in order to competitively inhibit the growth of undesired pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Ed...
01/30/2007
7134957Method for reducing microbial levels on the hide of an animal
Disclosed is a novel method for reducing microbial levels on a hide of an animal. In one embodiment, the method comprises stunning the animal having a hide with a quantity of microorganisms on its hair, contacting the hide of the animal with an alkaline solution hav...
11/14/2006
6155919Automated method and system for processing a hog carcass
An apparatus and method for removing loins from pork bellies to result in a high yield of loin in a two-step method, the first step involving the removal of the loin and the second step involving the skinning of the loin portion removed. A unique knife sh...
12/05/2000
6133321Method for the reduction of stress in meat producing animals and meat produced from slaughtered animals treated thereby
A method of reducing the stress in meat producing animals and of improving the quality of the meat produced from slaughtering said animals, while reducing the number of animals lost due to incapacitation, injury, or untimely death, by administering to the...
10/17/2000
5989116High-speed bone-in loin slicer
A meat slicing apparatus is disclosed, wherein the apparatus is capable of high-speed slicing of meat having large skeletal bones therein. The apparatus has a blade composed of a steel alloy that is approximately 5 to 10 times greater in compression stren...
11/23/1999
 
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