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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7172779 | Container for sliced and fluffed food products A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed appearance, the package including a rigid base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a rigid lid sealed to the compartment. Advantageously, the base member includes a b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7067167 | Method for making sweet cookie dough having an imprinted surface Rapid, efficient, and systematic processes and apparatuses for making repeatable imprints on multiple, individual sweet dough pieces are provided. An advantage of the process is the ease of making uniform imprints that are aligned with the individual dough pieces as... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6994535 | Method and apparatus for forming a guide rib on a section of plastic film A method and apparatus for forming a rib on a section of plastic film utilizes a roll having a groove, extrudes molten polymer into the groove, and places the section of plastic film in contact with the molten polymer in the groove. The molten polymer in the groove ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6796423 | Package for displaying products A compact and stackable package for displaying and protecting products including a transparent platform member having a planar portion on which a product may be placed, and a base portion at right angles to the planar portion on which the product is supported and wh... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6706296 | Microwave popcorn article incorporating coarse salt Disclosed are microwave popcorn articles comprising any conventional microwave popcorn bag, and a food charge disposed therein comprising kernel popcorn, fat, salt and sufficient amounts of a calcium ingredient to provide a total calcium content of about 360 to 3600... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6544569 | Rice ball wrappers and rice ball packages A rice ball wrapper comprises an outer film, an inner film and a sheet of food sandwiched between the two films. The inner film comprising two film pieces having opposed sides lapping over each other at an approximate widthwise midportion of the wrapper. ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6210721 | Microwave popcorn incorporating coarse salt and method of preparation A microwave popcorn article comprising any conventional microwave popcorn bag, and a food charge disposed therein including kernel popcorn, fat, salt and sufficient amounts of a calcium ingredient to provide a total calcium content of about 360 to 3600 mg... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6110512 | Package and merchandiser Packaging for food products is provided which combines a flexible pouch within a stand-up tent-style carton which effects display of the product in an upright orientation within a divided merchandiser. The carton has a non-uniform width. The bottom portio... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6063416 | Procedure and package to enable peg display of food pouch in tent-style paperboard carton Packaging for food products is provided which combines a flexible pouch with a tent-style paperboard carton which effects display of the product in an upright orientation, such as suspended from a merchandiser peg. The flexible pouch has a folded-over mou... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6013291 | Microwave popcorn with liquid fat and method of preparation Disclosed are methods of preparing lowfat and reduced fat popcorn microwave popcorn articles using cold kernel popcorn (60° F.) such as from winter storage. The methods employ low levels (1% to 20%) of an oil ingredient having a melting point of ࣘ60° ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5997916 | Microwave popcorn fortified with calcium and method of preparation Disclosed are microwave popcorn articles comprising any conventional microwave popcorn bag, and a food charge disposed therein comprising kernel popcorn, fat, salt and sufficient amounts of a calcium ingredient to provide a total calcium content of about ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5897894 | Microwave popcorn with coarse salt crystals and method of preparation Microwave popcorn articles which upon microwave heating provide popcorn having enlarged salt particles that provide popped popcorn more reminiscent of at-home, stove-top prepared popped popcorn. The articles comprise any conventional microwave popcorn bag... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5846582 | Vacuum skin package for shingled food slices A package for shingled food slices (e.g., sliced bacon), including: a. a substantially flat support member supporting thereon a group of shingled food slices; b. a flexible film enclosing the food slices on the support member, the film being sealed to the supp... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5503856 | Multiple portion recloseable package A recloseable package has discrete, multiple product portion enclosures between first and second package films. Each product portion enclosure is separated from its adjacent product portion enclosure by a package central web portion. A recloseable seal is... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5484613 | Device for preparing sandwich meat The invention provides a container and a method which includes substantially encasing a long thin pile of meat in a separator sheet defining a meat packet. Meat packets filled with a similar meat or a preselected combination of meats are placed, on edge, ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5460843 | Method and apparatus for inverting selected cookies from a series of moving cookies A cookie flipping apparatus (23) for conveying a series of cookies (31,33) along a processing path from an upper level surface conveyor (51) to a main lower level surface conveyor (24), and for inverting, or flipping, selected cookies of the series with a... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5169956 | Macrolide antibiotic compounds This invention relates to new agents designated LL-F28249, LL-F28249ଲ, LL-F28249γ, LL-F28249δ, LL-F28249&3xb5;, LL-F28249.zeta., LL-F28249η, LL-F28249θ, LL-F28249.iota., LL-F28249.kappa., LL-F28249λ, LL-F28249μ, LL-F28249.nu., and ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5128182 | Composite integral sheet of wrap material and method of making A composite integral sheet of wrap material which includes a first layer of absorbent material, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. The composite wrap material has... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5063069 | Zippered closure for thermoformed package A plastic film bag for foodstuffs or the like having opposed film bag walls joined at their edges and forming a mouth between the walls and at one side reclosable fastener strips between the walls at the bag mouth having facing releasably interlocking pro... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5036645 | Method of making a recloseable package A flexible recloseable package wherein the enclosed product is supported on a rigid backing board and the package includes a recloseable seal strip mounted on an access edge of the backing board. Two sheets of packaging film surround the backing board and... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5036756 | Food product crimping mechanism A cyclic crimping mechanism for producing coherent plural-layer food products from food assemblies, each food assembly including a bottom patty covered by a top patty (other patties, food slices, or condiments are usually positioned between the top and bo... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5026563 | Zippered closure for thermoformed package A plastic film bag for foodstuffs or the like having opposed film bag walls joined at their edges and forming a mouth between the walls at one side, reclosable fastener strips between the walls at the bag mouth having facing releasably interlocking profil... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5002781 | Bacon/meat package A flexible plastic film reclosable package for foodstuffs or the like having opposed plastic film walls joined to each other completely around their circumference and having a bag mouth between the walls at one side, fastener strips between the walls in t... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4894248 | Windowed bacon package In a package for holding and partially displaying a plurality of bacon slices arranged lengthwise in partially overlapped relation on a relatively thin, flat, opaque, backing member having a window opening for viewing the bacon and overwrapped with a tran... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4552789 | Backing board insert for food packages An improved L-type backing board insert for supporting food, such as shingled bacon slices, in a film wrapped package is disclosed comprised of a two-ply laminate. An opaque flexible base ply of pigmented plastic material, such as high density polyethylen... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4453628 | Bacon package inner pad An inner pad for holding slices of bacon within an outer package and having a window opening and protrusions extending from the underside thereof adjacent the opening.... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4375482 | Package including product support insert An improved bacon package is disclosed. The stiffening packaging element, commonly known as a bacon board, has full width top and bottom panels which support the bacon from the bottom and cover it over the entire top. Cover flaps on the ends of the top pa... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4371553 | Package including product support insert New bacon packaging is disclosed. The stiffening packaging element, commonly known as a bacon board, has full width top and bottom panels which support the bacon from the bottom and cover it on the top. Special cover flaps on the ends of the top panel are... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4268530 | Package for sliced comestible An improved package for containing a slab of sliced comestible product disposed in overlapping array, the package including a backing board having rounded and upwardly disposed corners with a smooth radius and lateral edges all of which are covered by the... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4175690 | Apparatus and method for producing sectioned edibles There is disclosed an apparatus and a method for processing edibles, such as fruit, which are sliced and then sectioned. Watermelon is one of such edibles or fruit which is first sliced generally transverse of its long axis. These sliced pieces are automa... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4125633 | Bacon or like container, blank therefor, bacon package and method of packaging bacon therein A generally rectangular window container, i.e., folder, comprising a bottom wall, end walls in the form of a isosceles trapezoid or two of the same abutting each other along their major base to form a flattened hexagon, side walls connected to the bottom ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4116377 | Mixer unit with thermostat-controlled valves A mixer unit with thermostat controlled valves for mixing hot and cold liquid includes a housing with valves for supplying the hot and cold liquid to the housing. The housing includes a mixing chamber which terminates in a discharge spout. A yoke is rocka... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4097611 | Sliced food package with side windows A folding paperboard carton having an improved window construction in an elongated rectangular side panel. A preferred embodiment is a rhomboidal carton for sliced and shingled bacon. The side window construction comprises an elongated rectangular piece o... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4055671 | Hermetically sealed package A sealed package comprising a cup-shaped container of relatively heavy-gauge, semi-rigid (form-retaining) plastic, with a protective member of relatively stiff material over the opening. Between the container and the protective member is a hermetic sealin... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4046923 | Package with staggered product slices and process for producing the same A package is disclosed herein that includes a plurality of individual product slices positioned in face abutting engagement with one another, with the lateral edges of adjacent slices being offset relative to one another, and with the lateral edges of alt... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4020614 | Packing strips of material A method of packing strips of material such as bacon by feeding a film over a rotating stepped roll, feeding strips or slices of the material onto the film over the steps of this roll, picking up the slices from the roll in shingled relationship with film... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4003184 | Method and apparatus for packaging sliced bacon and the like Method and apparatus for packaging sliced bacon and the like comprises placing a shingle of bacon strips on a tray formed of a unitary sheet of thin, semi-rigid, impervious plastic material having an integral flap along one side, heating said material alo... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3978260 | Substantially curl-free semi-rigid support member for food packages A support member, for inclusion inside a film-wrapped package of moist and greasy food, comprising a semi-rigid thermoplastic core member printed on both sides with opaque ink distributed in substantially equal amounts on the two sides of the core and hav... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3960315 | Carton with inspection flap and blank therefor A paperboard carton and blank therefor for displaying a product such as bacon having a top panel with a cut-out viewing area and hinged inspection flap adjacent a reinforced edge portion formed by a glue flap overlapping the edge section of the top panel.... | 06/01/1976 |
