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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7339136 | Bread impaling cooking utensil The present invention features a cooking utensil for creating an elongated cavity in a bread item, wherein a meat item may be inserted. The cooking utensil comprises a bread-impaling spike supported by and extending from a base member, wherein the bread-impaling spi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7207291 | Pet feeding dish An improved pet feeding dish is herein disclosed for causing pets to eat their mealtime ration at a slower pace. The pet feeding dish generally comprises an annular-shaped trough which compels the pet to move its snout in a circular fashion therethrough, thereby slo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195793 | Method and apparatus for making a hand held food product An automated machine and process to form a food product consisting of a batter shell and a food filling. The process is started with a cooking matrix that includes a plurality of cooking openings to receive the batter. The batter is cooked to form shells. The automa... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178668 | Bundt cake container A container (10) for holding a bundt cake (12), which avoids an unsightly accumulation of sugar frosting around the central hole in the cake, and which provides strength for stacking containers with cakes therein on top of one another. The container in... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7150221 | Multiple cake baking assembly An assembly for forming multiple individual compound desserts in a predetermined dome shape including a base tray having a plurality of recessed cavities to form a base for said compound dessert. A rack and a plurality of dome shaped bowl assemblies secured in a fix... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141771 | Microwave cooking tray with multiple floor patterns A microwave cooking tray comprises a base having at least two compartments. Each compartment of the base has a bottom surface defining a pattern, the bottom surface of one of the compartments defining a first pattern and a bottom surface of a second of the compartme... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131626 | Mold for the making of a hand-holdable edible food product A mold having an upper end and a downwardly extending wall terminating in a lower end, and a continuous notch spanning across the wall extending upwardly from the lower end, with both an outside surface of the wall and an inside surface being of a coating which is n... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7100498 | Concentric bund cake pan An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined compound ring shape including a first outer ring shaped pan defining a cavity, the cavity having a dome shaped cross section with a closed circular end, an open end and a centrally positioned fu... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7047873 | Layered dome cake assembly An apparatus assembly for forming a layered dessert in a predetermined layered dome forming a hemispheric shape including a first mold having a dome shaped bowl with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end, and a ring shaped planar support base secured to said c... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6980878 | Membrane valve controller of a dust-collecting device A kind of membrane valve controller of a dust-collecting device, mainly comprises a count conduction control template and a extending template so as to provide a applied structure which can realize modular extending unlimitedly, and accurate count control of the con... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973872 | Individual dome molds and baking assembly An assembly for forming multiple individual compound desserts in a predetermined dome shape including a first base sheet having a plurality of dome shaped bowls extending therefrom, each dome shaped bowl being formed with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end.... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938540 | Concentric bundt cake pan An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined compound ring shape including a first outer ring shaped pan defining a cavity, the cavity having a dome shaped cross section with a closed circular end and an open end. A cover including a secon... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6860197 | Food injection device Food Injection Device has an injection tube member and integral handle, and a piston holding stand. The tube member is rigid and has a thin wall structure capable of piercing and penetrating a variety of food items and retaining the food items for future deposit int... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6851352 | Covered dual concentric dome mold An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined dome shape including a first outer mold having a dome shaped bowl with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end, and a ring shaped support base secured to said closed end of bowl body. A cove... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840162 | Dual concentric dome mold An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined dome shape including a first outer mold having a dome shaped bowl with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end, and a ring shaped planar support base secured to said closed end of bowl body.... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6813994 | Multi-compartmented griddle iron A compartmented cooking device for simultaneously cooking a plurality of articles on a flat heated surface has an outer wall around the perimeter of an area and at least one internal wall within the area for defining a plurality of compartments for receiving a mater... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6789466 | Covered dual concentric dome mold An apparatus assembly for forming a compound dessert in a predetermined dome shape including a first outer mold having a dome shaped bowl with a closed semi-spherical end and an open end, and a ring shaped support base secured to the closed end of bowl body. A cover... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6736052 | Industrial baking tray A structurally reinforced, durable baking tray for use in high-volume industrial baking applications. The baking tray of the present invention includes a baking surface, the perimeter of which is encircled by a band of material that is partially rolled down and away... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6698336 | Baking dish for cooking, serving and storing food A baking dish includes a generally shallow platter made of ceramic material suitable to withstand a baking environment and having a baking surface defining a supporting plane on which a baked product can be made. A substantially upright continuous wall in... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6619193 | Sectional baking pans An improved baking pan kit which includes a baking pan for brownies having twenty square cups disposed in a matrix of five rows and four columns, and a cookie pan having preferably twelve circular cup configurations. Each of the pans in the kit is configu... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6265004 | Poultry visceral cavity shaping method and product The poultry shaping mandrel (25) is utilized to retain the shape of previously eviscerated oven-ready whole bird carcasses (10) after the carcasses have been prepared and before they are packaged and shipped. When the bird is frozen, the mandrels retain t... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6231910 | Baking pan for multi-tier cake and method of using it A baking pan for baking wedding cakes has the overall form of a cupcake pan, except that each baking unit has multiple tiers. In one embodiment, the baking pan has six baking units, each of which has three cylindrical tiers with steadily decreasing diamet... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6213003 | Bakery pan with controlled volume for food products The invention concerns a bakery pan including a base plate (17) provided with a plurality of slots associated with a plurality of peripheral walls (1-9) defining cells each closed by a base and open along a through aperture (10) corresponding to one slot.... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6176465 | Apparatus for baking letters and numerals This invention relates to an apparatus for baking letters of the alphabet and/or numerals. The apparatus includes a cake pan blank foldable into a cake pan, a grid insert template and one or more space-occupying insert blanks foldable into space-occupying... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6041695 | BBQ oven An indirect heat barbecue oven and smoker which utilizes an elongate chamber for receiving combustibles so that smoke may be produced therein and wherein there is provided a rotating wheel with support arms, wherein each pair of support arms support an op... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5910208 | Boiled rice-shaping apparatus A mold frame of a boiled rice-shaping apparatus is installed to a chamber-forming member, and vinegared rice is charged in a chamber which is formed by a bottom section, end surface sections, and side surface sections. The mold frame is removed, and a han... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5752432 | Expandable volume food preparation and forming tool apparatus and method The invention is an expandable volume food preparation tool for precisely and quickly forming a quantity of dough into a plurality of uniform dough blocks having a predetermined volume and shape. Included therein is a base plate having a base opening disp... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5690019 | Bread bun mold A baking utensil so shaped as to mold within bread dough baked upon it one or more buns, each with a recess to retain a weiner, bratwurst, frankfurter, processed meat link, hamburger or other cooked meat product.... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5676050 | Cake mold A cake mold includes a base having a number of receptacles disposed thereon, and ring-shaped side parts of different diameters that are adapted for inserting into corresponding receptacles. The side parts are independent of and separate from the base. In ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5601012 | Apparatus for baking bread bowls and method of use thereof Systems and methods for baking bread bowls are described. A bread bowl baker includes a concavo-convex body including a wide diameter circumference and a narrow diameter circumference; a first end coextensively joined to the wide diameter circumference, t... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5533439 | Apparatus for producing flat-bottomed edible containers The present invention relates to an edible container, its production process and its production apparatus, and its object is to easily and reliably form a bottom surface for said edible container that enables it to be set down. This object is achieved by ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5528981 | Sandwich bun mold A baking mold (10) for sandwich rolls having an interior sandwich component cavity, includes a retaining member (11) and a form member (12). The retaining member (11) is a generally hollow cylinder having a circumferential side wall (15). The form member ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5425527 | Apparatus for making edible, hand held containers made of cookie dough An edible, hand held food product that may be used as a container for ice cream and other frozen confections is formed from a shell of baked cookie dough. Unlike traditional wafer ice cream cones, the thickness of the wall of the ice cream cone of the pre... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5207150 | Baking tray apparatus A baking tray includes an upper plate spaced from a lower plate, with the upper plate including a plurality of spaced apertures coaxially aligned with cylindrical recesses of the lower plate. A modification of the invention includes insert structure arran... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5191830 | Baking apparatus for making cup-shaped comestibles A baking apparatus for baking cup-shaped comestibles comprising an upper and lower tray is disclosed. Together the trays form a plurality of baking chambers when the two trays are assembled and locked together. The bottom tray is configured with a plurali... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5062356 | Cookie baking apparatus An apparatus wherein a pan member includes a perimeter rim and a matrix of variously configured cookie mold members, with an upper cutting edge mounted on the pan member. The pan includes securement loops mounted on the floor of the pan to permit vertical... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4929458 | Method of making a conically shaped tortilla shell A method of making a tortilla cone with a closed apex, and including a kit to help facilitate the operation so that a large number of tortilla cones may be formed and cooked at one time. The kit and method of using it includes a set of cone forming molds ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4915964 | Method of making a conically shaped tortilla shell A method of making a tortilla cone with a closed apex, and including a kit to help facilitate the operation so that a large number of tortilla cones may be formed and cooked at one time. The kit and method of using it includes a set of cone forming molds ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4754699 | Enchilada shell cooker A food product cooker having a main frame, a cooking oil pan, a plurality of product carriages, and a main drive endless chain for moving the carriages about the main frame to and from the cooking pan. A food product cooker particularly adapted for produc... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4656935 | Apparatus for making an ovular shaped edible bun Apparatus, product and method for making an ovular shaped edible bun. The bun having flat bottom and top with an inner chamber to receive other edible food products.... | 04/14/1987 |
