Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Thomas A. Marcoux
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Patent number: 5878906Abstract: A container for holding contents such as particulate material under pressure. A lid of the container has a bend that operatively engages the inside sidewall of the container, preferably a bead located in said sidewall to form a restricted passage therebetween. The restricted passage enables venting of the pressurized gas within the container while substantially retaining the particulate product. The restricted passage can additionally have a spray control material located therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1997Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Stewart Lawrence Bolton, deceased, Michael Edward Delonis, William Charles Wysong
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Patent number: 5873656Abstract: An easy-open beverage container and an opening system for the beverage container are provided which include a container barrier wall having a straw hole. An easy-open tamper-evident membrane seal is located inside of the container and sealingly covers the straw hole. This membrane seal includes an outer portion which is sealed to an inside surface of the barrier wall about the straw hole and which terminates at a distance from the straw hole. This outer portion includes fingers which extend toward the straw hole. The membrane seal also includes an inner portion integral with the outer portion which is not sealed to the inside surface and which covers the straw hole so that in use the straw pierces the inner portion after being inserted into the straw hole. Preferably, the fingers form a sinusoidal intersection of the inner and outer portions, and the inner and outer portions as well as the straw hole are concentric.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Daniel Arkins, Panagiotis Kinigakis
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Patent number: 5853785Abstract: A dry mix for preparing a slush beverage. When the dry mix is dissolved in water at a 15% solids level, the liquid has an onset melting point greater than -6.5.degree. C. and a viscosity of less than 10 mPas at 14.7.degree. C. The mix contains at least 2% of water-soluble, low-viscosity hydrocolloid and preferably contains insoluble particles to function as an ice crystal nucleating agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1996Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods Inc.Inventors: Dalip K. Nayyar, Walter W. Schulok, Fouad Z. Saleeb, Eileen M. Modesta
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Patent number: 5853788Abstract: A flowable roasted and ground coffee product is provided having a median volumetric ("X50") particle size of from 270 to 1100 .mu.m, a density of from 0.5 to 0.7 gm/cc and 30-41% by weight of which extracts when brewed. The product is in the form of aggregates of granular roasted and ground coffee particles having a maximum X50 particle size of 270 .mu.m and is produced by forcing roasted and ground or roasted whole bean coffee through an orifice under conditions of pressure and shear sufficient to grind the coffee and to form the coffee into a dense mass of roasted coffee made up of the granular roasted and ground coffee particles tightly bonded together. The dense mass of roasted coffee is then reground to produce the roasted and ground coffee product which is in the form of aggregates having an X50 particle size in the range of 270-1100 .mu.m, the aggregates being made up of the granular coffee particles.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1997Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Sean Mackay Murphy, Helmut Sieling, Gerald Sigmund Wasserman
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Patent number: 5833368Abstract: An easy-open beverage container and opening system therefor includes an opening provided in a barrier wall. Covering the opening is a tamper-evident pull tab having a holding portion and a topmost free end portion. An adhesive adheres the holding portion to an outside surface of the barrier wall so that the hole is sealed. A pair of slits is provided in the holding portion at opposite lateral edges of the holding portion adjacent the free end portion and the respective slits extend inwardly and downwardly away therefrom. The consumer grasps and pulls the non-adhered free end portion downwardly toward an opposite end of the holding portion to expose the opening. This causes a peeled part of the holding portion initially to be pulled from the barrier wall until the slits are reached; at which time the peeled part laterally separates from a remainder of the holding portion initially along the slits and then further along tear lines beginning at the lowermost ends of the slits to expose the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1997Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventor: Richard Harry Kaufman
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Patent number: 5797494Abstract: A food packet and preferably a chewing gum packet for holding the chewing gum sticks in the packet after the initial opening and a method for forming the packets.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1996Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignee: Kraft Jacobs Suchard FranceInventors: T. Thomas Balling, Pascal C. Godard
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Patent number: 5780092Abstract: A particulate dry mix foaming creamer comprises a conventional particulate creamer for coffee beverages and the like together with a foam generating component comprising a food grade acidulant and an alkali metal carbonate or bicarbonate. A dry mix instant hot cappuccino product in accordance with the invention comprises a water soluble coffee component, the foam generating component, an optional creamer component, and an optional sweetener component. Cappuccino beverages are prepared by mixing a liquid component and the dry mix composition and heating. The liquid component may comprise milk or water. Heating, preferably microwave heating, may be carried out by pre-heating the liquid component or by heating after addition of the liquid component, or by a combination of these heating techniques.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc,Inventors: Francis Agbo, Kozaburo Mori, Tetsuya Goto, Kenneth W. Cale, Twyla L. Stubblefield, Anna C. Dal Monte
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Patent number: 5738900Abstract: A readily dispersible, sugar-containing food mix is prepared by applying a coating of glycerin and polysorbate onto the surface of the sugar and then blending with the remaining ingredients. The coating should contain at least 60% glycerin and at least 5% polysorbate and be applied to the sugar at a level of at least 0.6% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1996Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Xavier A. Cuadrado, Christopher J. Scinto, Gail S. Conti, Steven J. Leusner
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Patent number: 5727355Abstract: A stone facing section anchor mounting system has a special hole configuration, in facing stone, that will not rotate while being installed, and because of its installed angularity and pressure points will not tend to rupture or pull out of the stone. The anchor system holds beyond the lateral strength of the stone itself when the stone is at the cracking point. The superior holding power of the present anchor and its minimum edge distance eliminates the kerf and aluminum "J" structure and silicone used with other anchors, and while having the advantage of being hidden it also has the holding power of a through bolt. Fan nut anchor holes in facing material are made with ease to tolerances required. The anchors do not rotate during installation and use a lock nut that does not work loose in transit and the anchor is such, with accurate hole predetermined angularity that installation can be made without over tightening occurring.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1995Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Inventor: Richard A. Mitchell
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Patent number: 5725898Abstract: A flowable roasted and ground coffee product is provided having a median volumetric ("X50") particle size of from 270 to 1100 .mu.m, a density of from 0.5 to 0.7 gm/cc and 30-41% by weight of which extracts when brewed. The product is in the form of aggregates of granular roasted and ground coffee particles having a maximum X50 particle size of 270 .mu.m and is produced by forcing roasted and ground or roasted whole bean coffee through an orifice under conditions of pressure and shear sufficient to grind the coffee and to form the coffee into a dense mass of roasted coffee made up of the granular roasted and ground coffee particles tightly bonded together. The dense mass of roasted coffee is then reground to produce the roasted and ground coffee product which is in the form of aggregates having an X50 particle size in the range of 270-1100 .mu.m, the aggregates being made up of the granular coffee particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1996Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Sean Mackay Murphy, Helmut Sieling, Gerald Sigmund Wasserman
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Patent number: 5721003Abstract: A particulate dry mix foaming creamer comprises a conventional particulate creamer for coffee beverages and the like together with a foam generating component comprising gluconolactone and an alkali metal carbonate or bicarbonate. A dry mix instant hot cappuccino product in accordance with the invention comprises a water soluble coffee component, the foam generating component, an optional creamer component, and an optional sweetener component. Cappuccino beverages are prepared by mixing a liquid component and the dry mix composition and heating. A good quality cappuccino is produced with either dairy or non-dairy creamer. With dairy creamers, the formation of floating white aggregates on the surface of the beverage is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1996Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventor: Bary L. Zeller
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Patent number: 5718338Abstract: A one-piece blank which is folded to provide a shroud is used in conjunction with a bottom tray and securing mechanism to form a display case for enclosing an array of packages. The one-piece blank or shroud formed thereby includes a central top panel and a pair of side panels hinged thereto so that when the side panels are bent along the hinge lines to form the shroud the side panels are located adjacent respective opposed side faces of the array of packages. The blank or shroud also includes a pair of opposed projecting portions hinged to each side panel with a central hinge line therein to define a reinforcing panel and a leg panel so that when the reinforcing panels of each pair of projecting portions are bent back onto the associated the side panel the leg panels are bent perpendicular to the reinforcing panels to come together and to form a leg which is inserted laterally into the side face of the array of packages.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Stephen M. Yucknut, Panagiotis Kinigakis
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Patent number: 5707677Abstract: A fat-free/low-fat frozen whipped topping is formulated with from 0.5-3% food starch. Preferably the starch is in modified, cross-linked, low-amylose starch such as waxy maize. The topping is prepared by combining a homoginized emulsion preblend with an aqueous, gelatinized starch preblend and the aerating, whipping and freezing the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1996Date of Patent: January 13, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Alexander A. Gonsalves, Donald C. Hannan, Rafael J. Marquez, Krzysztof Mosiewicz, Rajendra Borwankar, Kenneth M. Tabasco
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Patent number: 5702747Abstract: A process is described for decaffeinating caffeine-containing aqueous extracts with which the caffeine is extracted selectively with activated carbon fibers.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Sipos, Gary V. Jones
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Patent number: 5702738Abstract: The invention provides a surface-ripened cheese product prepared from a natural cheese base, and having extended shelf life; the natural cheese base is preferably selected from English types, eyed types, Italian types, Danish types, and reduced fat or lower fat varieties of any of same. A surface-ripening culture, preferably Penicillium candidum or Penicillium camemberti, is appli to the outside surface of a natural cheese base, and incubated under controlled conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1992Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Kraft Foods LimitedInventor: Michael John Phillips
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Patent number: 5688545Abstract: A coffee pack and method of packaging a coffee product. The coffee pack comprises a shell that forms separate coffee and aroma compartments with a small communicating hole or channel between the compartments. A quantity of a particulate coffee product, preferably soluble coffee, is located in the coffee compartment, and a quantity of a coffee aroma liquid containing aromatic volatiles, preferably coffee oil, is disposed in the aroma compartment. The communicating hole or channel between the compartments allows the aromatic volatiles to pass from the aroma compartment to the coffee compartment, without allowing any mixing, or at least any substantial mixing, in the coffee compartment between the coffee product and the coffee aroma liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1996Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Assignee: Kraft Jacobs Suchard LimitedInventor: Neil Sanders
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Patent number: 5688544Abstract: A container for packaging a particulate product under pressure or vacuum conditions with an easy opening closure structure which allows venting prior to uncovering of the product opening. In one form, an easy peel flexible lid covers a shelf area and a product opening in the top of the can. Peeling back the lid first uncovers the vent opening, permitting the flow of gases but preventing the flow of particulate product, and then uncovers the product opening. Alternatively, the closure structure may be formed by multiple layers of a flexible material, the lower layer of which has the vent opening which is uncovered by peeling back the top layer, after which the product opening is uncovered.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1995Date of Patent: November 18, 1997Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Stewart L. Bolton, Michael E. Delonis
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Patent number: D389635Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1997Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventor: Nicholas Charles Henderson
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Patent number: D403135Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1998Date of Patent: December 29, 1998Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.Inventors: Piaras V. de Cleir, John R. Tulloch, Donald R. Turner
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Patent number: D405372Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1998Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Kraft Foods Inc.Inventor: Stephen M. Yucknut