Patents Assigned to West Liberty Foods
  • Patent number: 11597572
    Abstract: Food products can be stored and sold in packaging. For example, a perishable food product can be stored in a first compartment of a packaging, and a second food product can be stored in a second compartment. The first compartment can include a modified atmosphere to increase the shelf life of the food product in the first compartment. The second compartment can be under normal atmosphere. This allows a more perishable food product to be stored in the first compartment, and a prepackaged, or otherwise less perishable food product to be separately stored in the second compartment, while extending the shelf life of the food products. The first product could be a sandwich, and the second product be one or more condiments for the sandwich.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Brian White, Jeff Farver, Gerald Lessard
  • Patent number: 10570635
    Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford
  • Patent number: 10472837
    Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
  • Patent number: 9815219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing food, more specifically strip products out of meats such as chicken, of variable thickness and texture, in various shapes and sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Claussen, Gerald Lessard, Todd Bailey
  • Publication number: 20140260857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing food, more specifically strip products out of meats such as chicken, of variable thickness and texture, in various shapes and sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: West Liberty Foods LLC
    Inventors: Edward Claussen, Gerald Lessard, Todd Bailey
  • Patent number: 8216510
    Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of areas, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms individually, atmospherically and structurally isolated from each other for processing the food product, each including separate single food processing machines lines of series connected food processing, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford
  • Publication number: 20120073243
    Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
  • Publication number: 20100206181
    Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The hod processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
  • Publication number: 20100209567
    Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of areas, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms individually, atmospherically and structurally isolated from each other for processing the food product, each including separate single food processing machines lines of series connected food processing, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
  • Patent number: 7707931
    Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
  • Patent number: D587106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods
    Inventor: Edward Garrett
  • Patent number: D610449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods
    Inventor: Gerald J Lessard
  • Patent number: D610450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods
    Inventor: Gerald J Lessard
  • Patent number: D997713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: West Liberty Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Brian White, Jeff Farver, Gerald Lessard