Patents by Inventor Alan B. Bradley

Alan B. Bradley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Frozen block process for vegetable or fruit convenience foods
    Patent number: 4626436
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing convenience foods from food units coming from the grower in various sizes. The vegetable or fruit food units of various sizes, are cleaned and handled and frozen in a generally conventional manner, and then are compressed by a high capacity press into a standard predetermined size of frozen block of food product, after which the block is cut by sawing, into generally equal size units which can then be further processed, such as for instance batter coated and cooked, and then packaged by count, prior to shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Stein Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan B. Bradley, James H. Geary, James W. Hutchison, Thomas S. Jones, Donald A. Mather, Scott D. Mather, Thomas M. Surmiak