Patents by Inventor Frank E. Cunningham

Frank E. Cunningham 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).

  • Extruded meat-based snack food and method for prearing same
    Patent number: 5262190
    Abstract: A high protein, shelf-stable, meat-containing snack product is provided which is in the form of a cellular, expanded extrudate which can be dried and flavored to yield nutritional snacks having excellent organoleptic properties. The final snack contains at least about 5% by weight meat (most preferably mechanically deboned poultry meat), and at least about 50% by weight wheat. The invention also comprehends a fabrication method wherein an initial mixture containing at least about 15% by weight meat and at least about 50% by weight wheat flour are mixed and passed through an extruder under time and temperature conditions to yield an expanded, cellular extrudate having the general appearance of a bread stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Frank E. Cunningham, Paul E. Neumann, Gordon R. Huber