Patents by Inventor Richard Grant Hoddinott

Richard Grant Hoddinott 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).

  • Open cell tray and method of foodstuff packaging
    Publication number: 20030116450
    Abstract: A packaging system includes a packaging member adapted to support a foodstuff in use. The packaging member includes a container or tray formed from an open celled material. The container or tray has an interior for contacting the foodstuff in use and an outside. The tray containing a foodstuff is wrapped in plastic and then placed in an oxygen barrier bag for evacuation, charging and sealing in a chamber to decrease the oxygen content in the barrier bag to prolong the shelf life of the foodstuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventor: Richard Grant Hoddinott
  • Open cell tray and method of foodstuff packaging
    Publication number: 20010015052
    Abstract: A packaging system includes a packaging member adapted to support a foodstuff in use. The packaging member comprises a container or tray formed from an open celled material. The container or tray has an inside intended to contact the foodstuff in use and an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventor: Richard Grant Hoddinott
  • Gas Atmosphere packaging
    Patent number: 5950402
    Abstract: Foamed plastic food containers are prepared for contact with food by exchanging the air in the interstices of the foam for a packaging gas prior to using the containers for packaging of food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventor: Richard Grant Hoddinott