Patents by Inventor Robert L. Sanford

Robert L. Sanford 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).

  • Patent number: 5472377
    Abstract: Provided are: (a) a poultry carcass processing method; (b) an apparatus which is ideally suited for use in practicing the inventive method; and (c) a poultry product provided by the inventive processing method. The inventive processing method comprises the steps of (a) pivoting a first poultry carcass section (e.g., a forward carcass section) with respect a second carcass section (e.g., a rearward carcass section) such that the outer side of the backbone structure included in the first section is rotated toward the outer side of the portion of the backbone structure included in the second section and (b) with the sections retained in pivoted relationship, pulling one of the sections directionally away from the other section such that a portion of the meat provided on the outer side of the forward portion of the backbone structure is detached therefrom and is retained in attached relationship to the rearward section of the carcass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Tyson Holding Company
    Inventors: Stanley B. Andrews, Bobby Z. Haley, Robert L. Sanford, Mark H. Curry, Donald M. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 3933385
    Abstract: A combined resilient filler support arrangement for physically covering the space between an energy-absorber type automobile rear bumper and the adjacent fixed rear body portion, and for inherently providing a spring action capable of returning the components thereof to their original positions after being deflected in response to an external impact against the rear bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Sanford, Casimer J. Wesolek