Patents by Inventor Walter P. Nelson

Walter P. Nelson 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).

  • Corn-based snack product of nut-like consistency
    Patent number: 4297376
    Abstract: An edible three dimensional food product and composition. The composition contains about five percent by weight of an uncooked, unhulled sesame seed, a minor amount of an oil rejection material, and a matrix of ground corn dough. Also disclosed is an apparatus for molding the composition into a relatively thick shaped item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Inventors: Richard L. Nelson, Walter P. Nelson
  • Apparatus for making filled food product
    Patent number: 4241649
    Abstract: The apparatus for making a filled tubular food product in which tubular dough pieces are extruded onto a supporting die member which maintains the internal diameter of the cavity in the dough piece fixed during raising and baking after which the cavity in the baked dough piece is filled with another relatively softer food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard L. Nelson, Walter P. Nelson
  • Method and apparatus for making filled food product
    Patent number: 4162333
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for making a filled tubular food product in which tubular dough pieces are extruded onto a supporting die member which maintains the internal diameter of the cavity in each dough piece fixed during raising and baking after which said cavity is filled with another relatively softer food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1979
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard L. Nelson, Walter P. Nelson