Patents Assigned to Growers Express, LLC
  • Publication number: 20180360083
    Abstract: A spaghetti squash apparatus includes microwaveable packaging configured to contain spaghetti squash. The spaghetti squash has a skin of the spaghetti squash removed and the spaghetti squash is cut into a predetermined number of spaghetti squash portions, the predetermined number of spaghetti squash portions being packaged in the microwaveable packaging based on weight. Additionally, the spaghetti squash apparatus includes instructions for spaghetti squash preparation located on the packaging. The instructions include heating the spaghetti squash portions in the microwaveable packaging, cooling the spaghetti squash portions in the microwaveable packaging, and interacting with the spaghetti squash portions in the microwaveable packaging until noodles are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Growers Express, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Stepien
  • Patent number: 10098374
    Abstract: A spaghetti squash package can include microwaveable packaging and instructions for spaghetti squash preparation including heating content of the microwaveable packaging and interacting with the content of the microwaveable packaging until noodles are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Growers Express, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Stepien
  • Publication number: 20180070618
    Abstract: A spaghetti squash package can include microwaveable packaging and instructions for spaghetti squash preparation including heating content of the microwaveable packaging and interacting with the content of the microwaveable packaging until noodles are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Growers Express, LLC
    Inventor: Brian STEPIEN
  • Patent number: 9750279
    Abstract: In an aspect, a process for removing a tail end of Brussels sprouts comprises separating a Brussels sprout from a stack and transferring it to a longitudinal transport track. On the track, the Brussels sprout is manipulated to position a longest dimension of the Brussels sprout perpendicular to a direction of travel of the transport track. Near an end of the track, a position and an orientation of each Brussels sprout is defined by photographic detection. Each Brussels sprout is removed from the transport track by a gripper. A position and an orientation of the gripper are defined using the detected position and orientation of the Brussels sprout to be removed. The gripper is re-oriented and moved along a knife to remove the tail end of the Brussels sprout. The Brussels sprout is removed from the gripper and collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: GROWERS EXPRESS, LLC.
    Inventors: Christopher Stephen Keenan, Dirk Jacobus Bac, Bastiaan Rinke Anthony Groeneweg, Ian McLachlan, David A. Watson
  • Publication number: 20170086487
    Abstract: A processed cauliflower mixture includes a plurality of cauliflower stem pieces cut from a cauliflower stem, a plurality of cauliflower crown pieces cut from a cauliflower crown, and packaging containing a mixture of the plurality of cauliflower stem pieces and the plurality of cauliflower crown pieces. The cauliflower stem is treated, prior to being cut into the plurality of cauliflower stem pieces, such that the cauliflower stem mimics the visual and tactile effects of the cauliflower crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Growers Express, LLC
    Inventors: Kel Eugene LEMONS, Brian STEPIEN
  • Patent number: 9549566
    Abstract: A cauliflower processing comprises pre-washing a cauliflower, including removing unwanted dust, residual, and debris from the cauliflower. Further, the method includes a step for washing the cauliflower with a wash solution containing at least one of sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, organic acids, chlorine dioxide, silver ion, water treated with ozone, water treated with pulsed electric field, and water treated with ultraviolet radiation. Finally, the method includes a step for pulverizing the cauliflower, including at least one of the steps of sizing, grinding, sanding, cutting, dicing, chopping, and crushing the cauliflower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Growers Express, LLC
    Inventors: Kel Eugene Lemons, Brian Stepien
  • Publication number: 20160309750
    Abstract: A cauliflower processing comprises pre-washing a cauliflower, including removing unwanted dust, residual, and debris from the cauliflower. Further, the method includes a step for washing the cauliflower with a wash solution containing at least one of sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, organic acids, chlorine dioxide, silver ion, water treated with ozone, water treated with pulsed electric field, and water treated with ultraviolet radiation. Finally, the method includes a step for pulverizing the cauliflower, including at least one of the steps of sizing, grinding, sanding, cutting, dicing, chopping, and crushing the cauliflower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Growers Express, LLC
    Inventors: Kel Eugene LEMONS, Brian Stepien
  • Publication number: 20110016144
    Abstract: The present invention industrially relates to a system and method for production, planning, tracking, and reporting of a crop or other agricultural product. More particularly, the present invention industrially relates to crop production, planning, tracking, and reporting by coupling an identification to a crop while simultaneously collecting data throughout the crop growth process. The coupled identification relates the crop to the collected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Growers Express, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie Strachan, James Goudy, Alejandro Argueta