Patents Assigned to Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
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Patent number: 10681920Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing grains of coated coffee grounds, the process comprising: heating a mixture of a coating composition and coffee grounds to a temperature below the melting point of the coating composition and at which the coating composition forms a coating on at least some of the coffee grounds; and cooling the mixture to provide grains comprising coffee grounds having a coating of the coating composition formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds. The present invention also provides coated ground coffee compositions that may be produced by this method.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Jennifer Ann Castro, Cheong K Fong
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Patent number: 10292412Abstract: A food composition including a solution of about 5,000 ppm to about 300,000 ppm steviol glycoside; about 1,000 ppm to about 995,000 ppm food grade non-aqueous solvent; with a balance being water.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Kieran P. Spelman, Daniel Piorkowski, Dominic J. Vellucci, Karl Ragnarsson
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Patent number: 8950658Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a package assembly for containing consumable product. The package assembly includes a package housing defining a pair of product pockets connected by, and rotatable about, a perforated fold line. The package housing has a closed position wherein the pair of product pockets are substantially coplanar with one another and an open position wherein the pair of pockets lie in an adjacent overlapping tiered relation. The package housing is foldable at the perforated fold line to rotate the pair of pockets between the closed position and the open position and the pair of pockets are severable at the perforated fold line to disconnect the pair of pockets from each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Allen Aldridge
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Publication number: 20140263354Abstract: A multiple-compartment container includes an upper rim defining an upper plane, a lower rim defining a lower plane, a perimeter wall connecting the upper rim to the lower rim. The perimeter wall forms an outer surface of the container. The container further includes at least one internal wall dividing the container into multiple compartments. An upper edge of the internal wall is an uppermost feature of the container. The upper edge of the internal wall is deformable to present a widened sealing surface during a sealing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventor: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
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Patent number: 8691305Abstract: The present invention provides a package assembly for enclosing and dispensing a plurality of consumable products. The package assembly includes a package housing defining a pair of product pockets each having an open end for removably accommodating a plurality of products in an aligned array. The open ends of the pockets are in facing orientation. The package housing includes a fold line between the open ends of the pocket for folding the housing thereat and placing the pockets in an angled orientation for dispensing of product. The housing further defines at least one openable flap for overlying and enclosing the pockets.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Nevenka Markovic
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Patent number: 8672130Abstract: The present invention provides a blister package. The blister package includes a blister tray having a plurality of upwardly opening blister depressions arranged in rows and columns. The blister depressions support a consumable product. The blister sleeve is provided for receiving the blister tray. The blister sleeve is configured to expose a top portion and side edge of the blister tray and cover less than all of the blister depressions.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Allen Aldridge
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Patent number: 8658229Abstract: A package assembly encloses a plurality of individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products aligned in a side-by-side array. The package housing enclosed the array of product. The package housing has front and back walls for supporting the products therebetween and a closeable cover for closing a product dispensing opening. The package housing further includes a frictional product retention member insertably supported within the package for frictionally retaining the array of product within the package.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Allen Sydney Aldridge
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Patent number: 8646611Abstract: A blister package includes at least one blister tray having a plurality of open blister depressions each blister depression accommodating a consumable product. The blister sleeve includes a pair of spaced apart planar walls defining therebetween a pivot connection. The blister tray is received between the walls of the blister sleeve and pivotally coupled to the pivot location. The sleeves are pivotal from an enclosed position between the two planar walls to an open position outwardly of the planar walls.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Nevenka Markovic
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Patent number: 8636147Abstract: The present invention provides a blister package including a blister tray having a plurality of upwardly opening blister depressions. A plurality of consumable products are provided where each blister depression supports one of the plurality of consumable products. A blister cover overlies and encloses the blister depression. The cover is sealed to the tray at a depression boundary about each depression. Each blister depression includes a tapered wall for urging the consumable product out from the blister depression at a location at the blister boundary upon manual exerted on the depression.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Hector Hugo Jimenez Gutierrez
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Publication number: 20140008425Abstract: A package for containing and dispensing contents includes a magnetic closure. The package defines a package interior for accommodating the contents. A pair of package portions defines an opening for accessing the package interior. The magnetic closure includes magnetic material which is placed on at least one of the packaging portions for permitting reopenable closure of the packaging portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Kerri Clark, Brian Hawthorne, Maximiliano Rodriguez, Allen Sydney Aldridge, Christopher J. Feltman, Alejandra Buitrago, Simon Richard Gainey
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Publication number: 20140008258Abstract: A package for containing and dispensing contents includes a magnetic closure. The package defines a package interior for accommodating the contents. A pair of package portions defines an opening for accessing the package interior. The magnetic closure includes magnetic material which is placed on at least one of the packaging portions for permitting reopenable closure of the packaging portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Kerri Clark, Brian Hawthorne, Maximiliano Rodriguez, Allen Sydney Aldridge, Christopher J. Feltman, Alejamdra Buitrago, Simon richard Gainey
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Patent number: 8607980Abstract: A reclosable consumer product package assembly (10) supports a plurality of consumable products (12). The product package retains and encloses the products, The package is formed from a planar sheet (16) folded about the products. The folded sheet (16) defines a portion overlying the products and an extending portion extending beyond the products to define a foldable flap (29). The sheet is scored at a location overlying at least a portion of the products. The foldable flap is folded over the scored location and adhesively secured thereto such that upon opening the flap, the scored location is removed from its overlying location to expose the products for dispensing. The flap is reclosable over the exposed products.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Allen S. Aldridge, James Glydon
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Publication number: 20130327783Abstract: A overcap is provided which covers the opening of a container. The overcap, in one form, engages an exterior of the container around the rim and along an inwardly directed flange which defines an opening of the container. The overcap snappingly engages with the container to produce an audible indication that the overcap is firmly attached to the container and that air is being expelled from inside the container. In another form, the overcap includes an invertible dome which is transformable between an upward convex position and an upward concave position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicants: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC, KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLCInventors: KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC, KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
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Publication number: 20130327820Abstract: A releasable closure provides for the opening and closing of a package assembly which accommodates a plurality of elongate consumable products. The assembly includes a package housing for supporting the products. The package housing includes a first product accommodating compartment and a second product accommodating compartment separated by a hinge. Each of the product accommodating compartments has an open end adjacent the hinge. The product accommodating compartments are foldable about the hinge in a book-like fashion. The releasable closure is applied to each compartment and positioned to be in aligned facing relationship for mutual engagement upon closably folding the compartments about the hinge.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Kerri Clark, Brian Hawthome, Allen Sydney Aldridge, Maximilliano Rodriguez, Simon Richard Gainey
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Patent number: 8597703Abstract: A delivery system for inclusion in an edible composition is formulated to have at least one active component with an encapsulating material for delivering the active component upon consumption of the edible composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Navroz Boghani, Petros Gebreselassie
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Publication number: 20130316042Abstract: Disclosed herein are chewing gum compositions comprising a pectin and a lipophilic ingredient. It has been found that the use of the pectin in a chewing gum composition provides for an enhanced release of the lipophilic ingredient, such as lipophilic flavor and lipophilic sensate compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicants: CADBURY ADAMS MEXICO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V., KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Junjie Guan, Tasoula A. Michaelidou, Juan Pablo Campomanes Marin, Aditi Shetty, Tinyee Hoang
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Patent number: D694486Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Bharat Jani, Cesar C. Elejalde, Colleen Kramer, Simone O'Neill, Aditi Shetty, Devang Sutaria
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Patent number: D699569Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Dale Doyle
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Patent number: D699916Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Mark Rodgers, Ruth Waddingham
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Patent number: D700070Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Nevenka Markovic