Patents Assigned to Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
  • Gum slab package having insertable product retention member
    Patent number: 8221812
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventor: Allen Sydney Aldridge
  • Cartridge, A Machine, A System And A Method For The Preparation Of Beverages
    Publication number: 20120177794
    Abstract: The invention provides a beverage preparation machine comprising a brew head for receiving beverage cartridges of various heights and means for passing an aqueous medium through said beverage cartridges to form a beverage from one or more beverage ingredients contained in said cartridges. The brew head comprising a first part and a second part, the first and second parts being movable relative to one another from an open position in which said beverage cartridges can be received in the brew head and a closed position in which said beverage cartridge can be fixedly retained in a brew head space defined between the first and second parts. Wherein in use, beverage cartridges of various heights may be clamped in the brew head space between a distal end of a clamping member and the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventor: Nick Hansen
  • Delivery system for low calorie bulking agents
    Patent number: 8216621
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to low calorie bulking agents (e.g., cellulose, starch, bran, glucans, hydrocolloids, and the like) coated with a lipid compound to form a base or inner layer and thereafter encapsulating the fiber/lipid complex within a protein compound as an outer layer. In effect, the present invention provides a delivery system for edible fibers wherein the moisture absorption by the edible fibers can be controlled. Using the encapsulated fiber of this invention, the absorption of water by the edible fiber (and thus the swelling of the edible fiber) can be effectively delayed until the encapsulated fiber reaches the stomach and normal digestive processes begin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Wen-Sherng Cheng, John Westcott Finley, Bruce Campbell, Ariel Cudia
  • Apparatus and method of forming a stack of food products within a storage container
    Patent number: 8215087
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a stack of food products in a storage container, and a method therefor. The apparatus comprises a first gate moveable between an open and a closed position that drops a row of food products onto a second gate moveable between an open and a closed position. The second gate receives multiple rows of food products and once a predetermined number of rows have been received, the second gate opens to release the rows of food products into the storage container below it. As the first gate shifts from the open to the closed position, it can advance, at least in part, a subsequent row of food products onto the first gate for later release onto the second gate. The area defined by the second gate and the first gate is a temporary staging area which can increase in height after receiving subsequent rows of food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Mark Ervin Malenke, Scott Adler, Tod Heleniak, Dave Hess
  • Peelable Sealant Containing Thermoplastic Composite Blends for Packaging Applications
    Publication number: 20120168340
    Abstract: A packaging system has a peelable seal section which includes a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer such that the first sealing layer contacts the second sealing layer to form a peelable seal. The first sealing layer includes thermoplastic polymer or a blend of thermoplastic polymers, an organoclay dispersed within the thermoplastic polymer, and an additional inorganic additive component, such as calcium carbonate, dispersed within the thermoplastic polymer. The peelable seal has achieved synergistic effect and offers high thermal conductivity, great caulkability and is consistent over a broad range of sealing temperatures without loss of desired peelable seal functionality as the seals age.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Ying Liang, Panagiotis Kinigakis, Yunwa Wilson Cheung, Alexander D. Jones, Francis J. Rossi
  • Container Lid Having Selectively Coverable Access Opening
    Publication number: 20120164283
    Abstract: A lid is provided that includes an access opening in a top wall thereof selectively coverable by a pivotable cover. The lid attaches to a foodstuff container and provides access to an interior of the container. The lid achieves this without requiring removal of the lid while also providing an impeded foodstuff dispense path having greater control. The cover pivots between open and closed positions, and in one form, can be secured in one or both positions. This can be achieved by releasably securing the cover to the top wall to hold the cover in the closed position and/or capturing a tab of the cover within a depression in an edge portion of the lid to hold the cover in the open position. The cover can further be integrally attached to the lid so that the cover is generally coplanar with the top wall when in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert KISSNER, Abby Rose Herstich, Michele Marie Dziaba, Takeisa R. Sledge
  • SOFT BLISTER TRAY WITH SIDE DISPENSER
    Publication number: 20120160862
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventor: Hector Hugo Jimenez Gutierrez
  • COMESTIBLE PACKAGING HAVING PRODUCT VIEWING WINDOW
    Publication number: 20120160731
    Abstract: A comestible package includes a blister tray having a plurality of upwardly opening blister depressions arranged in rows and columns. Each blister depression supports a consumable product therein. A blister sleeve is provided for receiving the blister tray. The blister sleeve has a planar wall overlying the blister depressions. The blister wall has an opening therein aligned with a portion of at least one of the blister depressions so as to enable viewing of the consumable products supported therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Allen Aldridge, Alejandra Buitrago
  • FLIP OPEN STADIUM PACKAGE FOR CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20120160852
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventor: Allen Aldridge
  • FOLDED DUAL SPLIT PACKAGE
    Publication number: 20120164284
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventor: Nevenka Markovic
  • PRODUCTION OF EXTRUDED CHEESE CRACKERS AND SNACKS
    Publication number: 20120164294
    Abstract: Cheese crackers or snacks having a pasta shape are produced by admixing at least one flour, cheese, and water to obtain a dough having a real cheese content of from about 5% by weight, to about 60% by weight, based upon the weight of the dough, extruding the dough at a pressure and temperature which avoid substantial gelatinization of starch and expansion of the dough. The dough is extruded through a die to obtain a shaped dough rope, which may be cut at the die into shaped dough pieces. The shaped dough pieces may be baked or fried to obtain shaped cheese crackers or snacks in the form of a pasta shape, such as a hollow, grid, helix or spiral shape. Additionally, the crackers or snacks exhibit a non-glassy crispy or crunchy, texture, and a leavened, non-puffed cell structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Jan KARWOWSKI, Vani VEMULAPALLI
  • PIVOTAL PRODUCT PACKAGING
    Publication number: 20120160727
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventor: Nevenka Markovic
  • Structured lipid compositions and methods of formulation thereof
    Patent number: 8206772
    Abstract: Lipid compositions comprising specific mixtures of edible synthetic triglycerides are provided that are useful in formulating food products having highly desirable dietary benefits. The novel lipid compositions allow simultaneous access to highly desirable dietary benefits such as delivery of calorie reduction, weight management, health benefits, or any combination thereof, and they also may be formulated trans-fatty acid free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Paul Klemann, John Westcott Finley
  • Method of packaging and shipping roast and ground coffee
    Patent number: 8205415
    Abstract: There is provided a packaged roast and ground coffee product comprising a lightweight, thin-walled reclosable container made of laminated plastic material comprising a moisture barrier and an oxygen barrier, and a quantity of roast and ground coffee disposed within the container. The container comprises a finish that includes a top surface and one or more snap beads positioned below the top surface. A plurality of snap bead segments may be circumferentially spaced from one another. A sealing member may be sealed to the top surface. The sealing member may include a one-way valve permitting venting of CO2 resulting from off-gassing of the roast and ground coffee while preventing ingress of air. A removable overcap comprising a top wall and a depending skirt may be affixed to the finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Arthur A. Sagy, Piaras Valdis de Cleir
  • BLISTER PACKAGE HAVING PARTIALLY EXPOSED BLISTER TRAY
    Publication number: 20120152786
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventor: Allen Aldridge
  • Method and apparatus for continuous processing of whole muscle meat products
    Patent number: 8187651
    Abstract: A continuous method and system for processing whole muscle meat employs a mixer housing having a pair of parallel rotating shafts located therein. The parallel rotating shafts have a plurality of mixing elements thereon, such as frustoconical elements, blocking elements, or ellipsoid elements. The mixer housing has an input end to receive the meat ingredients, such as meat pieces, salt solution, water, preservatives, and other additives such as spices. The mixer housing has an output, which is separated a distance from the input, such that the output discharges the whole muscle meat product. As the ingredients including the meat move from the input to the output along the shafts, the mixing elements work the meat with the other ingredients thereby increasing ingredient incorporation including diffusion of the salt solution into the whole muscle meat pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Lynda Cabrales, Maurine Anne MacBride, Jeremy Alan Thuerk, Paul Gerard Morin, Orestes Rivero, Adalys Rivero, legal representative
  • Container
    Patent number: D660161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Jason A. Braun, Farhad Alibhai, Derek J. Romeo, Mark J. Ramundo
  • Food container
    Patent number: D661161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Rachel Lyn Craft, Gladys Odette Sierra-Gomez
  • Baked foodstuff
    Patent number: D661456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Richard Augusto Couttenye, Theodore Janulis
  • Food product
    Patent number: D662276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Villota, Guillermo Haro