Patents Assigned to Middleton, Inc.
  • Poultry incapacitator and method of use
    Patent number: 7244172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for rendering fowl insensate prior to killing and processing by exposing the fowl to a radio frequency source producing a frequency from between approximately 5 gigahertz and approximately 40 gigahertz and with an average power density from between approximately 10 milliwatts per square centimeter and approximately 100 milliwatts per square centimeter for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Middleton, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew Horst, Edgar Garcia-Rill
  • Poultry incapacitator and method of use
    Patent number: 7241212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for rendering fowl insensate prior to killing and processing, by exposing the fowl to a radio frequency source producing a frequency from between approximately 5 GHz and approximately 40 GHz, with an average power density from between approximately 10 mW per square centimeter and approximately 100 mW per square centimeter, for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Middleton, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew Horst, Edgar Garcia-Rill
  • Combined set of canisters and display holder therefor
    Patent number: D253270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1979
    Assignee: John Middleton, Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert H. Middleton, Jr.
  • Humidor
    Patent number: D293608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: John Middleton, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter G. Fitzgerald, Herbert H. Middleton, Jr., Clinton O. Price