Patents Assigned to Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20110049086
    Abstract: A plastic bottle comprises a main body defining an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including a plurality of vacuum flex panels, said lower portion including upper and lower label bumpers to receive a wrap around label. A circumferential, recessed waist portion defines a transition between the upper and lower portions of the main body. The upper portion includes a dome with a gripping section having a pair of opposed grip portions positioned above the waist and recessed into the upper portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Boiros, Masaaki Sasaki, Tadayoshi Oshino, Shigeru Tomiyama
  • Publication number: 20100326951
    Abstract: A bottle includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes a shoulder that extends away from a neck of the bottle, and a grip portion. The grip portion is recessed within the top portion of the bottle. The bottle may include a vacuum panel array and/or a rib array to help improve strength, reduce material and accommodate deformation forces tending to collapse the bottle upon filling with pasteurized contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ralph T. Coley, JR., Robert Kleinrath, Daniel L. Witham, Tracy Momany, David Ryan, Masaaki Sasaki, Takao Iizuka, Michael T. Lane
  • Patent number: 7517540
    Abstract: Isolated cranberry seed oil and components thereof, in a form suitable for use as a foodstuff, dietary supplement, or pharmaceutical composition, are disclosed. The isolated cranberry seed oil or compositions comprising one or a combination of components derived from the cranberry seed oil can be used as anticancer, hypocholesterolemic, antithrombotic, antioxidizing, antiatherogenic, antiinflammatory, and immunoregulatory agents. In addition, the invention features novel methods of extracting cranberry seed oil from cranberry seeds in a form suitable for adding to foodstuffs, dietary supplements, or pharmaceutical compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventor: Wassef W. Nawar
  • Patent number: 7350658
    Abstract: A container includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes a shoulder that extends away from a neck of the container, and a grip portion. The grip portion defines an integral logo portion and is recessed within the top portion of the container. A waist or groove is provided on adjacent lateral sides of the grip portion and may include a lateral stiffening rib. The bottom portion of the container includes a plurality of vacuum panels that accommodate for internal forces tending to cause collapse of the vacuum panels during a hot-fill process. Any portion of the internal forces not accommodated by the vacuum panels in the bottom portion of the container is accommodated by an auxiliary vacuum panel, which is provided in the grip portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond A. Bourque, Ralph T. Coley, Jr., Takao Iizuka, Masaaki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7306095
    Abstract: A polymeric film, multiple-compartment, pouch having an internal frangible seal for confining a fluid and related beverage container with a re-closable fitment for storing and delivering two different flavored liquids or the like. The frangible seal of the clear plastic pouch will burst when sustained squeezed thus allowing the flavors to swirl and mix within the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Kornick Lindsay
    Inventors: Raymond Anthony Bourque, Daniel Young-Doo Chung, Richard M. Estabrook, Diane McCauley Hahm, James L. Henderson, Joseph Kornick, I-Hwa Lee, Jose Tirso Olivares-Cordoba, Donna Lynn Visioli, James P. Kane, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20060207962
    Abstract: A bottle includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes a shoulder that extends away from a neck of the bottle, and a grip portion. The grip portion is recessed within the top portion of the bottle. The top portion of the bottle includes at least one strengthening element, preferably in the form of a rib or column that may be provided between the upper and lower bell portions, or between the upper bell or shoulder portion and the grip portion. The bottle can be used for hot or cold fill applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicants: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ralph Coley, Masaaki Sasaki, Takao Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20060153963
    Abstract: A squeezable fruit sauce containing less than 50% fruit. The sauce includes fruit and or fruit puree, water, sweetener, and a combination of pectins or thickeners. The ingredients combined to give a thin set sauce (30.0-40.0 Brix) with minor syneresis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Morgan
  • Patent number: 7055683
    Abstract: A polymeric film, multiple-compartment, pouch having an internal frangible seal for confining a fluid and related beverage container with a re-closable fitment for storing and delivering two different flavored liquids or the like. The frangible seal of the clear plastic pouch will burst when sustained squeezed thus allowing the flavors to swirl and mix within the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Kornick Lindsay, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Anthony Bourque, Daniel Young-Doo Chung, Richard M. Estabrook, Diane McCauley Hahm, James L. Henderson, Joseph Kornick, I-Hwa Lee, Jose Tirso Olivares-Cordoba, Donna Lynn Visioli, James P. Kane, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7051861
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting articles includes a first transporter (e.g. a conveyor) for transporting articles in a line and a member that separates the articles in the line into groups and also removes the groups from the line while the articles continue to be transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale D. Stephens, Duane Petersen
  • Publication number: 20060091102
    Abstract: A container includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes a shoulder that extends away from a neck of the container, and a grip portion. The grip portion defines an integral logo portion and is recessed within the top portion of the container. A waist or groove is provided on adjacent lateral sides of the grip portion and may include a lateral stiffening rib. The bottom portion of the container includes a plurality of vacuum panels that accommodate for internal forces tending to cause collapse of the vacuum panels during a hot-fill process. Any portion of the internal forces not accommodated by the vacuum panels in the bottom portion of the container is accommodated by an auxiliary vacuum panel, which is provided in the grip portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Bourque, Ralph Coley, Takao Iizuka, Masaaki Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7022368
    Abstract: A method is described for processing fruit or vegetables, e.g., cranberries, into two different juices. One of the two juices has a relatively high level of phytochemicals and a relatively low level of sugars and acids. The other of the two juices has a relatively low level of phytochemicals and a relatively high level of sugars and acids. The method of the invention entails providing three juice streams. The first juice stream is passed through an ultrafiltration apparatus or some other apparatus that is capable of preferentially separating the relatively lower molecular weight compounds, e.g., sugars and acids, from the relatively higher molecular weight compounds, e.g., phytochemicals. This process creates two juice fractions: a juice fraction that is relatively enriched in sugars and acids and a juice fraction that is relatively enriched in phytochemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold L. Mantius, Lawrence Rose
  • Patent number: 7004342
    Abstract: A container includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes a shoulder that extends away from a neck of the container, and a grip portion. The grip portion defines an integral logo portion and is recessed within the top portion of the container. A waist or groove is provided on adjacent lateral sides of the grip portion and may include a lateral stiffening rib. The bottom portion of the container includes a plurality of vacuum panels that accommodate for internal forces tending to cause collapse of the vacuum panels during a hot-fill process. Any portion of the internal forces not accommodated by the vacuum panels in the bottom portion of the container is accommodated by an auxiliary vacuum panel, which is provided in the grip portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond A. Bourque, Ralph T. Coley, Jr., Takao Iizuka, Masaaki Sasaki
  • Patent number: D530618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Estabrook, Dennis James Kittel
  • Patent number: D536987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Estabrook, Dennis James Kittel
  • Patent number: D564890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph T. Coley, Jr., Masaaki Sasaki, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: D570691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zebulon S. Robbins, III, Masaaki Sasaki, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: D576493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph T. Coley, Jr., Masaaki Sasaki, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: D582784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Boiros, Sheldon Eric Yourist
  • Patent number: D618549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Boiros, Masaaki Sasaki, Tadayoshi Oshino, Shigeru Tomiyama
  • Patent number: D637494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph T. Coley, Jr., Robert Kleinrath, Masaaki Sasaki, Takao Iizuka, Michael T. Lane