Patents Assigned to Sargento Foods, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11827401
    Abstract: Funnels are disclosed for use with filling packages with bulk product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: James Abston, Tim Veldman, Jon Sommer, Aaron Strand
  • Patent number: 11827400
    Abstract: Funnels are disclosed for use with filling packages with bulk product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: James Abston, Tim Veldman, Jon Sommer, Aaron Strand
  • Patent number: 11827399
    Abstract: Funnels are disclosed for use with filling packages with bulk product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: James Abston, Tim Veldman, Jon Sommer, Aaron Strand
  • Patent number: 11780625
    Abstract: Funnels and gas lances are disclosed for use with filling packages with bulk product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: James Abston, Tim Veldman, Jon Sommer, Aaron Strand
  • Patent number: 11667432
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls. The side walls include perforations separating each of the first and second side walls into an upper portion and a lower portion. The shipping container is convertible into a display container by removal of the upper portions of the first and second side walls along the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: 11585740
    Abstract: A film structure puncture testing tool for testing the resistance to puncturing of a film structure for a product package and a method for analyzing film structures resistance to puncturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Mallory Geigle, Todd Purkey, Kevin Heidemann
  • Patent number: 11510416
    Abstract: A natural pasta filata style cheese with improved textural attributes achieved by altering various natural cheeses raking parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Kartik Shah, Mihir Sainani, Donald J. McMahon
  • Patent number: 11505357
    Abstract: A food product package for containing a shingled stack of food product slices is provided including a package bottom and a non-planar periphery, the package bottom having walls oriented to be substantially the same geometry as the shingled stack of food product slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: 11440691
    Abstract: Funnels and gas lances are disclosed for use with filling packages with bulk product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: James Abston, Tim Veldman, Jon Sommer, Aaron Strand
  • Patent number: 11397144
    Abstract: A film structure puncture testing tool for testing the resistance to puncturing of a film structure for a product package and a method for analyzing film structures resistance to puncturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Mallory Geigle, Todd Purkey, Kevin Heidemann
  • Patent number: 11220370
    Abstract: A food container includes a body having a first and second receptacle. A first food product is contained in the first receptacle. A second food product is contained in the second receptacle. A lid includes two portions coupable to the body, a first portion configured to enclose the first receptacle and a second portion configured to enclose the second receptacle. Each portion has a permeability, and the first portion has a permeability different than the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Purkey
  • Patent number: 11077972
    Abstract: Funnels and gas lances are disclosed for use with filling packages with bulk product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: James Abston, Tim Veldman, Jon Sommer, Aaron Strand
  • Patent number: 10683132
    Abstract: A shipping container convertible into a display container. The shipping container includes a case generally defining a plurality of sides, the case being divisible along tear lines into a display portion and a tear portion. The display portion defines at least one of the plurality of sides, and the tear portion at least partially defines at least two of the plurality of sides. A tear support piece is couplable to the tear portion and adapted to be couplable to the at least two of the plurality of sides. The tear support piece is adapted to add rigidity to the tear portion to facilitate divisibility of the tear portion and the display portion. The display portion is convertible into the display container by removal of the tear portion and the tear support piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: 10683133
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls. The side walls include perforations separating each of the first and second side walls into an upper portion and a lower portion, the perforations having a pattern having at least two different radii of curvature. The shipping container is convertible into a display container by removal of the upper portions of the first and second side walls along the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D920094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Ryan Hartman, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D934065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Ryan Hartman, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D934066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Ryan Hartman, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D934067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Ryan Hartman, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D941671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Karp, Todd Purkey
  • Patent number: D967703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventor: Mallory Geigle