Patents by Inventor Allen Aldridge
Allen Aldridge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20170265493Abstract: A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Vesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse Kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Allan Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao, Osamu Takita, Yuzuru Mitsui, Hiroshi Segawa
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Publication number: 20170258107Abstract: A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Vesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse Kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Allan Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao
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Publication number: 20170251693Abstract: A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Vesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse Kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Allan Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao
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Patent number: 9700065Abstract: A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLCInventors: Vesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse Kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Allan Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao, Osamu Takita, Yuzuru Mitsui, Hiroshi Segawa
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Patent number: 9700064Abstract: A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLCInventors: Vesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse Kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Allan Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao
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Patent number: 9693570Abstract: A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLCInventors: Vesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse Kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Allan Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao
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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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Patent number: 8920856Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for preparing multi-layered confectionery compositions. The multi-layered confectionery compositions are formed using a co-extrusion process of at least two different confectionery compositions that have at least one visual or sensorial distinction. The tolerances of the resulting pieces of the multi-layered confectionery composition are maintained such that the pieces can be packaged in rigid packaging. The processing parameters of processing of the plurality of confectionery compositions prior to the step of cutting and wrapping the pieces can be altered so as to maintain the average piece size within a predetermined tolerance level.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLCInventors: Allen Aldridge, Marc Degady, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Alejandro Jean, Bharat Jani, Ana Lucia Lopez, Fernando Melendez, Susan J. Pettigrew, Duane Raible, Ivonne Ramirez, Margarita Tecanhuey, Iran Vazquez
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Publication number: 20140166660Abstract: A package includes a pair of opposed package end surfaces and a first package wall spaced from a second package wall and connected thereto by an end wall forming a first compartment for holding one or more product pieces. The first compartment has an opening. A cover extends from the first compartment and is movable between an open and closed position to selectively cover and uncover the first compartment opening. A closure is disposed at one of the opposed end surfaces and retains the cover in the closed position. The closure includes a first closure member on the cover and a second closure member on the container. The first closure member is selectively, operatively couplable to the second closure member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLCInventors: Jonathan Lee, Allen Aldridge
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Patent number: 8684180Abstract: A package includes a pair of opposed package end surfaces and a first package wall spaced from a second package wall and connected thereto by an end wall forming a first compartment for holding one or more product pieces. The first compartment has an opening. A cover extends from the first compartment and is movable between an open and closed position to selectively cover and uncover the first compartment opening. A closure is disposed at one of the opposed end surfaces and retains the cover in the closed position. The closure includes a first closure member on the cover and a second closure member on the container. The first closure member is selectively, operatively couplable to the second closure member.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLCInventors: Jonathan Lee, Allen Aldridge
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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: 8579185Abstract: The present invention includes a package for holding comestible products and blanks for forming the same. The packages can have opposing side walls with generally rounded contoured bottom and top ends and bottom and top walls that conform to the round bottom and top end so that the bottom and top walls have a curved surface that follows the curvature of the bottom and top ends.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Allen Aldridge, Simon Richard Gainey, Rita Dombroski
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Publication number: 20130216661Abstract: A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventors: Vesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Allan Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao, Osamu Takita, Yuzuru Mitsui, Hiroshi Segawa, Krishna Mohan Adivi
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Publication number: 20130209644Abstract: A dough-like confectionery material contains a solid particulate, a liquid, and a diffusion controller. The dough-like confectionery material is an effective replacement for panned coatings, and it can be applied to an edible substrate, such as candy or chewing gum to form a layered confection. Methods and apparatus for forming layered confections are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Vesselin D. Miladinov, Cesar Carlos Elejalde, Jesse Kiefer, Bharat Jani, Kishor Kabse, Matthew Beam, Allen Aldridge, Jianping Chao, Krishna Mohan Adivi
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Patent number: 8490828Abstract: A package for product pieces includes a housing having a plurality of walls forming an interior adapter to hold a plurality of product pieces. The housing has a dispensing opening in communication with the interior. A resilient member is disposed in the housing interior and is adapted to urge the product pieces toward the dispensing opening. The housing has an aperture formed in one of the plurality of walls disposed adjacent the dispensing opening to permit the product piece to be engaged and moved out of the interior through the dispensing opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global, Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Kaiser, Francis G. Schiro, Allen Aldridge
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Patent number: 8485728Abstract: A package including a package body having closed ends, at least one of the closed ends being openable. A reclosable member including a band disposed on the package body, the band being adjacent to and encircling the openable closed end. The reclosable member maintains the at least one of the openable end in a closed condition after opening thereof. The openable end is selectively and repeatedly openable and reclosable upon manipulation of the package body.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global, Inc.Inventors: Paul K. Bowers, James A. Glydon, Allen Aldridge
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Publication number: 20120325711Abstract: A package assembly provides a pair of openable product packets which support consumable products. The product packets are accommodated in a housing. The housing is formed from an elongate planar housing structure having a central wall and a pair of oppositely directed foldable flaps extending from opposite edges of the central wall. A transition line extends longitudinally thereacross. The packets are supported on the central wall on opposite sides of the fold line. The transition line may include a fold line, a severing line or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLCInventors: Nevenka Markovic, Allen Aldridge
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Publication number: 20120228369Abstract: A package assembly (10) provides for enclosing an array of aligned products (14) with a slidable sleeve (16) for removing the product. The package assembly includes a product packet (12) and a sleeve. The product packet encloses an array of aligned products and the packet conforms to the configuration of the product array. The sleeve has at least one open end slidably insertably and removably accommodating the product packet therein. The slidable removal of the packet from the sleeve opens the product packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventor: Allen Aldridge
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Patent number: D692280Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLCInventors: Allen Aldridge, Simon Richard Gainey, Thomas E. Wells, Rita Dombroski
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Patent number: D808793Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANYInventors: Paul J. Angeloni, Christopher H. Cunningham, David Jaggi, Lisa Saxon-Reed, Ross Bartels, William Tham, Peter Muller, Allen Aldridge, Joesef F. Vrana