Patents by Inventor Anthony J. Gallo, Jr.

Anthony J. Gallo, Jr. 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).

  • Microwave heating package having end flaps for elevating and venting the package
    Patent number: 5688427
    Abstract: A microwave heating package for containing a food item to be cooked in a microwave oven including a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall. A microwave interactive layer is affixed to the bottom wall for converting microwave energy into heat. The side wall is scored to define a first end flap and a second end flap. Each end flap is partially separable from the remainder of the package along the scoring and is hingedly connected to the bottom wall such that the separable portion of each end flap is pivotable from a first unseparated position to a second position located underneath the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: ConAgra, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J. Gallo, Jr.
  • Method for cooking a food item in microwave heating package having end flaps for elevating and venting the package
    Patent number: 5510132
    Abstract: A microwave heating package for containing a food item to be cooked in a microwave oven including a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall. A microwave interactive layer is affixed to the bottom wall for converting microwave energy into heat. The side wall is scored to define a first end flap and a second end flap. Each end flap is partially separable from the remainder of the package along the scoring and is hingedly connected to the bottom wall such that the separable portion of each end flap is pivotable from a first unseparated position to a second position located underneath the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: ConAgra, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J. Gallo, Jr.