Patents by Inventor Curtis Cundith

Curtis Cundith 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).

  • Packaging of meat products with modified atmospheres and/or enhancers
    Patent number: 7935373
    Abstract: Packaged meat products, methods of packaging meat, and systems for packaging meat. With respect to packaged meat products, one particular embodiment of a packaged meat product comprises a container having a low gas permeability and an enclosed interior volume. The packaged meat product further includes a meat product enclosed within the interior volume of the container and a modified atmosphere comprising not greater than about 10% carbon monoxide within the interior volume of the container. The meat product has a first volume less than the interior volume, and the modified atmosphere has a second volume such that a volume ratio of the second volume to the first volume is not greater than approximately 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignees: Cargill, Incorporated, Hormel Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Ann W. Brackenridge, Curtis Cundith, Scott J. Eilert, Nancy Rathje, Barney Wilborn, David C. Ruzek, Forrest D. Dryden, Bruce C. Paterson
  • Food Systems
    Publication number: 20100068348
    Abstract: Kits comprising a food product and a wooden support member are provided. The support member is preferably configured to support and provide flavor to the food product during cooking. A food product package for retail distribution preferably includes a food product, a wooden support member, and a packaging material containing the support member and the food product. Methods for packaging a food product for retail distribution are also provided and preferably include providing a food product, providing a wooden support member configured to support and flavor the food product during cooking of the food product, and packaging the support member and the food product together for retail distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Curtis Cundith, William Arthur Buckner
  • Meat enhancement system
    Patent number: 7378119
    Abstract: The present invention is an enhanced fresh meat composition and method of making the same. The fresh processed meat composition is made from post-rigor meat and includes a bicarbonate additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Cargill, Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott J. Eilert, Curtis A. Cundith, Max England
  • Packaging of meat products with modified atmospheres and/or enhancers
    Publication number: 20060073244
    Abstract: Packaged meat products, methods of packaging meat, and systems for packaging meat. With respect to packaged meat products, one particular embodiment of a packaged meat product comprises a container having a low gas permeability and an enclosed interior volume. The packaged meat product further includes a meat product enclosed within the interior volume of the container and a modified atmosphere comprising not greater than about 10% carbon monoxide within the interior volume of the container. The meat product has a first volume less than the interior volume, and the modified atmosphere has a second volume such that a volume ratio of the second volume to the first volume is not greater than approximately 1:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Ann Brackenridge, Curtis Cundith, Scott Eilert, Nancy Rathje, Barney Wilborn, David Ruzek, Forrest Dryden, Bruce Paterson