Patents by Inventor David Mucci
David Mucci 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: 20240041235Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a flowable food product from a flexible reservoir is provided. The dispenser includes a frame; a body coupled to the frame and defining a cavity for receiving the flexible reservoir and including a bottom wall defining an opening; and a fitment acceptor at least partly received in the opening. The fitment acceptor includes forward and rearward sidewalls. A radius of curvature of the forward sidewall differs from a radius of curvature of the rearward sidewall. The radius of curvature of the forward sidewall and the radius of the curvature of the rearward sidewall correspond with radiuses of curvature of respective front and rear ends of a fitment of the flexible reservoir such that the fitment of the flexible reservoir is only insertable in the fitment acceptor in one relative orientation between the fitment and the fitment acceptor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: 11819147Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a flowable food product from a flexible reservoir supported by the dispenser is provided. The dispenser includes a frame and a body coupled to the frame. The body defines a cavity for receiving the flexible reservoir. The body includes: a bottom wall defining an opening; a sloped wall extending upward from the bottom wall and the opening, the sloped wall promoting a flow of flowable food product from the flexible reservoir towards the opening; and a pair of side walls extending upward from the bottom wall and the sloped wall. The dispenser further includes a fitment acceptor at least partly received in the opening. Additionally, a shape of the fitment acceptor corresponds with a shape of the opening such that the fitment acceptor is only correctly received in the opening one way.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: GEHL FOODS, LLCInventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Publication number: 20200069089Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a flowable food product from a flexible reservoir supported by the dispenser is provided. The dispenser includes a frame and a body coupled to the frame. The body defines a cavity for receiving the flexible reservoir. The body includes: a bottom wall defining an opening; a sloped wall extending upward from the bottom wall and the opening, the sloped wall promoting a flow of flowable food product from the flexible reservoir towards the opening; and a pair of side walls extending upward from the bottom wall and the sloped wall. The dispenser further includes a fitment acceptor at least partly received in the opening. Additionally, a shape of the fitment acceptor corresponds with a shape of the opening such that the fitment acceptor is only correctly received in the opening one way.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Gehl Foods, Inc.Inventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: 10470597Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. A wall of the reservoir defines an aperture therethrough allowing the flowable food product to exit the reservoir. The system includes a valve having a base member having a first passageway extending therethrough and a moving member having a second passageway extending therethrough, the moving member configured to slide relative to the base member between a closed position in which the first passageway and the second passageway do not overlap and an open position in which the first passageway and the second passageway overlap. When the moving member is in the open position, an axis extending through the first passageway and the second passageway extends through the aperture in the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: 10194763Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. The system includes a fitment coupled to the reservoir and a piercing tool having a handle, a neck, and a piercing section, wherein the neck interconnects the handle with the piercing section. The piercing section is configured to create an opening in the reservoir through the fitment to enable dispensing of the flowable product.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Sowieja, Michael Gehl, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Publication number: 20170251846Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. The system includes a fitment coupled to the reservoir and a piercing tool having a handle, a neck, and a piercing section, wherein the neck interconnects the handle with the piercing section. The piercing section is configured to create an opening in the reservoir through the fitment to enable dispensing of the flowable product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Sowieja, Michael Gehl, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Publication number: 20170251847Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. A wall of the reservoir defines an aperture therethrough allowing the flowable food product to exit the reservoir. The system includes a valve having a base member having a first passageway extending therethrough and a moving member having a second passageway extending therethrough, the moving member configured to slide relative to the base member between a closed position in which the first passageway and the second passageway do not overlap and an open position in which the first passageway and the second passageway overlap. When the moving member is in the open position, an axis extending through the first passageway and the second passageway extends through the aperture in the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: 9717354Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. A wall of the reservoir defines an aperture therethrough allowing the flowable food product to exit the reservoir. The system includes a valve having a base member having a first passageway extending therethrough and a moving member having a second passageway extending therethrough, the moving member configured to slide relative to the base member between a closed position in which the first passageway and the second passageway do not overlap and an open position in which the first passageway and the second passageway overlap. When the moving member is in the open position, an axis extending through the first passageway and the second passageway extends through the aperture in the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Patent number: 9132559Abstract: A knife for cutting food products having a proximal end, a distal end and a length defined therebetween. The knife includes a blade portion having a cutting edge and a spine disposed on a top side of the blade portion and generally opposed to the cutting edge. The knife includes a handle portion disposed proximal of the blade portion with a top surface and a bottom surface, a first end proximal to the blade portion and a second end distal to the blade portion. The handle portion includes a bolster section with at least a first thickness, a first lateral sidewall and a second lateral sidewall. The bolster section is disposed at the first end of the handle portion and adjacent to the blade portion. The first sidewall of the bolster section includes an arcuate proximal bolster boundary defined by a curvilinear ridge extending downwardly toward the blade portion from a point proximate the top surface of the handle portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: WKI Holding Company, Inc.Inventors: Paul Hatch, Clifford Krapfl, Julia Burke, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci
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Publication number: 20150102057Abstract: A system for dispensing a flowable food product from a reservoir is provided. A wall of the reservoir defines an aperture therethrough allowing the flowable food product to exit the reservoir. The system includes a valve having a base member having a first passageway extending therethrough and a moving member having a second passageway extending therethrough, the moving member configured to slide relative to the base member between a closed position in which the first passageway and the second passageway do not overlap and an open position in which the first passageway and the second passageway overlap. When the moving member is in the open position, an axis extending through the first passageway and the second passageway extends through the aperture in the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: GEHL FOODS, INC.Inventors: Michael Gehl, Michael Sowieja, Christoph Albiez, Paul Hatch, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci, Anders Olof Rostlund
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Publication number: 20120159793Abstract: A knife and chopping attachment assembly for chopping food products comprises a knife and a chopping attachment. The knife has a blade portion and a handle portion. The blade portion has a cutting edge and a spine disposed on a top side of the blade portion generally opposite the cutting edge. The chopping attachment is disposed over a portion of the spine of the knife. The chopping attachment is movable along the spine from a proximal end of the blade portion to a distal end of the blade portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: WKI HOLDING COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Paul Hatch, Clifford Krapfl, Julia Burke, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci
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Publication number: 20120079725Abstract: A knife for cutting food products comprises a blade portion, a handle portion, and a bolster. The blade portion has a cutting edge and a spine. The spine is disposed on a top side of the blade portion. The bolster has at least a first thickness and is positioned between the blade portion and the handle portion. The bolster comprises a first generally curved-shape proximal boundary and a second generally curved-shaped distal boundary. The bolster has a first lateral sidewall and a second lateral sidewall. A surface depression is disposed between the first generally curved-shape proximal boundary and the second generally curved-shape distal boundary of at least one of the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall. The first generally curved-shape proximal boundary is spaced a distance from the second generally curved-shape distal boundary to receive a thumb of a user on the bolster.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: WKI HOLDING COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Paul Hatch, Clifford Krapfl, Julia Burke, Thomas Mitchell, David Mucci
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Patent number: D625542Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.Inventors: Augusto Picozza, Linda Makhanlall, Marianne Grisdale, David Mucci, Siarhei Murauyou
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Patent number: D639614Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: WKI Holding Company, Inc.Inventors: Clifford Krapfl, Julia Burke, Paul Hatch, David Mucci
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Patent number: D639615Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: WKI Holding Company, Inc.Inventors: Clifford Krapfl, Julia Burke, Paul Hatch, David Mucci
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Patent number: D639616Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: WKI Holding Company, Inc.Inventors: Clifford Krapfl, Julia Burke, Paul Hatch, David Mucci
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Patent number: D792164Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci
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Patent number: D820643Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci
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Patent number: D891188Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci
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Patent number: D891872Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLCInventors: Thomas Mitchell, Anders Olof Rostlund, David Mucci