Patents by Inventor Gary A. Winkler

Gary A. Winkler 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).

  • Ready-to-assemble, ready-to-eat packaged pizza
    Patent number: 6083550
    Abstract: A baked pizza crust is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.6-0.85, the baked crust being suitable for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat pizza kit. Also provided is a kit for preparing ready-to-eat pizza, the kit including pizza crust, pizza sauce and one or a plurality of pizza toppings which are hermetically sealed from the external atmosphere in a package having a base tray and a top fitted and sealed to said base tray. Preferably, each food item is in a separate compartment sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture and microbial migration from one food item to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart A. Cochran, Steven J. Goll, Howard C. Lippincott, Gary A. Winkler
  • Ready-to-assemble, ready-to-eat packaged pizza
    Patent number: 5747084
    Abstract: A baked pizza crust is provided having a water activity in the range of about 0.6-0.85, the baked crust being suitable for use in a refrigerated, ready-to-eat pizza kit. Also provided is a kit for preparing ready-to-eat pizza, the kit including pizza crust, pizza sauce and one or a plurality of pizza toppings which are hermetically sealed from the external atmosphere in a package having a base tray and a top fitted and sealed to the base tray. Preferably, each food item is in a separate compartment sealed from the other food items to substantially retard or prevent flavor, moisture and microbial migration from one food item to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart A. Cochran, Steven J. Goll, Howard C. Lippincott, Gary A. Winkler
  • Method for producing sweet pickles
    Patent number: 4789558
    Abstract: A method of producing a sweet pickle. The pickle stock with its outer membrane perforated is treated to at least two vacuum and elevated treatment cycles in the presence of a CaCl.sub.2 brine. The treated pickle stock is then allowed to equilibrate in the presence of a high sugar, sugar syrup before packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Winkler, Gerald O. Hustad
  • Food package
    Patent number: D339743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation
    Inventors: Roger R. Zellner, Irene A. Huber, Gary A. Winkler