Patents by Inventor Gary S. Bachand

Gary S. Bachand 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).

  • Patent number: 7033625
    Abstract: A rolled food item (110) is fabricated by rolling a strip of support material (16) and food (14) about its leading end (136) into a roll. Prior to its rolling into the roll, a deposit (144) of water is sprayed onto the food (14) adjacent to the trailing end (138) to increase the tackiness of the food (14) sufficient to be adherable to the support material (16) in the roll to at least temporarily prevent unintentional unrolling of the roll during later fabrication operations. In the preferred form, the trailing end of the deposit (144) is coextensive with the trailing end (138) of the strip of support material (16) and food (14). In one form, the side edges of the deposit (144) are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the food (14) which are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the support material (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary S. Bachand, Soumya Roy, Jeffrey A. Taylor, Craig E. Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 6874296
    Abstract: A rolled food item (110) is fabricated by rolling a strip of support material (16) and food (14) about its leading end (136) into a roll. Prior to its rolling into the roll, a deposit (144) of water is sprayed onto the food (14) adjacent to the trailing end (138) to increase the tackiness of the food (14) sufficient to be adherable to the support material (16) in the roll to at least temporarily prevent unintentional unrolling of the roll during later fabrication operations. In the preferred form, the trailing end of the deposit (144) is coextensive with the trailing end (138) of the strip of support material (16) and food (14). In one form, the side edges of the deposit (144) are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the food (14) which are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the support material (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary S. Bachand, Soumya Roy, Jeffrey A. Taylor, Craig E. Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20040151800
    Abstract: A rolled food item (110) is fabricated by rolling a strip of support material (16) and food (14) about its leading end (136) into a roll. Prior to its rolling into the roll, a deposit (144) of water is sprayed onto the food (14) adjacent to the trailing end (138) to increase the tackiness of the food (14) sufficient to be adherable to the support material (16) in the roll to at least temporarily prevent unintentional unrolling of the roll during later fabrication operations. In the preferred form, the trailing end of the deposit (144) is coextensive with the trailing end (138) of the strip of support material (16) and food (14). In one form, the side edges of the deposit (144) are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the food (14) which are spaced inwardly from the side edges of the support material (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Gary S. Bachand, Soumya Roy, Jeffrey A. Taylor, Craig E. Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 6149006
    Abstract: A container (10) especially adapted for wedge shaped food products is disclosed including a transparent, thermoformed tray (11) receiving a paperboard product card (32) and sealed by a transparent closure layer (15). The tray (11) includes an isosceles trapezoid shaped bottom (16) and a sidewall (18) formed by a first, isosceles trapezoid shaped end (20), sides (24, 26) extending at an angle between an annular flange (12) and the bottom (16) from their upper edges to their lower edges and from their first end edges to their second end edges, a second trapezoid shaped end (22), and a triangular shaped corner panel (28). The product card (32) includes a bottom portion (34) of a size and shape for abutting with the bottom (16) of the tray (11) and end and side portions (36, 40) integrally connected to the bottom portion (34) about fold lines (38, 42) for abutting with the first end (20) and first side (24) of the tray (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Arne H. Brauner, Gary S. Bachand, John Rebhorn
  • Patent number: D366828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Hormel Food Corporation
    Inventors: Gary S. Bachand, Robert T. Geigner, John C. Skogh
  • Patent number: D400099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Arne H. Brauner, Gary S. Bachand