Patents by Inventor H. Eugene Hite

H. Eugene Hite 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).

  • Food products with improved bile acid binding functionality and methods for their preparation
    Publication number: 20030147993
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a food product or food product intermediate which incorporates short chain beta glucan or modified short chain beta glucan, those having an average molecular weight of less than 50,000 Daltons, and preferably in the range of 500 to 2,500 Daltons, to enhance bile acid binding capacity resulting in improved hypocholesterolemic effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Ronald A. Heddleson, Alicia A. Perdon, Brent Marston, H. Eugene Hite, Shen-Shu Sung
  • Flexible bottle having an improved, integral closure
    Patent number: 5944206
    Abstract: A closure (10) is shown including a U-shaped handle (27) integrally connected to a cap (22) in turn integrally connected to the end wall (18) of a bottle (12) to seal the opening (20) formed therein. The handle (27) includes a lever element (28) in the preferred form of a hollow body (30) integrally connected to the cap (22) by a web (32) and for providing leverage in twisting the cap (22) off the end wall (18). First and second wings (36) are integrally connected to the lever element (28) for increasing the size of closure (10) to be larger than a small part. In the preferred form, each of the wings (36) includes a solid trailing portion (44) and a hollow tube (38) in fluid communication with the hollow body (30). The trailing portions (44) are compression molded by the mold halves (54) utilized to blow mold the bottle (12). The hollow tubes (38) are compression molded and thermoformed in the mold halves (56) forming the end wall (18), the cap (22), and the lever element (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Culter, David V. Harmann, H. Eugene Hite, Jr., John P. Rebhorn, Wade J. Groetsch, Bernd Hansen
  • Flexible bottle having an improved, integral closure
    Patent number: 5431292
    Abstract: A closure (10) is shown including a U-shaped handle (27) integrally connected to a cap (22) in turn integrally connected to the end wall (18) of a bottle (12) to seal the opening (20) formed therein. The handle (27) includes a lever element (28) in the preferred form of a hollow body (30) integrally connected to the cap (22) by a web (32) and for providing leverage in twisting the cap (22) off the end wall (18). First and second wings (36) are integrally connected to the lever element (28) for increasing the size of closure (10) to be larger than a small part. In the preferred form, each of the wings (36) includes a solid trailing portion (44) and a hollow tube (38) in fluid communication with the hollow body (30). The trailing portions (44) are compression molded by the mold halves (54) utilized to blow mold the bottle (12). The hollow tubes (38) are compression molded and thermoformed in the mold halves (56) forming the end wall (18), the cap (22), and the lever element (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Culter, David V. Harmann, H. Eugene Hite, Jr., John P. Rebhorn, Wade J. Groetsch
  • Bottle closure
    Patent number: D352002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Culter, David V. Harmann, H. Eugene Hite, Jr., John P. Rebhorn, Wade J. Groetsch