Patents by Inventor John H. Fankhauser

John H. Fankhauser 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).

  • Deboning system and method of using same
    Patent number: 4942642
    Abstract: A deboning system is adapted for use in separating intact the proximal and distal bones of a fowl wing and for removing the proximal bones substantially intact from the proximal portion to provide a comestible receiving cavity therewithin. The system includes a force applying disjointing unit for separating the proximal and distal bones at their connecting joint, and a deboning unit for removing the separated proximal bones from the fowl wing substantially intact to create the cavity in the deboned fowl wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: User Friendly Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Fankhauser, II, Thomas W. Todd
  • Poultry sausage and method of making same
    Patent number: 4938988
    Abstract: A poultry sausage made from poultry meat without the use of binders is made by the grinding of the poultry meat together with selected ingredients in a single step through a fine plate of a meat grinder followed by a post grinding incorporation step in which the meat and ingredients are constantly mixed by means of a paddle mixer. An alternate embodiment of the invention includes a fowl wing having the inner limb deboned so that the meat with the skin of the inner limb forms a tube or container for the sausage meat or mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: User Friendly Foods, Inc.
    Inventor: John H. Fankhauser