Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Pruitt, Sr.

Kenneth R. Pruitt, Sr. 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 bar and process of preparing same
    Patent number: 4055669
    Abstract: A high protein fat-occluded food composition useful as a binder, and a food or breakfast bar product prepared therefrom. The binder composition comprises edible solid particles including a protein source coated with an edible fat. The presence of the fat as a coating on the edible particles masks flavors arising from the protein. The binder composition contains at least about 15% by weight protein, between about 33% and about 85% by weight fat and up to about 52% by weight carbohydrate. The food bar product comprises cereal particles bound together with the binder composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1977
    Assignee: Sunmark, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray G. Kelly, Kenneth R. Pruitt, Sr., Alvin L. Kershman