Patents by Inventor Larry W. HAND

Larry W. HAND 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).

  • Reconstructed bacon product
    Patent number: 10918123
    Abstract: A reconstructed bacon product includes meat sourced exclusively from pork bellies. The product includes a cohesive mass of compressed layers of pork belly fat trimmings and pork belly lean trimmings of whole muscle segments. A method of forming a reconstructed bacon product includes obtaining pork belly lean trimmings of whole muscle segments and pork belly fat trimmings, macerating the pork belly lean trimmings, layering the pork belly lean trimmings and pork belly fat trimmings, compressing the layers, heat processing the layers in a mold to form a cohesive mass, and demolding the cohesive mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.
    Inventors: James Roberds, Charles O. Dairo, Larry W. Hand
  • BACON PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20190142040
    Abstract: A reconstructed bacon product includes meat sourced exclusively from pork bellies. The product includes a cohesive mass of compressed layers of pork belly fat trimmings and pork belly lean trimmings of whole muscle segments. A method of forming a reconstructed bacon product includes obtaining pork belly lean trimmings of whole muscle segments and pork belly fat trimmings, macerating the pork belly lean trimmings, layering the pork belly lean trimmings and pork belly fat trimmings, compressing the layers, heat processing the layers in a mold to form a cohesive mass, and demolding the cohesive mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: James ROBERDS, Charles O. DAIRO, Larry W. HAND