Patents by Inventor Lee M. Acree

Lee M. Acree 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).

  • Method for making edible base shapes having pictorial images for decorating foodstuffs
    Patent number: 5017394
    Abstract: A method of using a silk screen to form thin, flat, flexible, free standing base shapes or transfers directly on release paper in their final form from fluid base shape material, all in one step. After drying, pictorial images are then silk screened onto the base shapes to produce the final edible image for decorating foodstuffs. Recipies for preparing the fluid base shape material and a novel machine for peeling the base shapes from the release paper with a spring steel blade are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: The Lucks Company
    Inventors: John W. Macpherson, Lee M. Acree