Patents by Inventor Leo P. Smietana

Leo P. Smietana 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).

  • Patent number: 4929458
    Abstract: A method of making a tortilla cone with a closed apex, and including a kit to help facilitate the operation so that a large number of tortilla cones may be formed and cooked at one time. The kit and method of using it includes a set of cone forming molds each consisting of a pliable metallic conical body having an overlapping convex surface about which a tortilla patty may be positioned and wrapped in cone form so as to close the cone form at its apex. The method of using the kit includes using a first mold as a female receptacle and using a second mold as both a female and male receptacle to wrap a tortilla patty to the mold and secure the same between the two molds. An inventive method of making the taco cone mold includes taking a sheet of thin pliable metallic material, such as aluminum, and cutting out a circular disc from the sheet. The pliable disc is then formed into a cone-shaped cylinder by wrapping the disc around a cone shaped dowel so that a pair of its sides overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Inventor: Leo P. Smietana
  • Patent number: 4915964
    Abstract: A method of making a tortilla cone with a closed apex, and including a kit to help facilitate the operation so that a large number of tortilla cones may be formed and cooked at one time. The kit and method of using it includes a set of cone forming molds each consisting of a pliable metallic conical body having an overlapping convex surface about which a tortilla patty having a tear shape may be positioned and wrapped in cone from so as to close the come form at its apex. The method of using the kit includes using a first mold as a female receptacle and using a second mold as both a female and male receptacle to wrap a tortilla patty to the mold and secure the same between the two molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Inventor: Leo P. Smietana