Patents by Inventor Les Leech

Les Leech 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 molding and shaping tongue
    Patent number: 6468575
    Abstract: A tongue rack includes a frame with a plurality of troughs supported on the frame. Each trough is generally U-shaped in cross-section and sloped, with the open upper end of the trough located above a closed lower end of the trough. A tongue placed in the trough will shorten in length and increase in thickness as it is chilled. The method of the invention includes extracting a beef tongue from an animal and positioning the tongue into the sloped trough with the base end of the tongue against the closed end of the trough and the tipped end of the tongue proximal the open end of the trough, prior to rigor mortis setting in on the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Fremont Beef Company
    Inventors: Les Leech, Kohei Nomura, Keizo Ogawa, Ken Johnson, Jeff Brindley
  • METHOD FOR MOLDING AND SHAPING TONGUE
    Publication number: 20020106433
    Abstract: A tongue rack includes a frame with a plurality of troughs supported on the frame. Each trough is generally U-shaped in cross-section and sloped, with the open upper end of the trough located above a closed lower end of the trough. A tongue placed in the trough will shorten in length and increase in thickness as it is chilled. The method of the invention includes extracting a beef tongue from an animal and positioning the tongue into the sloped trough with the base end of the tongue against the closed end of the trough and the tipped end of the tongue proximal the open end of the trough, prior to rigor mortis setting in on the tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Les Leech, Kohei Nomura, Keizo Ogawa, Ken Johnson, Jeff Brindley