Patents by Inventor Mark Andrew Christie

Mark Andrew Christie 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 and apparatus for preparing poultry skin
    Patent number: 8858305
    Abstract: Penetrating the skin of a poultry item with an array of small holes accomplished by using a plurality of circular blades laterally spaced apart and substantially parallel and having a plurality teeth protruding from the edge of the blades and forcibly engaging and penetrating the skin of the poultry item with the plurality of teeth. The plurality of circular blades can have a common axis of rotation and rotating about a shaft extending along the common axis thereby forming a roller of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Y. Chu, James Ruff, Robert Ty Baublits, Mark Andrew Christie
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING POULTRY SKIN
    Publication number: 20140273782
    Abstract: Penetrating the skin of a poultry item with an array of small holes accomplished by using a plurality of circular blades laterally spaced apart and substantially parallel and having a plurality teeth protruding from the edge of the blades and forcibly engaging and penetrating the skin of the poultry item with the plurality of teeth. The plurality of circular blades can have a common axis of rotation and rotating about a shaft extending along the common axis thereby forming a roller of blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: TYSON FOODS, INC.
    Inventors: Harry Y. Chu, James Ruff, Robert Ty Baublits, Mark Andrew Christie
  • Method and apparatus for preparing poultry skin
    Patent number: 8690648
    Abstract: Penetrating the skin of a poultry item with an array of small holes accomplished by using a plurality of circular blades laterally spaced apart and substantially parallel and having a plurality teeth protruding from the edge of the blades and forcibly engaging and penetrating the skin of the poultry item with the plurality of teeth. The plurality of circular blades can have a common axis of rotation and rotating about a shaft extending along the common axis thereby forming a roller of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Tyson Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Y. Chu, James Ruff, Robert Ty Baublits, Mark Andrew Christie