Patents by Inventor Mark R. Ruiz

Mark R. Ruiz 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).

  • Fragile food product package
    Patent number: 5128157
    Abstract: A food product package is disclosed for packing a plurality of fragile shells or bowls composed of a consumable and digestible material consisting of a circular base joining in a continuous circular sidewall having a plurality of evenly spaced semicircular convolutions wherein each convolution is of the same diameter to provide combined or over-all strength. The shell or bowl composition presents a textured exterior surface visually indicative of an edible product. The textured surface is characterized as being granular having a wall thickness and cross-section which is brittle and capable of being broken apart for ready consumption. The plurality of shells or bowls are nested together in a stack confined between opposing inner surfaces of a U-shaped, load carrying protective form captured in a unitary package by a wrap of plastic film. The protective form includes elongated sidewalls projecting from opposite ends of a base on which the stack rests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Inventor: Mark R. Ruiz
  • Edible food product
    Patent number: 5002783
    Abstract: An edible food product is disclosed herein having a shell or bowl composed of a consumable and digestible material consisting of a circular base reinforced by an annular bead joining in a continuous circular sidewall having a plurality of evenly spaced semicircular convolutions wherein each convolution is of the same diameter. The shell or bowl composition presents a textured exterior surface visually indicative of an edible product. The textured surface is characterized as being granular having a wall thickness and cross-section which is brittle and capable of being broken apart for ready consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Inventor: Mark R. Ruiz
  • Edible food product and package
    Patent number: 4873099
    Abstract: A food product and package therefor is disclosed herein having a shell or bowl consisting of a circular base reinforced by an annular bead joining in a continuous circular sidewall having a plurality of evenly spaced semicircular convolutions wherein each convolution is of the same diameter. The shell or bowl is nestable with others to provide a stack and confined together in a patterned form by a plastic film to define a unitary package of a predetermined quantity of shells or bowls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Inventor: Mark R. Ruiz