Patents by Inventor Michael E. Bond

Michael E. Bond 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: 6524636
    Abstract: A frozen sauce delivery system provides a sauce for a frozen food product in the form of a plurality of frozen sauce chips. Depending on the type of sauce being provided, the sauce may be formed into one or more different types of chips. Each type of chip is formed from a mixture that may include a portion of the ingredients used to form the sauce. Each mixture is then apportioned and frozen as chips. The melting temperature of the chip ingredients can be formulated to be higher than the melting temperature of the overall sauce. A plurality of each type of sauce chip is then included in a package along with frozen food items to create the frozen food product. This frozen food product may then be prepared, preferably using heat, to form a finished food dish that includes heated food items coated in the heated sauce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Clements, James Citti, Michael E. Bond
  • Patent number: 4712956
    Abstract: A plastic wall anchor receives a threaded fastener and thereafter flexes its curved leg portions in such a manner as to provide a firm anchoring to the wall. The wall anchor provides an indication as to when it is about to firmly anchor to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: USM Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Bond, Fred R. Voreh
  • Patent number: 4617692
    Abstract: A tool is disclosed for both drilling a hole and thereafter securing a screw anchor therein in a quick and expeditious manner. The tool comprises a handle with a threaded stem extending therefrom. The threaded stem allows a screw anchor and a hard plastic drill tip to be threadably mounted thereon. The tool facilates the manual application of sufficient drilling pressure to the thus mounted drill tip so as to form the appropriately sized hole for the screw anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Emhart Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Bond, Robert S. Noll
  • Patent number: 4447923
    Abstract: A tool is disclosed for setting a screw anchor within a wall. The tool includes a plastic handle attached to a threadable member for engaging the screw anchor. The plastic handle is contoured for easy grasping and has a hole at one end to facilitate rotation of the tool. The handle preferably has a recessed screwdriver blade at the opposite end for tightening a screw in the set screw anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: USM Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Bond, Harry E. Taylor