Patents by Inventor Michael P. Kessel

Michael P. Kessel 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: 6102281
    Abstract: A partially-shielded paperboard tray for heating food in a microwave oven is made from a unitary blank having two sections hingedly joined at a common edge. One section, which forms the bottom stratum of the tray, has a layer of aluminum foil for shielding food along the peripheral wall of the tray from microwave radiation, but the section also has a large aperture to allow the radiation to heat the center of food placed over the aperture. The other section of the blank, which forms the top stratum of the tray, is transparent to microwave radiation and provides an imperforate food-contact surface for retaining food in the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Terrence P. Lafferty, James L. Capo, Michael P. Kessel