Patents by Inventor Steven A. Corley

Steven A. Corley 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).

  • Pre-assembled sandwich bulk packaging and method of sale
    Patent number: 6245368
    Abstract: A new and improved bulk sandwich package and method of packaging and merchandising is provided. A plurality of sandwiches are individually wrapped in gas permeable wrap and then bulk packaged in a modified atmosphere process, refrigerated and distributed to store locations or merchandisers where the bulk packages are refrigerated until needed, opened and placed in a refrigerated merchandiser for sale. The refrigerated merchandiser therefore provides consumers with a deli-style sandwich in stores without kitchen facilities, and permits the self-service purchase of the pre-assembled sandwiches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Made-Rite Sandwich Company of Chattanooga, Inc.
    Inventors: B. Keith Sullivan, Steven A. Corley
  • Pre-cooked sandwich packaging and method of reheated sale
    Patent number: 6093431
    Abstract: A new and improved biscuit sandwich and method of packaging and merchandising is provided. A biscuit with high fat content of about 20% by weight is individually wrapped in the form of a biscuit sandwich packaged in a modified atmosphere process, refrigerated and distributed to store locations where it can be reheated and placed in a heated merchandiser for sale. The heated merchandiser therefore provides consumers with a home-style biscuit sandwich in stores without cooking facilities, and permits the self-service purchase of the pre-cooked and reheated biscuit sandwiches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Made-Rite Sandwich Company of Chattanooga, Inc.
    Inventors: B. Keith Sullivan, Steven A. Corley