Patents by Inventor Tal Tostenson

Tal Tostenson 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: 11427373
    Abstract: A reclosable packaging case for transporting or storing a product, such as a frozen food product, has minimal gaps upon reclosers of the packaging case. The reclosable packaging case has portions of one or more outer top flaps bent and inserted into openings in one or more inner top flaps. The portions, e.g., corner portions, of the one or more outer flaps are bent at pre-established angles and locations to align with the openings in the one or more inner flaps to ensure minimal gaps in the packaging case once the portions have been inserted into the openings in the inner top flaps, thereby assuring the minimal gaps to help preserve the quality of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Renk, Tal A. Tostenson
  • Publication number: 20220033130
    Abstract: A reclosable packaging case for transporting or storing a product, such as a frozen food product, has minimal gaps upon reclosure of the packaging case. The reclosable packaging case has portions of one or more outer top flaps bent and inserted into openings in one or more inner top flaps. The portions, e.g., corner portions, of the one or more outer flaps are bent at pre-established angles and locations to align with the openings in the one or more inner flaps to ensure minimal gaps in the packaging case once the portions have been inserted into the openings in the inner top flaps, thereby assuring the minimal gaps to help preserve the quality of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Renk, Tal A Tostenson
  • Patent number: 10954039
    Abstract: A packaged wet pet food product comprises a flexible container body and an integrated dispenser head for the storing and dispensing of wet pet food, specifically wet cat food or wet dog food. The flexible container body can be manually grasped and squeezed in order to deform the container body and force wet pet food stored therein to be forced through a series of exit ports formed in the dispenser head. The exit ports combine to essentially define a sieve, with the wet pet food automatically breaking into randomly sized pieces or extruded sections during dispensing, thereby advantageously avoiding the need to separately chop the pet food apart prior to consumption. The package is preferably sized to store enough pet food for multiple feedings, with the dispenser head including a cap or cover for sealing the container between uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Blue Buffalo Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacqueline Iversen, Anthony W Swenson, Tal A Tostenson
  • Publication number: 20140308408
    Abstract: Described are refrigerator-stable, chemically-leavened dough compositions, packaged dough products, and methods for preparing the same, wherein the dough compositions can be packaged and stored in a pressurized package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Domingues, Scott Kackman, David A. Kirk, Jason Nagy, Tal Tostenson, Matthew W. Lorence
  • Patent number: D906799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Blue Buffalo Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: James E McCay, Anthony W Swenson, Trond Erik Tollefsen, Tal A Tostenson
  • Patent number: D923486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Blue Buffalo Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Amdor, Ryan Joseph Boudreaux, Catherine Cheek, Anthony W Swenson, Tal A Tostenson
  • Patent number: D998368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Blue Buffalo Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Amdor, John Kevin Clay, Anthony W Swenson, Tal A Tostenson