Christopher E Frank

US Patent:

6896924, May 24, 2005

Filed:

Sep 16, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/244259

Inventors:

Angel Hernandez - Chino Hills CA, US
Helen Munday - Nether Broughton LE14 3EX, GB
Emine Unlu - Pasadena CA, US
Saeed Ahmed - Norwalk CA, US
Alexandre C. Mendes - Los Angeles CA, US
Stewart Townsend - Yorba Linda CA, US
Peter Slusarczyk - Fergus ON, CA
Christopher Frank - Oakdale CA, US

International Classification:

A23K001/18

US Classification:

426623, 426635, 426805, 426 94, 426282, 426283

Abstract:

A nutritionally complete, shelf stable pet food product and process of manufacture includes two different textures which has a meaty outer component and a inner bone-like component.

US Patent:

20040130057, Jul 8, 2004

Filed:

Aug 4, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/634104

Inventors:

Reza Mehrabi - Tujunga CA, US
David Edwards - La Canada Flintridge CA, US
Robert Fermin - La Verne CA, US
Ali Mehrabi - Los Angeles CA, US
Chunhwa Wang - Diamond Bar CA, US
Rishikesh Bharadwaj - Arcadia CA, US
Ronald Sieloff - Chardon OH, US
Hsiao Chuang - Arcadia CA, US
Dennis Couzin - Evanston IL, US
Karen Spilizewski - Euclid OH, US
William Buttermore - Painesville Township OH, US
Donald Davis - Conneaut Lake PA, US
Christopher Frank - Stow OH, US
Barbara Hyde - Chardon OH, US
Michael Lang - Chagrin Falls OH, US
Keith Lutz - Lakewood OH, US
Austin Short - Mentor OH, US
Mark Wisniewski - Mentor OH, US

International Classification:

H05B006/00
B29C059/04
B29C047/06
B29C071/00

US Classification:

264/171130, 156/209000, 156/220000, 156/553000, 156/583500, 156/581000, 264/481000, 264/284000, 264/173160, 264/348000, 425/373000

Abstract:

A method of embossing a sheet material includes: heating at least a portion of the sheet directly or indirectly with radiant energy from a radiant energy source; pressing a tool against the heated portion of the sheet, thereby patterning a surface of the sheet; and separating the sheet and the tool. The radiant energy may travel through a solid material that is relatively transparent to radiation, on its way to being absorbed by a relatively-absorptive material. The relatively-transparent material may be an unheated portion of the sheet, and the relatively-absorptive material may be either the tool or the heated portion of the sheet. Alternatively, the relatively-transparent material may be the tool, and the relatively-absorptive material may be all or part of the sheet. The method may be performed as one or more roll-to-roll operations.

US Patent:

20040253342, Dec 16, 2004

Filed:

Feb 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/789538

Inventors:

Stewart Townsend - Yorba Linda CA, US
Kristin Boyle - Marina Del Ray CA, US
Dan Beyer - Vernon CA, US
Oscar Ortiz - Hawthorne CA, US
Allan Torney - Bolton, CA
Frank Shields - La Verne CA, US
Helen Munday - Melton Mowbray, GB
Alexandre Mendes - Redondo Beach CA, US
Angel Hernandez - Chino CA, US
Emine Unlu - Pasadena CA, US
Saeed Ahmed - Norwalk CA, US
Peter Slusarczyk - Fergus, CA
Christopher Frank - Oakdale CA, US
Liisa Mooney - Toronto, CA
Kasim Zubair - Brampton, CA

Assignee:

MARS INCORPORATED - McLean VA

International Classification:

A01K001/00

US Classification:

426/002000

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a nutritionally complete and preferably balanced, shelf stable pet food product, a method of feeding the pet food product to an animal and a process of manufacturing that pet food product. The method of feeding an animal includes the step of feeding a preferred pet food product to the animal, wherein the pet food product is a nutritionally complete meal and is configured such that the animal can hold the product with its appendages while eating the product.

US Patent:

20050181097, Aug 18, 2005

Filed:

Feb 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/051743

Inventors:

Stewart Townsend - Yorba Linda CA, US
Kristin Boyle - Marina Del Ray CA, US
Dan Beyer - Vernon CA, US
Oscar Ortiz - Hawthorne CA, US
Allan Torney - Bolton, CA
Frank Shields - La Verne CA, US
Helen Munday - Melton Mowbray, GB
Alexandre Mendes - Redondo Beach CA, US
Angel Hernandez - Chino CA, US
Emine Unlu - Pasadena CA, US
Saeed Ahmed - Norwalk CA, US
Peter Slusarczyk - Fergus, CA
Christopher Frank - Oakdale CA, US
Liisa Mooney - Toronto, CA
Kasim Zubair - Brampton, CA
Tiffany Bierer - Vernon CA, US

Assignee:

MARS, INC. - McLean VA

International Classification:

A23G001/00

US Classification:

426089000

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a nutritionally complete and preferably balanced, shelf stable pet food product, a method of feeding the pet food product to an animal and a process of manufacturing that pet food product. The method of feeding an animal includes the step of feeding a preferred pet food product to the animal, wherein the pet food product is a nutritionally complete meal and is configured such that the animal can hold the product with its appendages while eating the product.

US Patent:

20080138464, Jun 12, 2008

Filed:

Feb 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/028308

Inventors:

Stewart Townsend - Yorba Linda CA, US
Kristin Boyle - Marina Del Ray CA, US
Dan Beyer - Vernon CA, US
Oscar Ortiz - Hawthorne CA, US
Allan A. Torney - Bolton, CA
Frank Shields - La Verne CA, US
Helen Munday - Melton Mowbray, GB
Alexandre Consul Mendes - Redondo Beach CA, US
Angel Hernandez - Chino CA, US
Emine Unlu - Pasadena CA, US
Saeed Ahmed - Norwalk CA, US
Peter S. Slusarczyk - Fergus, CA
Christopher Frank - Oakdale CA, US
Liisa Mooney - Toronto, CA
Kasim A. Zubair - Brampton, CA

Assignee:

Mars Incorporated - McLean VA

International Classification:

A23K 1/18
A23D 7/00
A23P 1/12

US Classification:

426 2, 426531, 426601, 426516

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a nutritionally complete and preferably balanced, shelf stable pet food product, a method of feeding the pet food product to an animal and a process of manufacturing that pet food product. The method of feeding an animal includes the step of feeding a preferred pet food product to the animal, wherein the pet food product is a nutritionally complete meal and is configured such that the animal can hold the product with its appendages while eating the product.