Robert E Stease

US Patent:

20080083725, Apr 10, 2008

Filed:

Aug 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/468097

Inventors:

Robert Edward Stease - Loveland OH, US
David Ferd Sillies - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

F24C 7/10

US Classification:

219386

Abstract:

A self-heating, deployable group meal assembly and method of using same that includes a delivery system having individual delivery tubes for conducting the activating liquid from a source of the liquid to each of a plurality of individual heater trays containing heater material. The heater trays are disposed in a stacked configuration, each heater tray including a heater pad comprising a conventional heater material that exhibits an exothermic reaction when contacted with an electrolyte activating liquid, and a food tray containing a quantity of food sufficient for multiple individuals. A source of activating liquid for each heater tray in the assembly ensures uniform and efficient flow of liquid to each such heater tray, the sources of liquid being easily installed in a single step to activate the heater material on demand. In one embodiment of the invention, the heater pads comprise Mg—Fe alloy and the activating liquid comprises saline-water solution.

US Patent:

20050238772, Oct 27, 2005

Filed:

Apr 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/831394

Inventors:

Robert Stease - Loveland OH, US

International Classification:

A23B004/00

US Classification:

426505000

Abstract:

A bakery tray having a central region comprising at least one orifice having attached fingers that provide support for holding an article placed in the orifice. In one embodiment, the tray is made of a paper, such as paperboard or corrugated material. The tray may be made from a blank in which the fingers are die-cut and pressed below the plane of the blank. The tray can be used to support a flexible container such as a paper cup that holds a fluid batter of a food product during baking. The tray may also be used to store and transport the baked product. The invention also relates to a process for baking a food batter using the tray.