Todd W Craig

US Patent:

D455617, Apr 16, 2002

Filed:

Oct 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

29/131945

Inventors:

Todd W. Craig - Plano TX
Carrie L. Goff - Dallas TX
Kathy A. Nelson - Plano TX

Assignee:

Pizza Hut, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

0704

US Classification:

D 7677, D7368

US Patent:

D504056, Apr 19, 2005

Filed:

Feb 10, 2004

Appl. No.:

29/199098

Inventors:

Todd Craig - Plano TX, US
Peter Graham - Lucas TX, US

Assignee:

Pizza Hut, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

0702

US Classification:

D 7691

US Patent:

D536578, Feb 13, 2007

Filed:

May 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

29/260250

Inventors:

Peter G. Graham - Lucas TX, US
Todd W. Craig - Frisco TX, US
Steven Amigh - Plano TX, US

Assignee:

Pizza Hut, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

0706

US Classification:

D 7597, D9905

US Patent:

D548426, Aug 14, 2007

Filed:

Apr 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

29/258129

Inventors:

Peter G. Graham - Lucas TX, US
Todd W. Craig - Frisco TX, US
Carrie L. Goff - Louisville KY, US

Assignee:

Pizza Hut, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

0101

US Classification:

D 1101, D1122, D1130

US Patent:

7610837, Nov 3, 2009

Filed:

Apr 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/111467

Inventors:

Todd W. Craig - Frisco TX, US
Peter G. Graham - Lucas TX, US
Jennifer T. Nguyen - Grand Prairie TX, US

Assignee:

Pizza Hut, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

A21C 11/12
A21C 11/00
A21D 13/00
B26B 19/14

US Classification:

83565, 83745, 83821, 83932, 30292, 30306, 30319, 425292, 425293, 99430, 99432, 426503, 426517, 426502

Abstract:

A system and/or method for making a pizza pie having an outer cheese portion comprises a cutting tool and/or a cutting guide to enable formation of at least one opening at an outer crust region of a pizza pie to cause an inner cheese portion embedded within the outer crust to flow through the at least one opening, thereby forming the outer cheese portion at the upper surface of the outer crust. A cutting tool of the system comprises a rotatable disc with notches in its cutting surface to enable formation of the at least one opening in the outer crust. A cutting guide of the system comprises a generally disc shaped member with a support surface at its outer edge for supporting and guiding application of a cutting device against an outer crust region of a pizza dough.

US Patent:

7677879, Mar 16, 2010

Filed:

Jul 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/177569

Inventors:

Todd W. Craig - Frisco TX, US
Stephen D. Voels - Frisco TX, US
Maria V. Brister - Corinth TX, US

Assignee:

Pizza Hut, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

A21C 11/12

US Classification:

425290, 30305, 30358

Abstract:

An apparatus for docking dough includes a base member, a plurality of protrusions extending from a lower surface of the base member, and a handle secured to an upper surface of the base member. The base member is not flat, but rather has a curvature that enables the apparatus to be rocked from side to side when placed on a surface. Thus, in use, the apparatus is first placed on and manually pressed into a dough, such as an uncooked pizza dough. Then, the apparatus is rocked from side to side by the user to dock the dough, ensuring that dimples or divots are made throughout the dough.

US Patent:

7726236, Jun 1, 2010

Filed:

Mar 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/692663

Inventors:

Peter G. Graham - Lucas TX, US
Todd W. Craig - Frisco TX, US

Assignee:

Pizza Hut, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

A21C 9/06

US Classification:

994501, 994508

Abstract:

A sandwich maker includes a base and a perforating member. The base includes a base cavity into which a portion of a sheet of dough can be positioned, the base cavity including a plurality of slots positioned in a spaced fashion therein and extending through the base cavity. The perforating member is separably coupled to the base external to the base cavity and moveable between a normally retracted position and an extended position, wherein the perforating member includes a plurality of teeth spaced along the perforating member such that each tooth of the plurality of teeth aligns with a corresponding slot of the plurality of slots, and wherein each tooth is configured to extend into the base cavity via the corresponding slot when the perforating member is in the extended position so as to cut slits in the portion of the sheet of dough positioned within the base cavity.

US Patent:

7823489, Nov 2, 2010

Filed:

Sep 10, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/557053

Inventors:

Todd W. Craig - Frisco TX, US
Peter G. Graham - Lucas TX, US
Jennifer T. Nguyen - Grand Prairie TX, US

Assignee:

Pizza Hut, Inc. - Dallas TX

International Classification:

A21C 11/12
A21C 11/00
A21D 13/00
B26B 19/00

US Classification:

83 30, 83565, 83745, 83821, 83932, 30292, 30306, 30319, 425292, 425293, 99430, 99432, 426503, 426517, 426502

Abstract:

A system and/or method for making a pizza pie having an outer cheese portion comprises a cutting tool and/or a cutting guide to enable formation of at least one opening at an outer crust region of a pizza pie to cause an inner cheese portion embedded within the outer crust to flow through the at least one opening, thereby forming the outer cheese portion at the upper surface of the outer crust. A cutting tool of the system comprises a rotatable disc with notches in its cutting surface to enable formation of the at least one opening in the outer crust. A cutting guide of the system comprises a generally disc shaped member with a support surface at its outer edge for supporting and guiding application of a cutting device against an outer crust region of a pizza dough.