Edward M Mchugh, 55340 Dexter St, Denver, CO 80220

7264836, Sep 4, 2007

Aug 11, 2003

10/638563

Edward Kevin McHugh - Oakland NJ, US
Robert John Profita - Morris Plains NJ, US
Jill Margaret Critchley - Ridgewood NJ, US
Nicole Remily - Verona NJ, US

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc. - Northfield IL

A21C 3/04

426238, 426497, 426503, 426516, 426517, 426518, 426523

A triple coextruded baked good having a bar shape with a desired substantially smaller height than width, is continuously produced with distinct, at least substantially uniform concentric fillings which are visually apparent at opposing cut ends of the baked piece. The bar-shaped products are preferably cookies with dissimilar fillings, such as a fruit filling and a cheese-cake filling. Undesirable excessive flow of a middle filling or layer towards the cross-sectional ends or sides rather than the top and bottom of the coextrudate is substantially reduced by obstructing and diverting the flow of the middle filling through the middle die orifice so that it flows towards the top and bottom elongated portions of the middle annulus. A baked product having a substantially even middle concentric layer which is desirably uniformly thick and continuous at least across the top and bottom is obtained. Post-extrusion shaping or mechanical flattening of the dough with a roller is not needed to obtain a desired cross sectional shape having a substantially rectangular middle portion and curved or rounded shoulders, thereby avoiding sticking and tearing of the dough.

D609878, Feb 16, 2010

Feb 26, 2008

29/304152

Kenchu A. Tham - Sparta NJ, US
Edward Kevin McHugh - Oakland NJ, US
Steven Peter Zubanas - Verona NJ, US
Zena A. Forte - Blairstown NJ, US
Randy Blandine - Ringwood NJ, US

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc. - Northfield IL

0101

D 1128

8048465, Nov 1, 2011

Feb 3, 2009

12/364773

Kenchu A. Tham - Sparta NJ, US
Edward Kevin McHugh - Oakland NJ, US
Steven Peter Zubanas - Verona NJ, US

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC - Northfield IL

A23P 1/10

426560, 426502, 426503, 426505, 426517, 426518, 426523, 426808

A method of forming elbow-shaped crackers using a die cutter is provided. By one approach, the method includes first preparing a cracker dough, and then sheeting the cracker dough to form a dough sheet having a thickness. Next, the formed dough sheet is advanced through a die cutter to form a plurality of elbow-shaped dough pieces from the dough sheet. The formed dough pieces have a non-symmetrical degree of curvature between top and bottom sides thereof so that the formed dough pieces have a recognizable elbow-shaped configuration and the plurality of formed dough pieces are nested together by the die cutter so that there is no sheeted cracker dough remaining between adjacently nested dough pieces.