Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Surface coated – fluid encapsulated – laminated solid...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-18
2001-06-05
Cano, Milton (Department: 1761)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Surface coated, fluid encapsulated, laminated solid...
C426S104000, C426S391000, C426S497000, C426S302000, C426S309000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06242021
ABSTRACT:
This invention pertains to small, bite-sized snack food items and more particularly to one-to-two-bite snack food items which are completely consumable combinations of at least two bakery-good elements arranged to be bitten through and munched together.
Various prior art consumable snack items can be found in which an edible element is strung on a core or suspension member or is adhesively stuck together with similar edible elements. One such item is disclosed in United Kingdom patent No. 6972 dated Jun. 8, 1885. In that patent a number of edible beads “a” are strung or threaded upon a thread “of elastic or other soft material.” The small beads “are of confectionary.” In U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,804,235 and 5,863,583, cereal annuli are arranged in a three dimensional, predetermined relationship and held together there enmasse with a digestible adhesive such as a sugar solution. Similarly, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,892,867 to Schoonman, the patentee discloses a water-soluble adhesive in the form of a liquid sugar film holding a plurality of edible discs (of compressed and powdered coffee, milk, sugar, etcetera). The discs or “wafers” are referred to as “annular discs.”
Also of note is the disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 2,160,730 to Hackett, wherein both an outer body of popcorn and an inner, candy core or support member are edible. U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,951,357 to Hall, 2,882,170 to Stewart and RE 34,208 to Shaw disclose edible annular members associated with non-edible supports extending through the central apertures thereof. U.S. Pat. No. 4,251,201 to Kruysiak discloses, in a general manner, a shaped food item in which a filling material is enclosed in a coating material. And somewhat similarly, European Patent Application No. 0 475 911 A1 in the name of Bertarini discloses a pillow of pasta containing a compatible filing material. Both the Krysiak patent and the European Patent Application relate to extruded food products.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Against the above recited background of bite-sized food products, the present invention combines a pretzel stick and a group of cereal rings annularly disposed upon the pretzel stick so that the stick may be held by one end and the other free end bitten off by a consumer. The snack item of the present invention is a one-to-two-bite sized food item comprising a straight pretzel stick about three inches long, and a plurality of cereal rings arranged on and adhered to the stick.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a snack item which combines the flavor of a pretzel with a flavored cereal in a bite-sized unit.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a snack item which can be conveniently held at one end by a consumer and the other, free end either bitten off or licked by the consumer.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a snack item which appeals to children as a toy wherein the toy is formed of a small stick member and ring members mounted in a clump on the stick.
These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent and will be better understood with reference to the subsequent detailed description considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: Re. 34208 (1993-03-01), Shaw
patent: 1951357 (1934-03-01), Hall
patent: 2160730 (1939-05-01), Hackett
patent: 2882170 (1959-04-01), Stewart
patent: 3892867 (1975-07-01), Schoonman
patent: 4251201 (1981-02-01), Krysiak
patent: 4539211 (1985-09-01), Armando et al.
patent: 5804235 (1934-03-01), Altschul
patent: 5863583 (1998-09-01), Altschul
patent: 0475911 A1 (1992-03-01), None
Rooney Jessica
Rooney Kathleen
Beggs Gregory B.
Cano Milton
Dauerman Sherry A.
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