Curtis J Cundith

US Patent:

D624831, Oct 5, 2010

Filed:

Dec 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/351209

Inventors:

Curtis J. Cundith - Wichita KS, US
William Arthur Buckner - Wayzata MN, US

Assignee:

Cargill, Incorporated - Wayzata MN

International Classification:

0901

US Classification:

D 9715

US Patent:

7935373, May 3, 2011

Filed:

Jun 10, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/150593

Inventors:

Ann W. Brackenridge - Benton KS, US
Curtis Cundith - Wichita KS, US
Scott J. Eilert - Wichita KS, US
Nancy Rathje - Wichita KS, US
Barney Wilborn - Auburn AL, US
David C. Ruzek - Austin MN, US
Forrest D. Dryden - Austin MN, US
Bruce C. Paterson - Marshall MN, US

Assignee:

Cargill, Incorporated - Wayzata MN
Hormel Foods, LLC - Austin MN

International Classification:

B65B 25/06
A23B 7/152

US Classification:

426129, 426106

Abstract:

Packaged meat products, methods of packaging meat, and systems for packaging meat. With respect to packaged meat products, one particular embodiment of a packaged meat product comprises a container having a low gas permeability and an enclosed interior volume. The packaged meat product further includes a meat product enclosed within the interior volume of the container and a modified atmosphere comprising not greater than about 10% carbon monoxide within the interior volume of the container. The meat product has a first volume less than the interior volume, and the modified atmosphere has a second volume such that a volume ratio of the second volume to the first volume is not greater than approximately 1:1.

US Patent:

7378119, May 27, 2008

Filed:

Aug 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/232847

Inventors:

Scott J. Eilert - Wichita KS, US
Curtis A. Cundith - Wichita KS, US
Max England - Wichita KS, US

Assignee:

Cargill, Incorporated - Wayzata MN

International Classification:

A23L 1/314

US Classification:

426281, 426332, 426641, 426646

Abstract:

The present invention is an enhanced fresh meat composition and method of making the same. The fresh processed meat composition is made from post-rigor meat and includes a bicarbonate additive.

US Patent:

20030168082, Sep 11, 2003

Filed:

Mar 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/094410

Inventors:

Curtis Cundith - Wichita KS, US
Timothy Whitman - Goddard KS, US
Thomas McLaughlin - Wichita KS, US

International Classification:

B08B009/00

US Classification:

134/021000, 134/030000, 134/022180, 134/095100, 015/304000, 134/16600R

Abstract:

A device and method is disclosed for cleaning a plurality of injection needles having a hollow tubular body of a generally constant outer diameter, a proximal opening, and a distal opening. The device includes a housing defining a manifold. The housing has a plurality of corresponding openings through a top and a bottom surface. The openings have a diameter approximately equal to the needle diameter. The device further includes a high-pressure air source coupled to the housing and in fluid communication with the manifold. The method includes inserting needles into the openings, such that a proximal opening of the needle is located within the manifold, and injecting air into the manifold and through the bore of the needles.

US Patent:

20100068348, Mar 18, 2010

Filed:

Dec 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/448496

Inventors:

Curtis Cundith - Wichita KS, US
William Arthur Buckner - Wayzata MN, US

Assignee:

CARGILL, INCORPORATED - Wayzata MN

International Classification:

A23L 1/22
B65D 81/00
A23L 1/31
A23L 1/00

US Classification:

426 87, 426132, 426124, 426392

Abstract:

Kits comprising a food product and a wooden support member are provided. The support member is preferably configured to support and provide flavor to the food product during cooking. A food product package for retail distribution preferably includes a food product, a wooden support member, and a packaging material containing the support member and the food product. Methods for packaging a food product for retail distribution are also provided and preferably include providing a food product, providing a wooden support member configured to support and flavor the food product during cooking of the food product, and packaging the support member and the food product together for retail distribution.