Method for making a stable stacked snack food configuration
US7700143B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23P30/10
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for making asymmetrical snack pieces that can be efficiently nested or stacked. A dough preform is mated with a mold as the preform is cooked into a snack piece. The preform takes the shape of the mold. The mold is designed such that the resultant snack piece, when resting upon a flat surface, has an apex and a base of equal height. This is achieved by making the mold such that the centroid of the snack piece lies in a plane that is parallel to a plane formed by the vertices of the snack piece. The snack pieces can then be efficiently nested or stacked.
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