IP Library Granted Patent US 9,192,263
Granted Patent B2
US 9,192,263 · App. 12/999,679 · Granted Nov 24, 2015

Food toasting pouch

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Patent No.
US 9,192,263
App. No.
12/999,679
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A food toasting device comprising a pouch and optionally, a handle. A method of using the food toasting device comprising placing a desired quantity of a food product, such as nuts, in the pouch of the food toasting device, placing the food toasting device into an appliance for heating, turning on the appliance so that the food product is exposed to the desired amount of heat, waiting until the food product is sufficiently toasted, and removing the food toasting device containing the food product from the appliance.

Claims (14)

1. A food toasting device comprising a pouch, wherein the pouch comprises at least a top and two sides, and is configured to contain a food product without spillage while allowing the food product to be directly exposed to a heat source, wherein the pouch is configured to be without restriction to one orientation during use, wherein the pouch is completely closed with a zipper, a clasp, a latch, a flap or a snap and the heat source is an oven.

2. The food toasting device of claim 1 , wherein the pouch comprises a food grade mesh.

3. The food toasting device of claim 1 , further comprising a handle.

4. The food toasting device of claim 3 , wherein the handle further comprises a lever mechanism, whereby the lever mechanism opens and closes the pouch.

5. A method of heating and removing a food product in /from the food toasting device pouch comprising: placing a food product in the food toasting device pouch, the pouch is configured to be without restriction to one orientation during use, wherein the pouch comprises at least a top and two sides, and is configured to contain a food product without spillage while allowing the food product to be directly exposed to a heat source, wherein the pouch is configured to be without restriction to one orientation during use; placing the pouch into an appliance; warming the food product in the appliance after a predetermined amount of time; removing the pouch from the appliance; and removing the food product from the pouch, wherein the pouch is completely closed with a zipper, a clasp, a latch, a flap or a snap and the appliance is an oven.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the appliance is an oven, a toaster oven, or a toaster.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the appliance is a toaster.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising the step of closing the pouch prior to placing the pouch into the appliance.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of opening the pouch prior to removing the food product from the pouch.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein the warming the food product in the appliance further comprises toasting the food product in the appliance.

11. The food toasting device of claim 1 , wherein the pouch is rigid, semi-flexible or flexible.

12. The food toasting device of claim 11 , wherein the pouch is flexible.

13. The food toasting device of claim 12 , wherein the pouch is made of heat resistant materials.

14. The food toasting device of claim 2 , wherein the food grade mesh includes a grid with openings varying in size from pinhole to percentages of an inch.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: DIGITAL SANDBOX INC., A DELAWARE CORPRATION; NETCENTRICS CORPORATION, A VIRGINIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066304/0621 →
RELEASE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 22, 2017
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: DIGITAL SANDBOX, INC.; NETCENTRICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043955/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2016
From: NETCENTRICS CORPORATION
To: HERING, DEAN H.
Reel/Frame 039260/0623 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2016
From: NETCENTRICS CORPORATION
To: HERING, DEAN H.
Reel/Frame 038635/0485 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2014
From: DIGITAL SANDBOX, INC.; NETCENTRICS CORPORATION
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 033453/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2010
From: HERING, DEAN HOWARD; DIXON, JOHN ROBERT; DOUGHERTY, ROBERT JOHN
To: NETCENTRICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025516/0766 →