IP Library Granted Patent US 10,645,949
Granted Patent B2
US 10,645,949 · App. 15/518,988 · Granted May 12, 2020

Coated frozen confection

Inventors: Paul Edward Cheney (Peterborough, GB); Andrew Hoddle (Rushden, GB)
Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
A23G9/48A23G9/44A23V2002/00
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Patent No.
US 10,645,949
App. No.
15/518,988
Granted
May 12, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aerated frozen confection coated in a coating, the frozen confection comprising a plurality of substantially flat faces, each substantially flat face having a radius of curvature substantially across the whole of the face of greater than 50 mm, and wherein the relatively flat faces meet to form edges, wherein substantially all or all of the edges have a radius of curvature of from 5 mm to 20 mm.

Claims (8)

1. A product comprising an aerated frozen confection coated in a coating, the aerated frozen confection comprising a plurality of faces, each face having a radius of curvature substantially across the whole of the face of greater than 50 mm, and wherein the faces meet to form edges, wherein the edges have a radius of curvature of from 5 mm to 20 mm, and at least 70%, of the total surface area of the aerated frozen confection is made up of the faces and wherein the product is a rectangular cuboid with the exception of the radius of curvature of each of the faces and the radius of curvature of each of the edges, and there are faces at the front, back and sides of the rectangular cuboid.

2. A product according to claim 1 , wherein the level of overrun of the aerated frozen confection is from 50 to 150%.

3. A product according to claim 1 , wherein the edges have a radius of curvature of from 6 mm to 15 mm.

4. A product according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the thickness of the coating substantially across all of the faces to that at the edges is from 1.5:1 to 1:1.5.

5. A product according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the coating on the faces is from 0.5 to 3 mm.

6. A product according to claim 1 , wherein at least 80% of the total surface area of the aerated frozen confection is made up of the faces.

7. A product according to claim 1 , wherein the frozen confection is frozen yoghurt or an ice cream.

8. A product according to claim 1 , wherein the coating is chocolate.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CHANGE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 73078 FRAME 700. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 26, 2026
From: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
To: MAGNUM ICC US, LCC
Reel/Frame 074510/0542 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2025
From: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
To: MAGNUM US ICC, LCC
Reel/Frame 073078/0700 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2017
From: CHENEY, PAUL EDWARD; HODDLE, ANDREW
To: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
Reel/Frame 042002/0018 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 14190047 · Oct 23, 2014 · regional
Continuity (1)
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