IP Library Granted Patent US 11,759,721
Granted Patent B2
US 11,759,721 · App. 16/168,433 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

System and method for an edible piñata

Inventors: Scott Christopher Lodal (Fort Worth, TX); Ronald Wilfredo Vasquez-Zelaya (Fairfax, VA); Richard Lee Roberts, Jr. (Coppell, TX)
Assignee: Julio & Sons Company
A63H37/00A23P20/10A23P20/25
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Patent No.
US 11,759,721
App. No.
16/168,433
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An edible piñata system may have an edible piñata including edible upper and lower shells, a hanging rod for attaching the edible piñata to a hanging assembly, a support plate for supporting the edible piñata and edible contents, and the hanging assembly for supporting the edible piñata, hanging rod, and support plate to suspend the edible piñata for consumption. The edible piñata system may be made by a method for producing an edible piñata.

Claims (8)

1. An edible piñata comprising:

an edible upper shell and an edible lower shell,

each of the edible upper shell and the edible lower shell fused as a single unitary piece of edible material defining a hollow interior,

wherein the lower shell further comprises an opening defined through the edible piñata and wherein the upper shell further comprises a hole defined through the edible piñata;

an edible filling inside the hollow interior of the single unitary piece of edible material and passable through the opening; and

a support plate, the support plate configured to occlude the opening on the lower shell and support at least a portion of the edible filling inside the hollow interior.

2. The edible piñata according to claim 1 , wherein the support plate is attachable to a hanging rod for supporting the edible piñata by extending into the hole of the edible upper shell, and passing through the hollow interior to the support plate.

3. The edible piñata according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is coaxial with the hole and is larger than the hole.

Assignments (9)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2025
From: NEXT RESTAURANTS, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 072037/0862 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT TO REGIONS BANK
To: UNCLE JULIO’S CORPORATION; JULIO & SONS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 070018/0789 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: UNCLE JULIO'S CORPORATION; JULIO & SONS COMPANY
To: NEXT RESTAURANTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070018/0943 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2024
From: REGIONS BANK
To: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 067467/0988 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2023
From: UJ GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
To: JULIO & SONS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 063085/0672 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 053892 FRAME: 0958. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded May 14, 2021
From: JULIO & SONS COMPANY
To: UJ GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 056323/0600 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2020
From: JULIO AND SONS COMPANY
To: UJ GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 053892/0958 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Aug 4, 2020
From: JULIO & SONS COMPANY
To: REGIONS BANK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 053393/0651 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2018
From: LODAL, SCOTT CHRISTOPHER; VASQUEZ-ZELAYA, RONALD WILFREDO; ROBERTS, RICHARD LEE, JR.
To: JULIO & SONS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 047282/0861 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15493065 · Apr 20, 2017
Provisional Application 62355735 · Jun 28, 2016
Related Publication 20190054390A1 · Feb 21, 2019