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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Roberta M Langenfeld, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Ralph A Stenvik, Plymouth, MN (US);
Lisa Swanson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Karla M Fuentes, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Michele K. Wolf, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Zachary Harder, Crystal, MN (US);
Todd A Rasmussen, North Branch, MN (US);
Bruce D Larson, Monticello, MN (US);
Shannyn Stuart, Wheaton, IL (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A waffle sandwich maker includes first and second waffle plates which contact a food product during preparation of the food product. The first waffle plate includes a plurality of protrusions defining a plurality of channels, a female connector having a hole, a male connector having a protrusion and a first spacer extending inward relative to the plurality of protrusions. The pluralities of protrusions and channels create depressions and ridges in the food product. The protrusion of the male connector and the hole of the female connector of the first waffle plate mate with a hole of a female connector and a protrusion of a male connector of the second waffle plate. The first spacer contacts the second waffle plate during preparation of the food product, which includes an outer dough encapsulating a filling, to maintain the first waffle plate spaced at least approximately 0.5 inches from the second waffle plate.