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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
David L Budd, Plano, TX (US);
David P Fowler, Irving, TX (US);
Assignee:
Frito-Lay, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ; A23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426439 ; 426144 ; 426560 ; 426549 ; 426516 ; 426517 ; 425461 ;
Abstract
An extruded, cross-cut snack food product and a method and apparatus for producing extruded, generally planar food products having ridges and valleys formed on opposite sides thereof, wherein the ridges and valleys on each side are parallel to each other, but are at an angle relative to the ridges and valleys on the opposite side. As a result, an extruded food product piece with unique texture, flavor and appearance is produced having substantial strength.