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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Darin James Baylor, Frisco, TX (US);
Edward Anthony Bezek, Frisco, TX (US);
Frank Mathew Brenkus, McKinney, TX (US);
Kevin Matthew Trick, Dallas, TX (US);
Darin James Baylor, Frisco, TX (US);
Edward Anthony Bezek, Frisco, TX (US);
Frank Mathew Brenkus, McKinney, TX (US);
Kevin Matthew Trick, Dallas, TX (US);
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for making asymmetrical snack pieces that can be efficiently nested or stacked. A dough preform is mated with a mold as the preform is cooked into a snack piece. The preform takes the shape of the mold. The mold is designed such that the resultant snack piece, when resting upon a flat surface, has an apex and a base of equal height. This is achieved by making the mold such that the centroid of the snack piece lies in a plane that is parallel to a plane formed by the vertices of the snack piece. The snack pieces can then be efficiently nested or stacked.