# US 11,647,764 B2 · Confectionery item for applying an edible temporary tattoo to a person's tongue and method of producing the confectionery item

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- Number: US 11,647,764 B2
- Document ID: US11647764B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/652,562
- Filed: 2018-09-03
- Published: 2020-11-05
- Granted: 2023-05-16
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-05
- Applicants: Veronique Smith
- Inventors: Veronique Smith
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11647764B2

## CPC

- A23G 3/34: Sweetmeats, confectionery or marzipan; Processes for the preparation thereof
- A23G 3/54: Composite products, e.g. layered, coated, filled
- A23G 3/0063: {Coating or filling sweetmeats or confectionery (coating by casting A23G3/0091, by dipping A23G3/0093, by tumbling A23G3/0095)}
- A23G 3/0072: {Processes for laying down the liquid, pasty or solid materials in moulds or drop-by-drop, on a surface or an article being completed, optionally with the associated heating, cooling, proportioning, cutting cast-tail, antidripping}
- A23G 3/0097: {Decorating sweetmeats or confectionery}
- A23G 3/343: {Products for covering, coating, finishing, decorating}
- A23G 3/42: characterised by the carbohydrates used, e.g. polysaccharides (containing dairy products A23G3/46)
- A23G 3/56: Products with edible or inedible supports, e.g. lollipops
- A23G 3/563: {products with an inedible support, e.g. a stick}
- A23G 3/566: {products with an edible support, e.g. a cornet}
- A23P 20/105: {Coating with compositions containing vegetable or microbial fermentation gums, e.g. cellulose or derivatives; Coating with edible polymers, e.g. polyvinyalcohol}
- A23P 20/20: Making of laminated, multi-layered, stuffed or hollow foodstuffs, e.g. by wrapping in preformed edible dough sheets or in edible food containers
- B32B 9/04: comprising such {particular} substance as the main or only constituent of a layer, {which is} next to another layer of {the same or of} a {different material (next to a glass layer B32B17/06; layered products with at least two ceramic layers composed mainly of ceramic B32B18/00)}
- B44C 1/16: for applying transfer pictures or the like
- A23P 2020/253: {Coating food items by printing onto them; Printing layers of food products}
- A23V 2002/00: Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
- A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- A23P: SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)}
- A23V: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION

## Abstract

A confectionery item for applying an edible temporary tattoo to a person's tongue, including a release medium and an edible substrate configured to be insertable into the person's mouth, the release medium being securable to the substrate and coated with a layer of edible hardener onto which a transfer is printed, wherein the transfer is a representation formed of edible ink printed onto the layer of edible hardener and configured to be transferred to the person's tongue during contact therewith.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A confectionery item for applying an edible temporary tattoo to a person's tongue, including a release medium and an edible substrate configured to be insertable into the person's mouth, the release medium being securable to the substrate and coated with a layer of edible hardener onto which a transfer is printed, wherein the transfer is a representation formed of edible ink printed onto the layer of edible hardener and configured to be transferred to the person's tongue during contact therewith, wherein the hardener includes at least one of the following: Methylhydroxyethal Cellulose, Methylhydroxypropyl Cellulose, Hydroxyethal Cellulose, 2R,3S,4R,5R-Pentahydroxyhexanol (Glucose), Amylopectin (Starch), E466 and water.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A confectionery item according to claim 1, wherein the hardener is a cellulose based hardener.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A confectionery item according to claim 1, wherein the release medium is in the form of a sheet confectionery configured for use in an edible ink printer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A confectionery item according to claim 3, wherein the release medium is formed of icing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A confectionery item according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is formed of a sugar based compound.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A confectionery item according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is a confectionery item such as a lollipop formed on a stick.

### Claim 7

A method of producing a confectionery item for applying an edible temporary tattoo to a person's tongue, including the steps of: providing an edible substrate configured to be insertable into a person's mouth; providing a release medium and coating it with an edible hardener, the release medium being securable to the substrate; and printing a transfer onto the release medium, wherein the transfer is a representation formed of edible ink printed onto the layer of edible hardener and configured to be transferred to the person's tongue during contact therewith, wherein the hardener includes at least one of the following: Methylhydroxyethal Cellulose, Methylhydroxypropyl Cellulose, Hydroxyethal Cellulose, 2R,3S,4R,5R-Pentahydroxyhexanol (Glucose), Amylopectin (Starch), E466 and water.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

A method according to claim 7, wherein the hardener is a cellulose based hardener.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

A method according to claim 7, wherein the transfer is printed onto the release medium with an edible ink printer.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

A method according to claim 7, wherein the substrate is a moulded confectionery item.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

A method according to claim 10, wherein after the transfer is printed, the release medium is placed transfer down into a mould and the confectionery item poured over the release medium.