US 7,682,145 B2 · Fortune cookie making tool

Abstract

A folding tool onto which one places a fortune cookie crepe and a fortune ticket, while the crepe is still soft and pliable, which one then bends at hinges of the tool in a specific sequence, to cause the folding of the crepe around the fortune ticket and into a traditional fortune cookie shape before the crepe begins to permanently harden into its thus-formed shape.

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A tool for aiding in the forming of a still-pliable cookie crepe into a fortune cookie before the crepe firmly sets and comprising:

a plurality of panels all lying on a common plane during an unfolded configuration for receiving the pliable crepe, said plurality comprising;
a pair of base panels each comprising a base edge and two base panel side edges;
said base edges being collinearly disposed and flexibly joined by a first hinge to allow relative movement of said base panels between said unfolded configuration and a folded base configuration wherein said base panels are each pivoted at least ninety angular degrees below said common plane;
and
four side panels, each comprising a side panel side edge;
said side panel side edges each being collinearly disposed and flexibly joined to a different one of said base panel side edges by one of a plurality of second hinges to allow relative movement of each side panel and its adjoined base panel between said unfolded configuration and a folded side panel configuration wherein each side panel is pivoted at least forty-five angular degrees above the plane containing its adjoined base panel.

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Summary230 words

#The present invention is a tool for use when hand-making Chinese fortune cookies, to ease the folding of the cookies and to ensure that the shape of the resulting cookies is consistent.

#Numerous machines exist which assist in the production of Chinese fortune cookies. Such machines are beneficial during high volume manufacture of cookies, as they ensure the quality and consistency of the folding and shaping of the cookies as they are produced in large quantities.

#When made in lower quantities, such as when they are made at home, cookies may also be hand-folded, although this takes a combination of skill and experience, otherwise the quality of the resulting cookies will be inconsistent.

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#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fortune cookie making tool according to the preferred embodiment of the invention.

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tool of FIG. 1 having placed thereon a still-pliable cookie crepe and fortune ticket.

#FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the longitudinal first folding of the crepe of FIG. 2.

Detailed description953 words

#The present invention is depicted in its preferred embodiment in FIGS. 1 through 5, where there is shown a tool 100 for aiding in the forming of a traditionally-shaped Chinese fortune cookie 180 from a still pliable cookie crepes 170.

#Referring first to FIG. 1, tool 100 preferably comprises a plurality of substantially rigid planar panels, each flexibly connected to at least one of the other panels by one of a plurality of hinges.

#The plurality of substantially rigid panels include first triangular base panel 102. second triangular base panel 104, first semi-circular side panel 106, second semi-circular side panel 108, third semi-circular side panel 110, and fourth semi-circular side panel 112.

Facts

Application

11/653,029Filed 12 Jan 2007

Published

US 2008/0171121 A117 Jul 2008

Granted

23 Mar 2010

Term ends

29 Oct 2028

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 656 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification4 codes

A21C 15/025
Apparatus for shaping or moulding baked wafers; Making multi-layer wafer sheets: apparatus for shaping or moulding baked wafers, e.g. to obtain…
A21D 13/48
Products characterised by the type, form or use: products with an additional function other than for eating, e.g. toys or cutlery
A21C
Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs
A21D
Treatment of flour or dough for baking

Timeline

12 Jan 2007Application filedUS 11/653,029
12 Jan 2007Assigned to Sunbeam Products, Inc.assignment of assignor's interest
17 Jul 2008PublishedUS 2008/0171121 A1
23 Mar 2010GrantedUS 7,682,145 B2
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
29 Oct 2028Term endsEstimated, includes 656 days of adjustment

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