(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,754.260 B2 Kruik Et Al
USOO7754260B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 7,754.260 B2 Kruik et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 13, 2010 (54) COATING AND COMPOSITE FROZEN (52) U.S. Cl. ........................... 426/275: 426/94; 426/95; CONFECTIONS 426/100; 426/101; 426/139: 426/660 (58) Field of Classification Search ................... 426/94, (75) Inventors: Adrianus Cornelis Kruik, Eh Bergijk 426/100, 101, 139, 660 (NL); Wolfgang Gaeng, Le Mont St. See application file for complete search history. Adrien (FR) (56) References Cited (73) Assignee: Nestec S.A., Vevey (CH) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,508.926 A 4, 1970 Sanford et al. ................... 99.1 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 4,542,028- ww. A 9, 1985 Butcher et al. .... ... 426/100 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 6,723.358 B1 * 4/2004 van Lengerich .............. 426/94 U.S.C. 154(b) by 751 days. 6,861,082 B2 * 3/2005 Laffont et al. ................. 426,95 (21) Appl. No.: 10/820,880 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS CA 95O750 * 7/1974 (22) Filed: Apr. 9, 2004 FR T3 38105 5, 1974 (65) Prior Publication Data * cited by examiner US 2004/0224055A1 Nov. 11, 2004 Primary Examiner—Lien Tran 74) Attorney,V, AgAgent, or Firn—K&L Gates LLP Related U.S. Application Data 57 ABSTRACT (63) Continuation of application No. PCT/EP02/10704, (57) filed on Sep. 24, 2002. A composite ice confectionery article is made by bringing ice O O confectioneryry into contact with a biscuit-like mass, wherein (30) Foreign Application Priority Data the biscuit-like mass is liquid and pumpable at a temperature Oct.
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