I like to bake cookies, and this time of year gives me the
perfect excuse to bake a lot of cookies. One of my favorite recipes
uses a cookie press, which made me curious about cookie press
patents. There are only a few granted U.S. patents
with "Cookie Press" in the title, but U.S. Patent 6,708,853 seems to claim
technology that I put to good use every December.
The Cookie Press Patent
U.S. Patent 6,708,853 names Hugh Melling asthe inventor and
is assigned to Wilton Industries, Inc. Claim 1 recites:
1. An apparatus for dispensing a
food substance comprising: a) a housing; b) a barrel connected to
the housing and adapted to receive the food substance; c) a plunger
slidably positioned within the barrel; d) a rod having teeth
thereon and connected to the plunger; e) an advancing mechanism
movably positioned within the housing and including: i) an
escapement body; ii) a driver slidably positioned within the
escapement body; iii) a spring engaging the driver and
