{"id":4952,"date":"2025-08-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2025-08-13T08:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:38:51","slug":"august-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4952","title":{"rendered":"August 13, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For those purists who eschew microwave popcorn, and prefer to chew conventionally popped corn, today&#8217;s patent of the day issued August 13, 1985, to William C. Cesaroni on a Apparatus for Popping Corn:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-35.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-35.png 692w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-35-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The patent, assigned to Dart Industries, covers the popular West Bend Stir Crazy popcorn popper:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-34.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4953\" style=\"width:327px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-34.png 535w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-34-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-34-367x300.png 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>William Cesaroni established his own design firm Cesaroni Design Associates, Inc., several years earlier in 1979.  He graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Industrial Design, and earned a  Master&#8217;s Degree in Packaging Engineering fom Michigan State.  He is responsible for many recognizable designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, he is not a popcorn purist, as he is the coinventor of this design of a hot air popcorn popper, from a few years later:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36.png 551w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-36-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those purists who eschew microwave popcorn, and prefer to chew conventionally popped corn, today&#8217;s patent of the day issued August 13, 1985, to William C. 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