Ex parte KRONENBERGER - Page 17




          Appeal No. 96-0885                                                          
          Application 08/108,932                                                      


               treating the sheet layer to rigidify the sheet layer with              
          the first and second sheet layer walls bent about the fold                  
          line so that the space is maintained between the sheet layer                
          walls.                                                                      

               12.  A method of forming an edible chip, said method                   
          comprising the steps of:                                                    
               providing a sheet layer of flexible edible material that               
          can be flattened into a single layer thickness, said sheet                  
          layer having oppositely facing first and second surfaces;                   
               bending the sheet layer about a fold line so that the                  
          first surface abuts to itself at a first location spaced from               
          the fold line to define first and second sheet layer walls                  
          with a space defined between the sheet layer walls at a                     
          midportion between the fold line and the first location; and                
               treating the sheet layer to rigidify the sheet layer with              
          the first and second sheet layer walls bent about the fold                  
          line.                                                                       

               15.  A method of forming an edible chip, said method                   
          comprising the steps of;                                                    
               providing a sheet layer of flexible edible potato                      
          material having a non-uniform thickness so that the sheet                   
          layer resultingly has a tendency to bend along a fold line in               
          a predetermined fashion as a consequence of being at least one              
          of heated and dried; and                                                    
               at least one of heating and drying the sheet layer so as               
          to cause the sheet layer to bend along the fold line and                    
          rigidify in a final state.                                                  
               17.  An edible chip comprising:                                        
               a sheet layer made from an edible material that is                     
          pliable in a first state and shape retentive in a second                    
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