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Making food serving tray assembly having disposal opening with deep serving wells

US7736580B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 2008
Grant dateJun 15, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/4998
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of making a food serving tray assembly comprising the step of molding a hand portable container such that the container has a serving platter and a receptacle platter. The serving platter includes a disposal opening and serving wells for receiving food items. The receptacle platter and serving platter releasably couple to one another in a serving configuration and a transport configuration. The serving platter also has an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of dividing walls defining and separating adjacent serving wells; and the serving platter is generally received within the outer peripheral wall of the receptacle platter with the bottom of the receptacle platter and the dividing walls of the serving platter collectively isolating the wells from one another when the food serving tray assembly is in the transport configuration.

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