Making food serving tray assembly having disposal opening with deep serving wells
US8006369B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/4998
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Making a food serving tray assembly includes molding 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. An improvement includes the serving platter having an outer peripheral wall having a first height and dividing walls defining and separating the serving wells, each of the dividing walls being approximately equal to the first height. The peripheral wall of the receptacle platter has a third height and a bottom of the receptacle platter defines a plurality of dividers having a fourth height substantially less than the third height. When the serving platter is received within the receptacle platter, each of the dividers aligns with and engages a respective dividing wall such that two wells are isolated and sealed off from one another.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.