Abstract:
A bowl holder for a bowl adapted for serving a hot meal includes a top structure configured for a removable placement of the bowl into the bowl holder, a bottom plate, and sidewalls disposed between the top structure and the bottom plate near perimeters thereof.
Abstract:
A placemat that is reusable and easily transported even when dirty or wet. The placemat consists of a six-sided surface of waterproof flexible material forming the bottom, a same-shaped water resistant material forming a central layer, and a same-shaped absorbent material forming the top layer. Two straps are attached to the placemat; at the point of attachment the strap forms a loop, allowing the use of a pin or other implement to attach the mat to a soft surface. At the loose end of each strap is a pair of snaps, allowing the user to fasten the strap around an object in use by the child or baby to prevent the object from falling to the floor or ground. On the bottom of the mat is a pair of suction cups that allow the placemat to be attached to a hard surface where a pin would not be of use. The mat has two pairs of snaps located along the side edges at the proximal edge so a crumb catcher can be formed when the snaps are snapped together. When folded in the proper fashion, the placemat may be turned inside-out into a pocket located on the back of the mat, allowing for clean transportation without the need to clean the placemat beforehand.
Abstract:
A food bowl assembly includes a bowl (12) and a food platform (14) that lies in a lower portion of the bowl. The platform supports solid food and allows grease and other fluids to flow to a lower compartment (34) that lies under the platform. The platform has support surfaces (40) on which food lies, has recesses (42) that lie slightly below the level of the support surfaces and into which fluid drains, and has drain holes (50) in the recess though which fluids flow to the lower compartment. All of the holes lie closer to the vertical axis (16) of the bowl assembly than to the rim (24) of the platform, which avoids fluids spilling out of the holes when the bowl assembly is tipped. The bottom of the bowl or the platform, forms a deflector (64) around a region below the holes, with gaps in the barrier that allow fluid to flow to the periphery of the lower compartment.
Abstract:
A food package having a base (12) forming a cavity (16) for holding a first food such as a salad, and having a cover or dome (14) that covers the base and that has recess walls that form a recess (32) in the cover top. The recess holds a fluid food (30) such as a salad dressing. A mechanism (22) that is manually operable from the outside the cover, releases the salad dressing. In one system, a top of the cover can be manually depressed to depress a button (60) on a lid (24) that lies under the recess to unlatch a lid side or end (50) so the lid can pivot down and release the salad dressing In another system, a person can depress a first side of the recess walls to open a first lid part (124, FIG. 11) that releases half the salad dressing, and can also depress a second side of the recess wall to open a second lid part (126) to release the other half of the dressing.
Abstract:
A plate intended for use while standing up is configured to allow the main area of the plate to rest on the forearm of a user, while a user's index finder and thumb grip a holder (15) projecting downwardly from the rim region (13) of the plate. The height of the holder (15) is substantially the same as the height of the rim region (13) of the plate, above the food-holding base area (11) thereof. The holder (15) is configured internally to accommodate a drinking vessel (20) such as a stemmed wine glass, a tumbler, or a can or bottle. The holder (15) is profiled to facilitate the stacking of a plurality of like plates, with the holders partially nested.
Abstract:
A server apparatus for food items which provides a deposit location for unwanted, discardable, or inedible portions of the food, or ancillary utensils such as tooth picks, and is convenient, sanitary and appealing for serving food.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a beverage container comprising two separate compartments, a first compartment having an internal volume of 2-50 ml holding an aqueous liquid and a second compartment having an internal volume of 2-50 ml holding an oleogenous liquid, said aqueous liquid and said oleogenous liquid being present in the container in a weight ratio of less than 3:1, said first compartment comprising a first dispensing aperture and said second compartment comprising a second dispensing aperture, wherein the first dispensing aperture and the second dispensing aperture can be simultaneously positioned in the mouth of an average adult human.Unexpectedly, the inventors have discovered that if the aqueous liquid and the olegenous liquid are simultaneously ingested from the beverage container, hardly no fatty mouthfeel is experienced by the consumer.
Abstract:
There is provided a container system adapted to withstand a single impact or repeated impacts. The container system features a first container having a first container body. The container system further features a second container which has a second container body. The second container defines a second body height and a second body wall thickness. A body recess which is adapted to releasibly engage the first container body of the first container is formed on the second container body and is extended along the second body height. The body recess defines at least one recess bottom corner having a recess bottom corner wall thickness which is at least identical to the second body wall thickness of the second container body. This specified bottom corner wall thickness of the body recess allows the second container to withstand the single impact or repeated impacts.
Abstract:
In the field of combination dispensers emitting condiments from the bottom of the containers operating automatically without moving parts, the use of rounded, half-rounded and steepled and half-rounded and obtunded components to shield and block the interior condiment outlet passages when shaking for the other condiment and funnel-shaped closures for scooping up errant, improperly emitted condiments.
Abstract:
A bar of soap is held by a pad formed of artificial fibers with open interstices. When the bar is wet, the soap film dripping onto the pad is absorbed by and trapped within the fibers where it dries.