Portable food handling devices
OwnerLeonid Shendelmaninventor
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Abstract
A food handling device includes a holder having an interior chamber extending along a longitudinal axis, and an extension housing detachably mounted on the holder and having an interior compartment for receiving and for holding the foodstuff. A pusher is mounted in the chamber for axial movement. An actuator axially moves the pusher through the chamber and through the compartment into contact with the foodstuff, and incrementally feeds a continuously variable quantity of the foodstuff along the longitudinal axis through the opening directly into a user's mouth to enable the foodstuff to be eaten bite-by-bite in a sanitary manner without using eating accessories, such as plates and/or utensils, and without the user's hands directly touching and contaminating the foodstuff, thereby preventing the spread of disease.
Claims23
A dispenser, comprising:
- a holder having an interior chamber extending along a longitudinal axis;
- an extension housing detachably mounted, connected, and held, on the holder, the extension housing having walls bounding an interior compartment for receiving and for holding an item to be dispensed inside the walls of the interior compartment, the walls of the interior compartment extending along the longitudinal axis to an opening;
- a pusher mounted in the interior chamber for axial movement;
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- an actuator for axially moving the pusher through the interior chamber and through the interior compartment into contact with the item, and for feeding a continuously variable quantity of the item along the longitudinal axis through the opening.
A food handling device for use in eating a foodstuff, comprising:
- a holder having an interior chamber extending along a longitudinal axis;
- an extension housing detachably mounted on, and connected to, the holder, the extension housing having walls bounding an interior compartment for receiving and for holding the foodstuff inside the walls of the interior compartment, the walls of the interior compartment extending along the longitudinal axis to an opening;
- a pusher mounted in the interior chamber for axial movement;
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- an actuator for axially moving the pusher through the interior chamber and through the interior compartment into contact with the foodstuff, and for incrementally feeding a continuously variable quantity of the foodstuff along the longitudinal axis through the opening directly into a user's mouth to enable the foodstuff to he eaten bite-by-bite in a sanitary manner without using eating accessories.
An extension housing for holding a food item to be dispensed, comprising:
- a re-usable or disposable, portable container having wails bounding an interior compartment for receiving and storing the food item to be dispensed inside the walls of the interior compartment, the wails of the interior compartment extending from one end region to an opposite end region of the container along a longitudinal axis;
- a closure for overlying and closing an opening formed at the opposite end region of the container in a closed position, the closure being detachable and removable from the opposite end region of the container to form an opened closure in a dispensing position;
- a film for overlying and closing the one end region of the container in a closed position, the film being made of a pierceable material that is pierced through to form a pierced film in a dispensing position;
- wherein the film and the closure in each closed position being operative to seal the interior compartment of the extension housing from entry of contaminants to enable the food item to be treated prior to dispensing;
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- wherein the pierced film and the opened closure in each dispensing position being operative to enable the food item to be dispensed from the interior compartment of the extension housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.