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US 10,925,422 B2Granted
Food storing and serving system
OwnerRubens A. Amisialinventor
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Abstract
Systems are provided for storing and serving a food product. The systems can include a base portion, a top portion, and a mechanism for raising and lowering the food product relative to the base portion, and are configured to prevent spillage and/or leakage of any portion of the food product during storage and consumption of the food product.
Claims16
A system for storing and serving a food product, comprising:
- a bottom portion configured for receiving the food product, the bottom portion comprising:
- a first side bottom portion, comprising:
- an open top box structure including a first end wall portion, two first side wall portions, and a first base portion, the first base portion being separated from the side wall portions by a slit on opposing sides of the base portion to form a flap platform, the slit extending laterally from a midpoint of the base portion to an end length of the first side wall portions;
- a second side bottom portion, comprising:
- an open top box structure including a second end wall portion, two second side wall portions, and a second base portion including a cutout at a midpoint of the second base portion, the cutout being configured for receiving the flap;
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- pivot points positioned at a midpoint of the side wall portions of the first side bottom portion and the second side bottom portion for pivotally fastening the first side bottom portion and the second side bottom portion, the bottom portion being further configured to raise or lower the food product by pivoting the end wall portions about the pivot points.
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A system for storing and serving a food product, comprising:
- an open top box bottom portion configured for receiving the food product, the bottom portion comprising four side walls and a bottom wall, and having a substantially rectangular side cutout extending longitudinally on a first side wall, the bottom wall having a bottom cutout forming a ledge along a bottom edge of the four side walls;
- an insert positioned inside the bottom portion, the insert comprising:
- a base portion configured for supporting the food product;
- a handle attached to the base portion, the handle protruding outwardly through the cutout, and being configured to change a position of the base portion relative to the bottom portion by sliding the handle along the cutout, wherein the insert is further configured to be pushed toward the open top of the bottom portion through the bottom cutout.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.