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US 11,793,228 B2Granted
Food molding and storage kits and related methods
OwnerGrace Kwokinventor
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Abstract
A kit for molding and storing malleable foodstuff includes (a) a molding tube; (b) a plunger slidable within the molding tube for tamping foodstuff received therein to form a shaped food article corresponding in shape to an interior of the molding tube; and (c) at least one storage tube sized and shaped for storing the shaped food article therein with reduced surface area contact relative to the molding tube.
Claims16
A kit for molding and storing malleable foodstuff, comprising:
- a) a molding tube defining a molding interior extending along a molding tube axis, the molding interior having a molding cross-sectional profile, the molding cross-sectional profile generally constant along the molding tube axis;
- b) a plunger slidable within the molding interior along the molding tube axis for tamping the malleable foodstuff received in the molding interior to form a shaped food article corresponding in shape to the molding cross-sectional profile;
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- c) at least one storage tube defining a storage interior extending along a storage tube axis, the storage interior having a storage cross-sectional profile, the storage cross-sectional profile generally constant along the storage tube axis, wherein the molding cross-sectional profile is sized and shaped to be nestable within a perimeter of the storage cross-sectional profile, to facilitate storage of the shaped food article in the storage interior with reduced surface area contact relative to the molding interior;
- wherein the molding cross-sectional profile is defined by a molding tube inner diameter and the storage cross-sectional profile is defined by a storage tube inner diameter, the storage tube inner diameter greater than the molding tube inner diameter, and wherein the molding tube is elongate and has a molding tube length extending along the molding tube axis from a molding tube first end of the molding tube to a molding tube second end of the molding tube longitudinally opposite the molding tube first end, and the shaped food article formable in the molding interior comprises an elongate food article, and wherein the at least one storage tube is elongate and has a storage tube length extending along the storage tube axis from a storage tube first end of the at least one storage tube to a storage tube second end of the at least one storage tube longitudinally opposite the storage tube first end, the storage tube length greater than the storage tube inner diameter and greater than the molding tube length to facilitate storage of the elongate food article in the storage tube interior.
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A kit for molding and storing malleable foodstuff, comprising:
- a) a molding tube having a molding tube interior defined by a mold cross-sectional shape and mold cross-sectional dimensions;
- b) a hand-held plunger for tamping the malleable foodstuff in the molding tube interior to form a shaped food article having the mold cross-sectional shape and dimensions, the hand-held plunger having a piston sized and shaped for close sliding fit within the molding tube interior;
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- c) at least one storage tube having a storage tube interior defined by a storage cross-sectional shape and storage cross-sectional dimensions, the storage cross-sectional shape corresponding to the mold cross-sectional shape, and the storage cross-sectional dimensions greater than corresponding mold cross-sectional dimensions to facilitate storage of the shaped food article in the storage tube interior with reduced surface area contact relative to the molding tube interior, wherein the at least one storage tube is elongate and has a length extending along a storage tube axis from a first end of the at least one storage tube to a second end of the at least one storage tube longitudinally opposite the first end, and wherein the storage cross-sectional dimensions comprise a widest dimension transverse to the storage tube axis, and the length of the at least one storage tube is greater than the widest dimension of the at least one storage tube.
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