Retainer for a decorative edible structure
AssigneeGive and Go Prepared Foods Corp.
InventorHeather Durdin
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Abstract
A retainer for temporarily holding in place a pair of inclined roof panels of a decorative edible structure includes a first hook surface on a body for engaging a first lower edge of a first inclined roof panel and a second hook surface on the body for engaging a second lower edge of a second inclined roof panel. The first and second hook surfaces are spaced apart from each other along the body, and when in use, the body holds the first and second hook surfaces in engagement with the first and second lower edges. Decorative edible structures using such retainers, a kit of parts including such retainers, and corresponding methods of constructing decorative edible structures using such retainers are also disclosed.
Claims18
A decorative edible structure comprising:
- a) an edible front wall and an edible back wall, each of the edible front wall and the edible back wall having a first inclined upper edge and a second inclined upper edge defining a peak, the first and second inclined upper edge of the edible front wall, and the first and second inclined upper edge of the edible back wall, are inclined relative to one another by a peak angle
- b) an edible first roof panel supported by the first inclined upper edges of the front and back walls;
- c) an edible second roof panel supported by the second upper edges of the front and back walls;
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- d) a retainer having a planar body with a first arm extending along a first arm axis and a second arm fixed to the first arm and extending along a second arm axis, the first arm axis inclined relative to the second arm axis at a fixed incline angle matching the peak angle, the planar body is sufficiently rigid to maintain the fixed incline angle both when engaged with the edible first roof panel and the edible second roof panel for use, and when not engaged with the edible first roof panel and the edible second roof panel, and
- the first arm including a first finger projecting from the first arm and extending in the same direction as the second arm axis and the first finger having a first hook surface directed toward the second arm, and the second arm including a second finger projecting from the second arm and extending in the same direction as the first arm axis and the second finger having a second hook surface directed toward the first arm, the first hook surface and the second hook surface for engaging respective lower edges of the edible first roof panel and the edible second roof panel to temporarily inhibit sliding of the edible first roof panel and the edible second roof panel downwardly along the first inclined upper edge and the second inclined upper edge of the edible front wall and the edible back wall.
In combination, a retainer and a decorative edible structure, the decorative edible structure including an edible first inclined roof panel and an edible second inclined roof panel, the edible first inclined roof panel and the edible second inclined roof panel are inclined relative to one another by a peak angle, the retainer for temporarily holding in place the inclined roof panels and the retainer comprising:
- a) a planar body having a first arm extending along a first arm axis and a second arm coplanar with and fixed to the first arm and extending along a second arm axis, the first arm axis inclined relative to the second arm axis by a fixed incline angle, wherein the fixed incline angle matches the peak angle and the planar body is sufficiently rigid to maintain the fixed incline angle both when engaged with the edible first inclined roof panel and the edible second inclined roof panel for use and when not engaged with the edible first inclined roof panel and the edible second inclined roof panel;
- b) a first hook surface on the first arm for engaging a first lower edge of the edible first inclined roof panel;
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- c) a second hook surface on the second arm for engaging a second lower edge of the edible second inclined roof panel;
- d) the first hook surface and the second hook surface are spaced apart from each other along the planar body;
- e) wherein, when in use, the planar body holds the first hook surface and the second hook surface in respective engagement with the first lower edge and the second lower edge, with the planar body positioned about the edible first inclined roof panel and the edible second inclined roof panel and the first arm following a first pitch of the edible first roof panel and the second arm following a second pitch of the edible second roof panel.
A kit of parts for a decorative edible structure, the kit comprising:
- a) a pair of edible peaked walls, each peaked wall of the pair of edible peaked walls having a peak with first and second inclined upper edges extending downward on opposed sides of the peak, the first and second inclined upper edges inclined relative to one another by a peak angle;
- b) a pair of edible roof panels;
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- c) a retainer having a planar body with a first arm extending along a first arm axis and a second arm fixed to the first arm and extending along a second arm axis, the first arm axis inclined relative to the second arm axis by a fixed incline angle matching the peak angle, the planar body sufficiently rigid to maintain the fixed incline angle both when engaged with the roof panels for use and when not engaged with the pair of edible roof panels, and
- the first arm including a first finger projecting from the first arm and extending in the same direction as the second arm axis and the first finger having a first hook surface directed toward the second arm, and the second arm including a second finger projecting from the second arm and extending in the same direction as the first arm axis and the first finger having a second hook surface directed toward the first arm, the first hook surface and the second hook surface for temporarily engaging the pair of edible roof panels in an assembled position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.