Food storage assembly and insert for layered food items
AssigneeD&W Fine Pack
InventorsScott Rhea, Ryan Krauskopf
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Abstract
A food storage assembly is provided. The food storage assembly includes a container including a base and an opening defining a rim, wherein a side wall is circumferentially disposed between the base and the rim. The food storage assembly further includes an insert having a base, wherein the insert includes two or more side portions connected to the base and extending radially therefrom, wherein the two or more side portions are flexible and are folded to form a side wall conforming to a shape of the side wall of the container when the insert is positioned inside the container.
Claims20
A food storage assembly comprising:
- a container comprising a base and an opening defining a rim, wherein a side wall is circumferentially disposed between the base and the rim, the side wall of the container defining a curvilinear shape;
- and
- an insert having a base, wherein the insert comprises two or more side portions connected to the base and extending radially therefrom, wherein the two or more side portions are flat in an initial unfolded configuration of the insert, wherein the two or more side portions are flexible and are configured to fold to form a side wall conforming to the curvilinear shape of the side wall of the container when the insert is positioned inside the container.
An insert of a food storage assembly, wherein the insert comprises a food-safe, foldable material, the insert comprising:
- a base, the base comprising a curvilinear outer perimeter;
- and
- two or more side portions connected to the base and extending radially therefrom, wherein the two or more side portions are flat in an initial unfolded configuration of the insert, wherein the two or more side portions are flexible and are thereby configured to form an at least partially curvilinear side wall having a similar shape as the curvilinear outer perimeter when folded.
A method of assembling a layered food item, the method comprising:
- providing a food storage assembly comprising:
- a container comprising a base and an opening defining a rim, wherein a side wall is circumferentially disposed between the base and the rim, the side wall of the container defining a curvilinear shape, and
- an insert having a base, wherein the insert comprises two or more side portions connected to the base and extending radially therefrom, wherein the two or more side portions are flat in an initial unfolded configuration of the insert, wherein the two or more side portions are flexible and form a side wall conforming to the curvilinear shape of the side wall of the container when the insert is positioned inside the container;
- positioning the insert into the container, whereby the two or more side portions of the insert are flexed and folded to form the side wall of the insert conforming to the curvilinear shape of the sidewall of the container;
- arranging a layer of a first food item within the insert;
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- arranging a layer of a second food item atop the layer of the first food item within the insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.