Ambidextrous sectional pizza box
AssigneePizza Box 2000, Inc.
InventorChristopher Guy Lawrence Holden
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An ambidextrous sectional pizza box lid that can be divided into sections, which are shaped in such a way so that the sections can be easily grasped with either the left or right hand without the use of tools. The pizza box having a bottom portion and a top portion which comprises a top portion being removably attached to the bottom portion. The top portion may have plurality plate portions that are removably formed in the top portion and are shaped for ambidextrously grasping.
Claims20
A box for carrying pizza comprising:
- a) a bottom portion having a base with a periphery having vertical sides extending upward therefrom when said base is in an upright position;
- b) a top portion being removably connected to said bottom portion, and
- c) a plurality of ambidextrous plate portions removably defined and formed within said top portion, wherein said ambidextrous plate portions are defined and shaped for the ambidextrously grasping of said pizza with either a left hand or a right hand.
An ambidextrous sectional pizza box lid comprising:
- a) a top portion;
- b) flexible vertical sides extending downward from said top portion;
- and
- c) a pattern defined on said top portion and said flexible vertical sides to form a plurality of removable ambidextrous plate portions for the ambidextrously grasping of said plate portions with either a left hand or a right hand.
A method of using an ambidextrous pizza box lid for a pizza box comprising:
- a) separating from said pizza box along a series of perforations, said ambidextrous pizza box lid having a top portion, flexible vertical sides extending downward from said top portion and a pattern defined on said top portion and said flexible vertical sides to form a plurality of removable ambidextrous plate portions for the ambidextrously grasping of said plate portions with either a left hand or a right hand;
- b) separating said plate portions along said pattern defined on said top portion and said vertical sides, said plate portions forming triangles having base sides, angled sides and straight sides, wherein said straight sides are positioned 90° to said base sides;
- c) grasping said plate portions from said 90° straight sides using a left hand if left handed or grasping said plate portions from said 90° straight sides using a right hand if right handed;
- d) positioning said plate portions under a piece of pizza;
- e) grasping and securing said pizza piece using said flexible vertical sides of said plate portion to grasp said pizza slice;
- f) orienting said plate portions according to either said right or left hand so that said pizza piece is consumed from said angled sides of said triangle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.