Microwaveable cup arrangement and methods
OwnerChris Bjork, Robert B. Shomo, JR.inventors
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Abstract
A microwaveable cup arrangement includes a cup, a microwaveable shield layer along at least a first portion of the cup, a microwaveable susceptor layer along at least a second portion of the cup, and a removable lid defining a storage area and having an aperture arrangement in communication with the interior volume of the cup. The cup arrangement can be used to hold an edible food arrangement including a food arrangement in which a portion is to remain cold, a portion is be heated, and a portion is be melted and distributed on the rest. One example includes an ice cream sundae.
Claims40
A microwaveable cup arrangement comprising:
- (a) a cup including a cup surrounding wall, a bottom, and an open top;
- the surrounding wall and the bottom together defining an interior volume;
- (b) a microwaveable shield layer along at least a first portion of the cup;
- (c) a microwaveable susceptor layer along at least a second portion of the cup;
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- (d) a removable lid removably secured to the cup at the open top;
- (i) the removable lid defining a storage area;
- the storage area having an aperture arrangement in communication with the interior volume of the cup.
A microwaveable cup arrangement comprising:
- (a) a cup including a cup surrounding wall, a bottom, and an open top;
- the surrounding wall and the bottom together defining an interior volume;
- (b) a removable lid removably secured to the cup at the open top;
- the removable lid having a closed top wall, and a perimeter sidewall surrounding the top wall;
- (i) the perimeter sidewall defining a lid opening opposite of the top wall;
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- (c) a susceptor plate oriented in the lid opening and axially spaced from the closed top wall;
- (i) the susceptor plate defining an aperture arrangement in communication with the interior volume of the cup;
- (ii) the susceptor plate, perimeter sidewall, and closed top wall together defining a lid storage volume.
A microwaveable food and packaging arrangement comprising:
- (a) a cup including a cup surrounding wall, a bottom, and an open top;
- the surrounding wall and the bottom together defining an interior volume;
- (b) a microwaveable shield layer along at least a first portion of the cup;
- (c) a first food item in the cup interior volume and radially adjacent to the microwaveable shield layer;
- (d) a microwaveable susceptor layer along at least a second portion of the cup;
- (e) a second food item in the cup interior volume and radially adjacent to the microwaveable susceptor layer;
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- (f) a removable lid removably secured to the cup at the open top;
- (i) the removable lid defining a storage area;
- the storage area having an aperture arrangement in communication with the interior volume of the cup.
A method for making an edible arrangement;
- the method comprising:
- (a) applying microwave energy to a cup arrangement;
- the cup arrangement holding at least first and second food items;
- the first and second food items being held in axial relation to each other within an interior volume of a cup;
- (b) shielding at least the first food item from the microwave energy;
- (c) heating at least the second food item with the microwave energy and a microwaveable susceptor;
- (d) heating a third food item with the microwave energy held within a storage area of a removable lid removably attached to the cup;
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- (e) allow the third food item to flow into the interior volume of the cup through an aperture arrangement in the storage area of the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.