Enhanced serving apparatus
AssigneeSimple Wave LLC
InventorJeff Bollengier
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Abstract
A technique for allowing the convenient and orderly withdrawal of contents is disclosed. An apparatus according to the technique may include a container which includes an enhancement at the rim of the container. The enhancement provides the functionality to move edible and/or inedible substances onto objects. In one example, the enhancement may protrude inwardly as a smoothed surface that may push substances onto objects as the objects are removed from the container.
Claims49
A container comprising:
- a base including a center;
- a side extending upward from the base;
- and
- an enhancement formed along the side extending inward toward the center of the base
A container comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a side extending upward from the base, the side having inner and outer faces;
- wherein the outer face of the side has a degree of curvature, and the inner face of the side has a degree of curvature that is greater than the degree of curvature of the outer face.
An apparatus comprising:
- a means for serving substances, the means including a rim;
- and
- a means for applying the substance to an object, the means substantially formed about the rim of the means for serving substances.
An apparatus for injection molding, the apparatus comprising:
- a mold, the mold comprising a cavity side and a core side, with a trapped cavity space between them;
- the cavity side including a gate for injection of material;
- the core side including at least one air poppet;
- the core side being movable relative to the cavity side;
- wherein the trapped cavity space defines the shape of a container, the container having a base and a wall, and wherein the thickness of the wall varies such that it has a first thickness closest to the base, a second thickness further away from the base, and a third thickness at the end of the wall distal to the base, wherein the third thickness is the largest thickness and the second thickness is the smallest thickness, and the wall has a greater degree of curvature on its inside surface than on its outside surface.
A method of manufacturing a container comprising:
- first forming a base;
- and
- second forming a side extending upward from the base, characterized in that a projection is formed along the side extending inwardly from the side;
- wherein the side has an outer face having a degree of curvature, and an inner face having a degree of curvature that is greater than the degree of curvature of the outer face.
A lid for use with a container having a projection along its inner side, the lid having a lip on its lower surface, the lip being set back from the perimeter of the lid, wherein said lip protrudes from the lower surface of the lid such that the lid may latch onto the container having a projection along its inner side, by engaging the projection between the lip and the remainder of the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.