Food product serving device and serving containers
OwnerNenad Stojkovski, Sandy Stojkovskiinventors
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Abstract
A device, container, and method for dispensing a semi-solid flowable food product from within a container comprising. The device may include a receptacle adapted for retaining the container and a plunger. The plunger and/or receptacle may toward the other to compress the container and extrude the semi-solid flowable product. The container may include a compressible wall and an insert. The insert may include an opening from which the semi-solid flowable product may be dispensed.
Claims26
A container comprising:
- (i) one or more walls which have a wall thickness of at least about 1.4 mil define a hollow interior, are compressible and deformable, and are adapted to encapsulate a flowable food product within the hollow interior;
- (ii) one or more wall openings formed in at least one of the one or more walls;
- (iii) one or more insert thickness that is greater than the wall thickness in a ration of at least about 10:1, is substantially rigid, generally planar, and is located adjacent and in direct contact with one of the one or more walls within the hollow interior;
- (iv) one or more insert openings formed in the one or more inserts and centered with the one or more wall openings;
- wherein the one or more walls are adapted to be compressed so as to extrude the flowable food product from the one or more wall openings and the one or more insert openings;
- wherein the one or more insert openings are adapted to transfer an amount of flowable food product from within the container to a location exterior of the container;
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- wherein the flowable food product is semi-solid.
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A method of using a container, wherein the method comprises:
- locating the container into a receptacle of a device having a complimentary shape for receiving the container;
- (ii) moving the container and receptacle toward and into contact with a plunger of the device and/or moving the plunger toward the receptacle and toward and into contact with container;
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- (iii) compressing one or more walls of the container by continued movement of the plunger and/or the receptacle so that a flowable food product is extruded from the container via one or more insert openings and one or more wall openings.
A device for dispensing a semi-solid flowable food product from within a container comprising:
- (i) a frame;
- (ii) a receptacle connected to the frame and adapted for retaining a container;
- (iii) a plunger connected to the frame which is opposing and centered with the receptacle, wherein the plunger is adapted to be received within the receptacle;
- (iv) an actuator assembly within the frame which is in communication with the receptacle, the plunger, or both and is adapted to generate movement of the receptacle, the plunger, or both;
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- wherein movement of the receptacle and/or the plunger is relative to the other so that the plunger is able to be received within the receptacle to compress the container and extrude the semi-solid flowable food product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.