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US 2020/0260887 A1Published application
Chip/cracker loader
OwnerGary J. Pontecorvoinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus attached or manufactured inside a bowl/server is disclosed for facilitating the loading a condiment dip on to a food item such as a chip or cracker without spillage outside the bowl/server.
Claims20
An open top container comprising
- a peripheral wall defining a substantially closed inner chamber;
- a transverse partition wall inside the container inner chamber separating the inner chamber into a first and second compartments;
- wherein the first compartment contains a condiment dip, and
- wherein the transverse partition wall is configured to facilitate the loading of the condiment dip onto a food item without spillage outside the container's peripheral wall.
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A method for loading a condiment dip onto a food item without spillage, comprising:
- partially immersing the food item into the condiment dip contained in an open top container comprising a peripheral wall defining a generally closed inner chamber;
- a transverse partition wall inside the container inner chamber separating the inner chamber into a first and a second compartment, wherein the first compartment contains the condiment dip, and
- moving the food item through the condiment dip toward and up the transverse partition wall prior to removing the food item from the open top container,
- wherein a cross-section of the top of the transverse partition wall has a T shape configuration with a curvature filling the 90-degree angle that facilitates the loading of the condiment onto the food item without spillage outside the container's peripheral wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.