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US 2021/0267256 A1Published application
Food molding and storage kits and related methods
OwnerGrace Kwokinventor
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Abstract
A kit for molding and storing malleable foodstuff includes (a) a molding tube; (b) a plunger slidable within the molding tube for tamping foodstuff received therein to form a shaped food article corresponding in shape to an interior of the molding tube; and (c) at least one storage tube sized and shaped for storing the shaped food article therein with reduced surface area contact relative to the molding tube.
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A kit for molding and storing malleable foodstuff, comprising:
- a) a molding tube defining a molding interior extending along a molding tube axis, the molding interior having a molding cross-sectional profile, the molding cross-sectional profile generally constant along the molding tube axis;
- b) a plunger slidable within the molding interior along the molding tube axis for tamping malleable foodstuff received in the molding interior to form a shaped food article corresponding in shape to the molding cross-sectional profile;
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- c) at least one storage tube defining a storage interior extending along a storage tube axis, the storage interior having a storage cross-sectional profile, the storage cross-sectional profile generally constant along the storage tube axis, wherein the molding cross-sectional profile is sized and shaped to be nestable within a perimeter of the storage cross-sectional profile, to facilitate storage of the shaped food article in the storage interior with reduced surface area contact relative to the molding interior.
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A kit for molding and storing malleable foodstuff, comprising:
- a) a molding tube having a molding tube interior defined by a mold cross-sectional shape and mold cross-sectional dimensions;
- b) a hand-held plunger for tamping the foodstuff in the molding tube interior to form a shaped food article having the mold cross-sectional shape and dimensions, the plunger having a piston sized and shaped for close sliding fit within the molding tube interior;
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- c) at least one storage tube having a storage tube interior defined by a storage cross-sectional shape and storage cross-sectional dimensions, the storage cross-sectional shape corresponding to the mold cross-sectional shape, and the storage cross-sectional dimensions greater than corresponding mold cross-sectional dimensions to facilitate storage of the shaped food article in the storage tube interior with reduced surface area contact relative to the molding tube interior.
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A method of molding and storing malleable foodstuff, comprising:
- a) molding the foodstuff in a molding tube to form a shaped food article corresponding in shape to an interior of the molding tube;
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- b) transferring the shaped food article from the molding tube into a storage tube sized and shaped for storage of the shaped food article therein with most of a radially outer surface of the shaped food article spaced apart from a radially inner surface of the storage tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.