Crispy-mix bowl

A bowl for use in eating cereal or the like, comprising:

• a. a lower compartment including a bottom wall and a side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall and terminating in an upper end, said lower compartment adapted to receive therein a liquid, and cereal or the like for consumption by the user,
• b. an upper compartment extending upwardly from said lower compartment, said upper compartment comprising:
• 1. a partition extending in substantially a horizontal plane for partially enclosing upper end of said lower compartment and forming the base of said upper compartment, said area of said partition being smaller than the area of said upper end of said lower compartment such that access to said lower compartment is obtainable,
• 2. a transversely upwardly extending front panel secured at the lower end thereof to said partition and terminating in an upper free end,
• 3. a circumferentially upwardly extending rear panel secured at the lower end thereof to said partition and terminating in an upper free end, said rear panel joined to said front panel at each of both ends thereof, said upper compartment adapted to receive therein a supply of cereal or the like, and
• c. a cover on said panel for movement between an open position in which cereal or the like may be manually dispensed into said lower compartment of the bowl on an intermittent basis, to a closed position retaining the cereal or the like within said upper compartment,
• d. hinge means connecting said cover to said front panel for movement between said respective positions,
• e. said hinge means includes a pivot element extending outwardly from each end of said cover and adapted to be received in a complimentary recess in said front panel on each side of said cover,
• f. a sweeping element mounted within said upper compartment in spaced relationship to said cover for manually dispensing the cereal or the like through the cover opening,
• g. said sweeping element extending vertically and adapted to be reciprocated within said upper compartment for engagement with said cereal or the like, and
• h. said sweeping element having a top extending above said upper free end of said upper compartment.