Food carrier assembly
OwnerRita J. Menendezinventor
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Abstract
The food carrier assembly comprises a container for holding a food product with a structure for grasping the container to support the container while transporting the assembly. A handle mechanism is disposed on the grasping section for carrying the container as a compact carrier assembly for the good product. A specific feature of the invention has the container shaped as a pan to receive a plurality of cupcakes. A lid portion on the container has a structural configuration for stacking a second container on top of the lid portion to provide an upper and lower container. The handle structure includes a hand gripping portion with coupling members located at each end thereof for attaching to the grasping configuration on a plurality of stacked containers.
Claims8
A food carrier assembly comprising:
- (a) a baking pan shaped to receive a plurality of cupcakes and having an outer rim and a lid portion,
- (b) a supporting ring member having an underlying rim supporting section below the outer rim to only provide support for transporting the baking pan, and
- (c) handle means disposed on the supporting ring member for carrying the baking pan as a compact carrier assembly,
- (d) the supporting ring member being removably disposed around the outer rim and including a gripping portion, and
- (e) the handle means includes a hand gripping portion and coupling means for detachably connecting to said gripping portion on the supporting ring member,
- (f) the gripping portion includes tab means projecting outwardly from opposing sides of the supporting ring member with the opposed tab means being in alignment with respect to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.