Simulated food product carrier
OwnerLeland K. Girard, Robert L. Hinchcliffeinventors
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Abstract
A simulated food product carrier formed of synthetic resin accurately conforming to a carrier portion of an actual foodstuff, such as an oyster half shell. The simulated food product representation is formed as a printing on a suitable nontoxic synthetic resin cover sheet, permitting the food product to be stored and served thereon. In one embodiment, the carrier is formed of high temperature resistant synthetic resin, permitting the carrier and food product thereon to be heated for serving. The carrier is adapted for extended storage at freezing temperatures. The carrier is provided, in one form, as individual food product carriers and, in another disclosed form, as a portion of a serving tray or dish.
Claims31
A simulated food product carrier comprising:
- a transparent wall element formed of a synthetic resin adapted to support edible foodstuffs without adverse physiological effect on one eating such supported foodstuffs, said wall element defining a rear surface;
- a first representation of a front surface of a food product carrier on said rear surface to be viewable through said wall element;
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- a second representation of a rear surface of said food product carrier underlying said first representation to be viewable from rearwardly of said wall element.
A simulated food product carrier comprising:
- a transparent first wall element formed of a synthetic resin adapted to support edible foodstuffs without adverse physiological effect on one eating such supported foodstuffs, said wall element defining a rear surface;
- a first representation of a front surface of a food product carrier on said rear surface to be viewable through said first wall element;
- an opaque second wall element underlying said representation;
- a transparent third wall element formed of a synthetic resin and defining a front surface underlying said second wall element;
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- a second representation of a rear surface of said food product carrier on said front surface to be viewable through said third wall element, said wall elements being facially laminated together.
A simulated food product carrier comprising:
- a transparent first wall element formed of a synthetic resin adapted to support edible foodstuffs without adverse physiological effect on one eating such supported foodstuffs, said wall element defining a rear surface;
- a first representation of a front surface of a food product carrier on said rear surface to be viewable through said first wall element;
- a transparent second wall element having a front surface facially juxtaposed to said rear surface of said first wall element;
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- a second representation of a rear surface of said food product carrier on said front surface of the second wall element to be viewable through said second wall element.
A simulated food product carrier comprising:
- a transparent wall element formed of a synthetic resin adapted to support edible foodstuffs without adverse physiological effect on one eating such supported foodstuffs, said wall element defining a tray having a rear surface;
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- a plurality of first representations of a front surface of a food product on said rear surface to be viewable through said wall element, said wall element being formed to define three-dimensional food carrier configurations at each of said representations on the tray.
A multilayer simulated food product carrier comprising:
- a transparent outer layer formed of a synthetic resin adapted to support edible foodstuffs without adverse physiological effect on one eating such supported foodstuffs, said outer layer defining a rear surface;
- a first representation of a front surface of a food product carrier at said rear surface to be viewable through said wall element;
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- a second representation of a rear surface of said food product carrier underlying said first representation to be viewable from rearwardly of said carrier.
A simulated food product carrier comprising:
- wall means for supporting in an upwardly opening recess an edible portion of a foodstuff upon removal of the edible portion from a cover portion thereof;
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- simulation means on the wall means for simulating the cover portion of the foodstuff, and simulation means underlying said wall means adjacent said recess, said wall means further comprising means for permitting viewing of said simulation means through said recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.