Dinner plate
OwnerAntonio M. R. Rapazinventor
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Abstract
A dinner plate for serving, consuming and storing greasy foods, such as bacon, sausages or steaks. The plate has a central surface and a food-supporting plane raised above a portion of the central surface and having a plurality of channels for receiving greasy juices released from the food. The central surface is preferably inclined to facilitate drainage of such greasy juices to a lower side of the plate.
Claims16
A dinner plate comprising:
- (a) a base adapted for resting on the surface of a table;
- (b) an upwardly-facing central surface supported by said base at an incline relative to said table surface when said base is resting on said table;
- (c) a raised perimeter extending around said central surface;
- (d) a food-retaining barrier projecting upwardly from said central surface and linearly extending across said plate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of inclination of said central surface, said barrier thereby dividing said central surface into a lower liquid-retaining portion and an upper food retaining portion;
- and wherein said upper portion of said central surface further comprises a first food holding and draining area closest to said barrier and a second food holding area of said central surface furthest from said barrier, said first food holding and draining area comprising a food-supporting pedestal raised above said central surface and comprising a plurality of channels adapted to permit the drainage of liquids from said pedestal past said barrier into said plate lower portion.
A dinner plate comprising a central surface, a base adapted for resting on the surface of a table, a raised perimeter extending around said central surface, and a food-supporting plane raised above said central surface and comprising a plurality of channels adapted to permit the drainage of liquids from said food-supporting plane,
- wherein said food-supporting plane comprises a plurality of ribs projecting upwardly from said central surface;
- wherein said ribs have upper surfaces which are substantially coplanar;
- wherein said central surface is inclined relative to said table surface from an upper side to a lower side when said base is resting on said table;
- wherein said ribs are arranged to permit the flow of liquid from said food-supporting plans to said central surface lower side;
- further comprising an upstanding wall located adjacent said central surface lower side and extending above said food-supporting plane;
- wherein said upstanding wall is adapted to permit the flow of liquids;
- wherein said plate is generally circular and wherein said upstanding wall forms a chord across said central surface such that said central surface upper side has a substantially greater surface area then said central surface lower side;
- wherein said upstanding wall has a plurality of spaced notches formed therein to facilitate drainage of liquid to said central surface lower side;
- wherein said food-supporting plane is located above a central portion of said central surface adjacent said upstanding wall;
- wherein said ribs extend in parallel relation substantially perpendicular to said upstanding wall;
- wherein said channels comprise troughs defined between said ribs;
- wherein said central surface upper side comprises a non-ribbed portion adjacent said food-supporting plane, wherein said non-ribbed portion is in communication with at least one of said channels;
- wherein the ends of said ribs remote from said upstanding wall are joined together to define a raised segment projecting upwardly from said central surface, wherein said raised segment is interrupted at a central portion thereof such that said non-ribbed portion is in communication with a centrally located channel;
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- wherein said raised segment is angled toward said central trough to facilitate drainage of said liquid thereinto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.