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US 5,203,493 AGranted
Convertible taco package and holder
OwnerDonald C. Moodyinventor
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Abstract
A convertible taco package having a bottom portion receivable within a top portion, and having parallel and medial perforations defining strips which are detachable. Slots are formed from the detachment of the strips, into which taco shells may be inserted. The detached strips are separated to form tabs which support the taco shells in the slots.
Claims7
A convertible taco package comprising:
- a first portion;
- a second portion receivable within said first portion having;
- a planar member,
- parallel perforations in a said planar member defining at least one strip,
- a medial perforation extending across a medial portion of said at least one strip perpendicular to said parallel perforations and dividing said at least one strip into two tabs,
- a slot extending through said planar member, corresponding to said at least one strip when said strip is disengaged from said planar member at said parallel perforations and said medial perforations.
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A convertible taco package for holding at least a taco shell comprising:
- a first portion;
- a second portion receivable within said first portion having;
- a planar member,
- parallel perforations in said planar member defining at least one strip,
- said at least one strip constructed to separate from said planar member at said parallel perforations, and to divide into two tabs at a medial perforation extending across a portion of said at least one strip perpendicular to said parallel perforations,
- said tabs hingedly depending from said planar member, and constructed to be bent in a substantially L-shaped profile when separated from said planar member at said parallel perforations and at said medial perforations,
- at least one slot configured to receive said taco shell, through said planar member, corresponding to said at least one strip when said strip is disengaged from said planar member at said parallel perforations and said medial perforations.
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A method of converting a convertible taco package into a taco holder comprising:
- providing a convertible taco package having;
- a first portion,
- a second portion receivable within said first portion and having,
- a planar member,
- parallel perforations in said planar member defining at least one strip,
- a medial perforation extending across a medial portion of said at least one strip perpendicular to said parallel perforations and dividing said at least one strip into two tabs,
- at least one slot configured to receive a taco shell extending through said planar member, corresponding to said at least one strip when said strip is disengaged from said planar member at said parallel perforations and said medial perforations, disengaging said at least one strip from said planar member at said parallel perforations;
- separating said strip into tabs at said medial perforations;
- and
- bending said tabs into a substantially L-shaped profile depending perpendicularly from said planar member to form a support for a taco shell received by said at least one slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.