Drinking vessel supporting plate for one hand
OwnerJoseph Costarella, Sumi Shoharainventors
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Abstract
A plate for serving food or holding other materials which contains a hole (35) at its center. The sides of the hole (30) are configured to hold a specific generic drinking vessel or specific generic liquid containing vessel, but will also hold other similarly shaped vessels. A recess (25), which surrounds the hole from beneath the plate, is shaped to allow the thumb and fingers of one hand to firmly grasp and hold the plate with or without the drinking vessel (40), (45) in place. The sides of the plate (15a) and (15b) are curved and sloped to allow the plate to be stacked with itself. The top of the recess (20) extends to the top level of the plate to prevent food from prematurely spilling over the plate's edge.
Claims11
A one-hand supported plate comprising in combination:
- (a) a generally flat surface having a upwardly projecting peripheral retaining lip;
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- (b) a hole generally centered in said flat surface, sides of said hole form a surface to support a drinking vessel, said sides of hole do not extend above said retaining lip and below said flat surface;
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- (c) a peripheral recess on the underside of said flat surface surrounding said hole and partially forming said sides of said hole, said recess having a sufficient shape forming a gripable surface to be grasped by the fingers and thumb of one hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.