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US 5,209,348 AGranted
Cereal bowl with separate self-contained cereal and milk compartments
AssigneeJames D. Schafer
InventorVernon Schafer, III
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Abstract
A cereal bowl having separate cereal and milk compartments, with a valve permitting emptying the contents of the milk container into the cereal container. Separate lids are provided for the milk and cereal compartments. The cereal bowl enables young children to serve their own breakfast meals without spilling milk and cereal.
Claims10
A reusable self-contained cereal and milk bowl, comprising:
- a bottom member on which the bowl rests;
- a cereal container suitable for holding a quantity of cereal;
- a milk container separate from said cereal container and suitable for holding a quantity of milk sufficient to mix with said cereal in said cereal container, said cereal container and said milk container sharing an inner sidewall member, said compartment comprising an opening permitting milk to be poured into said container when said bottom member is resting on a flat surface;
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- reusable valve means for selectively emptying said milk into said cereal container from said milk container, said valve comprising a valve member fitted in an opening in said inner sidewall for selectively permitting milk to flow from said milk container into said cereal container, wherein said valve member may be removed from said opening to permit said milk flow, and replaced within said opening to prevent said milk flow.
2 more elements
A self-contained cereal and milk bowl, comprising:
- a cereal container suitable for holding a quantity of cereal, said container comprising a bowl defined by a bottom surface member and an inner sidewall member;
- a milk container separate from said cereal container and suitable for holding a quantity of milk sufficient to mix with said cereal in said cereal container, said milk container comprising an annular container member disposed about the periphery of said sidewall member;
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- valve means for selectively emptying said milk into said cereal container from said milk container, said valve means comprising a valve member fitted in said inner sidewall between said cereal container and said milk container.
1 more element
A self-contained cereal and milk bowl, comprising:
- a cereal container suitable for holding a quantity of cereal, said cereal container comprising a bowl defined by a bottom surface member and an inner sidewall member;
- a milk container separate from said cereal container and suitable for holding a quantity of milk sufficient to mix with said cereal in said cereal container;
- valve means for selectively emptying said milk into said cereal container from said milk container;
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- wherein said milk container further comprises an inclined floor member extending between said inner sidewall member and an outer sidewall member defining an outer wall of said milk container, said floor member inclined downwardly from said outer sidewall to said inner sidewall, said floor member being elevated above the lower portion of the cereal container.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.