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US 5,551,593 AGranted
Combination food and beverage plate
OwnerDuane D. Wiensinventor
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Abstract
A food and beverage plate is provided having a thumb slot disposed on an upper surface along a periphery of the food and beverage plate parallel to an axis passing through a center of the food and beverage plate. A beverage recess is disposed in the food and beverage plate proximate the thumb slot on a first side of the axis and a food recess is disposed in the food and beverage plate proximate the thumb slot substantially on a second side of the axis.
Claims9
A food and beverage plate comprising:
- a substantially continuous surface having no through holes or through slots;
- a thumb recess disposed in the surface along a periphery of the food and beverage plate, with a longitudinal axis of the thumb recess passing substantially through a center of the continuous surface of the food and beverage plate;
- a beverage recess disposed in the food and beverage plate proximate the thumb recess on a first side of the axis;
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- a food recess disposed in the food and beverage plate proximate the thumb recess substantially on a second side of the axis.
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A food and beverage plate comprising:
- a flange having a generally circular shape and a substantially continuous surface having no through through holes or through slots;
- a thumb recess disposed in the flange along a periphery, with a longitudinal axis of the thumb recess passing substantially through a center of the food and beverage plate;
- a beverage recess disposed in the flange on a first side of the axis;
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- a food recess disposed in the flange substantially on a second side of the axis in a balancing relationship to the beverage recess,
- said thumb recess, beverage recess and food recess being spaced such that when a user grasps the food and beverage plate with a thumb of the user in the thumb recess, the user's splayed fingers support the undersides of the beverage and food recesses thereby balancing the food and beverage tray about the longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.