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US 5,690,245 AGranted
Food tray
OwnerDonald E. Jenkinsinventor
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Abstract
A food tray comprising a frame having a plurality of apertures therein. The apertures generally correspond to the configuration of the respective food container to be engaged therein. Each food container has a pair of parallel ridges extending about its perimeter so as to present a slot therebetween. The slot of each container engages the portions of the frame which define each aperture. Each food container is thus releasably engageable with the frame. The tray enables a plurality of initially separate containers to be separately heated and/or chilled prior to releasable engagement with the frame.
Claims8
A food tray comprising:
- a frame having a plurality of apertures therein;
- a food container for placement within each aperture, each container having an opening at a top end and a base with a vertical wall extending between said opening and said base, the extent of said vertical wall between said opening and base having a configuration generally congruent to the shape of the respective aperture;
- an upper ridge about said vertical wall and extending therefrom, said upper ridge vertically displaced from said opening to present a portion of said vertical wall extending between said opening and said upper ridge;
- a lower ridge about said vertical wall and extending therefrom, said lower ridge vertically displaced from said upper ridge with a second portion of said vertical wall extending between said ridges and combining therewith to present a slot about said vertical wall of each container for releasably engaging a portion of said frame defining each respective aperture therein, said upper and lower ridges precluding a displacement of said engaged frame portion along said sidewall, whereby a plurality of food containers are releasably engageable with said frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.