Hollow handle push-up piston for a food container
AssigneeChief Packaging Company, LLC
InventorsMartin J. Mueller, Richard W. Mueller
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Abstract
A dessert container has a tube with a piston. The piston includes a food contact member slidably mounted in the tube. The piston also has a hollow rod extending from and suitable for use with the food contact member. With the piston thus mounted in the tube, wherein the hollow rod can apply pressure to the food contact member for the piston, food may be forced out of the end of the tube, which is oppositely disposed from the piston.
Claims9
A food container having a tube with a piston mounted in the tube, comprising:
- (a) the piston including a food contact member slidably mounted in the tube;
- (b) the piston also having a hollow handle extending from the food contact member;
- (c) the tube receiving a first food;
- (d) the hollow handle receiving a second food;
- (e) the hollow handle having a closed end and an open end;
- (f) the open end being releasably secured to the food contact member;
- (g) the closed end being outside the tube;
- (h) the hollow handle cooperating with the food contact member in order to close the open end;
- (i) the food contact member having a food side and a pushing side;
- (j) the pushing side including a central holder to support the hollow handle on the food contact member and form the piston;
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- (k) the central holder being secured to the hollow handle;
- (l) the open end having at least one male protuberance thereon;
- (m) the central holder having a tab extending therefrom;
- (n) the tab having at least one aperture;
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- (o) the at least one male protuberance having a matching counterpart with the at least one aperture.
In a food container having a tube with a piston mounted in the tube, the improvement comprising:
- (a) the food container supporting two separate compartments for a food;
- (b) the piston including a food contact member slidably mounted in the tube;
- (c) the piston also having a hollow handle extending from the food contact member;
- (d) the tube receiving a first food;
- (e) the hollow handle receiving a second food;
- (f) the hollow handle having a closed end and an open end;
- (g) the open end being releasably secured to the food contact member;
- (h) the closed end being outside the tube;
- (i) the hollow handle cooperating with the food contact member in order to close the open end;
- (j) the food contact member having a food side and a pushing side;
- (k) the pushing side including a central holder to support the hollow handle on the food contact member and form the piston;
- (l) the central holder being secured to the hollow handle;
- (m) the open end having at least one male protuberance thereon;
- (n) the central holder having a tab extending therefrom;
- (o) the tab having at least one aperture;
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- (p) the at least one male protuberance having a matching counterpart with the at least one aperture.
A method of removing from a food container having a first food compartment and a second food compartment comprising the steps of;
- (a) supporting a first food in a tube;
- (b) supporting a second food in a hollow handle;
- (c) securing the hollow handle to a food contact member in order to form a piston in the tube, the piston being at least adjacent to the food in the tube;
- (d) moving the food contact member in order to consume the first food;
- (e) releasing the hollow handle in order to consume the second food;
- (f) the hollow handle having a closed end and an open end;
- (g) the open end being releasably secured to the food contact members;
- (h) the closed end being outside the tube;
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- (i) the hollow handle cooperating with the food contact member in order to close the open end;
- (j) the food contact member having a food side and a pushing side;
- (k) the pushing side including a central holder to support the hollow handle on the food contact member and form the piston;
- (l) the central holder being secured to the hollow handle;
- (m) the open end having at least one male protuberance thereon;
- (n) the central holder having a tab extending therefrom;
- (o) the tab having at least one aperture;
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- (p) the at least one male protuberance having a matching counterpart with the at least one aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.