# US 7,610,703 B2 · Serving dish for children

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- Number: US 7,610,703 B2
- Document ID: US7610703B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/941,164
- Filed: 2007-11-16
- Published: 2008-03-13
- Granted: 2009-11-03
- Earliest claimed: 2002-08-06
- Inventors: Elisabeth Thum
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610703B2

## CPC

- A47G 19/025: {with means for amusing or giving information to the user}
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)

## Abstract

A serving dish for small children has a window through which exchangeable pictures can be viewed. The dish has an upper dish with a transparent window, a lower dish, and an exchangeable picture carrier situated in between. In order to permit easy cleaning of the dish and simple replacement of the pictures, the upper dish is fastened to the lower dish with at least one central fastening element bearing at least one rotatable picture carrier, such that different pictures are displayed in the window when the picture carrier is rotated.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A serving dish for children, comprising:
a lower dish formed with a groove;
an upper dish formed with a transparent window and sidewalls forming a bowl, said upper dish having a lower side formed with a rim engaging said groove in said lower dish;
at least one exchangeable picture carrier between said upper dish and said lower dish;
said lower dish having a recess formed therein, said recess being configured to enable said picture carrier to be moved across said transparent window in said upper dish for displaying different pictures in said transparent window; and
said transparent window carrying partial pictures confiqured to complement other partial pictures on said movable picture carrier to form a complete picture.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The serving dish according to claim 1, wherein said picture carrier is one of two independently movable picture carriers having pictures complementing one another in said transparent window.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The serving dish according to claim 1, wherein said lower dish is configured with a non-slip support.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The serving dish according to claim 3, wherein said lower dish has a bottom formed with fastening means.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The serving dish according to claim 4, wherein said fastening means is a suction cup.

### Claim 6

A serving dish for children, comprising:
a lower dish formed with a groove;
an upper dish formed with a transparent window and sidewalls forming a bowl, said upper dish having a lower side formed with a rim engaging said groove in said lower dish;
two independently movable, exchangeable picture carriers between said upper dish and said lower dish;
said lower dish having a recess formed therein, said recess being configured to enable said picture carriers to be moved across said transparent window in said upper dish for displaying different pictures in said transparent window; and
wherein said picture carriers carry partial pictures complementing one another to form a complete picture in said transparent window.