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US 8,474,668 B2Granted
Wearable holders and containers
OwnerJoshua Mathew Tomaninventor
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Abstract
A wearable food holder includes a container portion having multiple walls defining an interior volume; a tray portion, the tray portion being movable relative to the container portion from a closed position to an open position to access the interior volume; one or more spikes, the spikes being positioned within the interior volume of the container portion when the tray portion is in a closed position; and a mounting means for mounting the food holder to an article for wearing by a person.
Claims22
A wearable food holder for containing a food article, the food holder comprising:
- a container portion having multiple walls defining an interior volume into which a food article may be contained;
- a tray portion, the tray portion being movable relative to the container portion from an enclosed position within the container portion to an open position outside of the container portion to access a food article from the interior volume of the container when the food article is removed from the interior volume of the container portion, wherein the tray portion is defined by a base surface having four sides and the base surface is within the container portion in the enclosed position and the base surface is outside of the container portion in the open position;
- one or more spikes, the spikes extending from the base and being positioned within the interior volume of the container portion when the tray portion is in the enclosed position and configured to retain the food article to the tray portion, wherein the base from which the spike extends is free of any walls extending from the base on at least two opposite sides of the base enabling a user of the wearable food holder to have unobstructed access from at least two sides to a food article retained on the spike;
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- a mounting means for mounting the food holder to an article for wearing by a person.
2 more elements
A method of carrying food in a wearable food holder, the method comprising:
- providing a wearable food holder, the wearable food holder comprising a container portion, a tray portion, one or more spikes and a mounting means,
- the container portion having multiple walls defining an interior volume,
- the tray portion being defined by a base surface having four sides and movable relative to the container portion from an enclosed position in which the base surface is within the container portion to an open position in which the base surface is outside of the container portion,
- the one or more spikes extending from the base surface and the base surface from which the spikes extend being free of any walls extending from the base surface on at least two opposite sides of the base surface thereby enabling a user of the wearable food holder to have unobstructed access to the spikes from at least two sides, the base surface being positioned within the interior volume of the container portion when the tray portion is in the enclosed position, and
- the mounting means for mounting the food holder to an article for wearing by a person;
- mounting a piece of food to the one or more spikes, wherein a user mounting a piece of food to the one or more spikes has unobstructed access to the spikes from at least two sides;
- closing the food holder whereby the piece of food is retained within the interior volume;
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- attaching the wearable food holder to one or more of a band, strap, belt or piece of clothing using the mounting means.
6 more elements
A wearable food holder, the food holder comprising:
- a container portion having multiple walls defining an interior volume into which a food article may be contained;
- a tray portion having a base surface having four sides, the tray portion being movable relative to the container portion from a closed position in which the base surface is within the container portion to an open position in which the base surface is outside of the container portion to provide access to the base surface, the tray portion being attached to the container portion by a hinge extending from one side of the base surface;
- one or more retaining means, the retaining means extending from the base surface and being positioned within the interior volume of the container portion when the tray portion is in a closed position and being accessible from at least two sides when the tray portion is in an open position;
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- a mounting means for mounting the food holder to an article for wearing by a person.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.