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US 9,320,376 B2Granted
Reusable food covers
AssigneeFood Huggers Inc.
InventorsMichelle Ivankovic, Adrienne McNicholas
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to reusable food covers. Such reusable food covers may be flexible so that they can create a seal with partially consumed foods, such as fruits and vegetables, to preserve these foods and extend the time of being suitable and desirable for consumption. Each cover may include a base and a flexible wall formed as a single unitary structure.
Claims27
A cover for covering food comprising:
- a base;
- a flexible wall extending upwardly from and surrounding said base to define a chamber with an opening, said flexible wall having an initial state where the opening is a first size and having a final state where the opening is a second size different from said first size;
- wherein the flexible wall includes a first section that extends upwardly from the base, the first section having a bottom portion attached to the base, and a top edge spaced from the bottom portion;
- the flexible wall also comprising a second section that extends radially inwardly from the top edge of the first section;
- wherein the first section has a first thickness and the second section has a second thickness, and wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness;
- whereby upon inserting food within said chamber, said flexible wall moves from said initial state to said final state and a first seal is created between the food and the cover;
- wherein said base further includes a first section having a first thickness and a second section having a second thickness less than said first thickness, said second section being located at approximately a center of said first section;
- and
- wherein said base further includes a third section, wherein the third section comprises a hinge portion, and wherein the hinge portion is configured to allow the second section to transition between a convex state and a concave state.
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A cover for covering food comprising:
- a base;
- a flexible wall extending upwardly from and surrounding said base to define a chamber with an opening, said flexible wall having an initial state where the opening is a first size and having a final state where the opening is a second size different from said first size;
- whereby upon inserting food within said chamber, said flexible wall moves from said initial state to said final state and a first seal is created between the food and the cover;
- and
- wherein said base includes a first section having a first thickness, a second section having a second thickness less than said first thickness, a third section having a third thickness less than said second thickness, said second section being shaped like a hemisphere, and said third thickness allows said second section to have a concave state or a convex state, said second section being located at approximately a center of said first section.
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A set of covers for covering food comprising,
- a first cover and a second cover;
- the first cover including a first base and a first flexible wall, the first flexible wall comprising a first section and a second section, the first section extending upwardly and surrounding the first base to define a first chamber with an opening, wherein the second section of the first flexible wall extends from a top edge of the first section to define a first chamber height, the first chamber height being a distance from the second section to the first base;
- the second cover including a second base and a second flexible wall, the second flexible wall having a second height;
- wherein the second height of the second flexible wall is less than the first chamber height so that the second cover can be placed within the first chamber of the first cover;
- wherein a first section of the first base has a first thickness, wherein a second section of the first base has a second thickness, and wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness;
- and
- wherein the first base further includes a third section, wherein the third section comprises a hinge portion, and wherein the hinge portion is configured to allow the second section of the first base to transition between a convex state and a concave state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.