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- All of the material in this patent document is subject to copyright protection under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in official governmental records but, otherwise, all other copyright rights whatsoever are reserved.
- Trays for snacks and appetizer-type foods are generally known. Such trays provide a place to display these foods for presentation and for eating. They also generally make it easier to transport these foods. Unfortunately, many trays do not have seating lids that enable them to serve as food containers during transport from one location to another, e.g., from a restaurant to a home. Therefore, when foods that are traditionally presented on a tray are transported from one location to another, a container other than the tray is generally used during transport.
- Another problem that exists, particularly for foods such as chicken wings that create their own waste, is finding a place to put the waste prior to its being thrown away. In most cases, a trash receptacle is not located within easy reach of a table or other dining area, typically because it is unsanitary or unsightly. As such, a diner is faced with the problem of having a place to put the waste while the food creating the waste is being eaten. Generally, such waste is unappetizing and an eater would prefer to have the waste out of sight while continuing to eat.
- Anderson et at. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/870,538, which published as U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0029427, both of which patent references are incorporated herein by reference, address one or more of the foregoing problems. Similarly, SHEW et al. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/028,810, which published as U.S. Patent Application Publication No. ______, both of which patent references are incorporated herein by reference, address one or more of the foregoing problems. While the solutions presented therein may be suitable for their intended purposes, needs exists for alternative solutions to one or more of the foregoing problems. One or more preferred embodiments of the present invention provide such an alternative.
- The present invention includes many aspects and features.
- In a first aspect, a serving platter includes a main body and a shallow lid. The main body portion includes a top portion defining a serving area comprising a plurality of primary serving wells for receiving food items therein for presentation to a person for eating, and a bottom portion defining a substantially enclosed interior space. The top portion also defines a disposal opening configured to receive there through food waste for deposit into the substantially enclosed interior space. The top portion also includes a plurality of dividing walls that define and separate the primary serving wells. The shallow lid is configured to be removably coupled to the main body such that the lid is positioned above and extends over and seats off the serving area. Furthermore, each of the dividing walls is engaged by the lid, when it is removably coupled to the main body, such that two serving wells are isolated from one another by a dividing wall engaged with the lid.
- In features of this aspect, the lid defines a plurality of dividers, each of the dividing walls of the main body being generally aligned with a respective divider, such that two wells are isolated from one another by a dividing wall engaged with a divider when the lid is removably coupled to the main body; a dividing wall is engaged by a divider by being received within a recess or channel that is defined by the lid; the top portion and the bottom portion are part of a single molded piece; each of the primary serving wells shares in common a dividing wall with another primary serving well; the disposal opening comprises a circular opening centrally located relative to the serving area and each dividing wall extends generally linearly away from the circular opening; each dividing wall extends from the circular opening to the outermost peripheral wall of the main body; the periphery of the main body is generally rectangular; the serving platter consists of four equally dimensioned primary serving wells symmetrically arranged about the disposal opening of the serving area; each primary serving well has a bottom defining a food support surface, and the food support surface is planar and configured to be generally horizontal when the serving platter is placed on a generally horizontal surface; the top portion further defines a secondary serving well that is defined at least partially by a partitioning wall that extends between adjacent sides of the outermost peripheral wall of the main body; the top portion further defines a secondary serving wells that is defined by a partitioning wall that extends between two dividing walls and by an outermost peripheral wall of the main body; and/or each secondary serving well includes a volume that is less than half of the volume of each primary serving well.
- In another aspect of the invention, a serving platter includes a generally rectangular main body that is a single molded piece formed during a molding process. The main body includes a top portion defining a serving area and a bottom portion defining a substantially enclosed interior space. The top portion includes a plurality of dividing walls defining and separating a plurality of primary serving wells for receiving food items therein for presentation to a person for eating. The top portion also includes a plurality of secondary serving wells, each secondary serving well being defined by a partitioning wall that extends between adjacent sides of the outermost peripheral wall of the main body, wherein each secondary serving well has a volume that is less than half of the volume of each primary serving well. The top portion further defines a disposal opening configured to receive there through food waste for deposit into the substantially enclosed interior space.
- In further accordance with this aspect, the serving platter includes a shallow lid that is configured to be removably coupled to the main body such that the lid is positioned above and extends over the serving area to seat off the serving area. The lid defines a plurality of dividers, and each of the dividing walls of the top portion of the main body is generally aligned with and engaged by a respective divider of the lid, when the lid is removably coupled to the main body, such that two primary serving wells are seated off from one another by a dividing wall engaged with a divider.
- In a feature of this aspect, the also seats off the disposal opening when the lid is removably coupled to the main body, whereby the interior space of the bottom portion is completely enclosed. Alternatively, the lid includes an opening that corresponds to the disposal opening such that the lid does not seat off the disposal opening when the lid is removably coupled to the main body. In such alternative embodiment, a sauce container may be received and retained within the disposal opening when the lid is coupled to the main body for convenient transport of the serving platter and sauce container.
- In a third aspect of the invention, a serving platter includes a generally rectangular main body. The main body includes a top portion that defines a serving area comprising four equally dimensioned primary serving wells for receiving food items therein for presentation to a person for eating. The main body also includes a bottom portion that defines a substantially enclosed interior space. The bottom portion preferably defines the substantially enclosed interior space in conjunction with the top portion, and the top portion defines a disposal opening that is configured to receive there through food waste for deposit into the substantially enclosed interior space. Furthermore, the four primary serving wells are symmetrically arranged about the disposal opening of the serving area.
- In further accordance with this aspect, the top portion includes a plurality of dividing walls defining and separating the primary serving wells. The top portion and the bottom portion also are part of a single molded piece that is formed by a molding process. The serving platter further includes a shallow lid that is configured to be removably coupled to the main body such that the lid is positioned above and extends over the serving area and seats off the serving area. The lid defines a plurality of dividers, and each of the dividing walls of the top portion of thee main body is generally aligned with and engaged by a respective divider of the lid, when the lid is removably coupled to the main body, such that two wells are sealed off from one another by a dividing wall engaged with a divider. Additionally, the lid engages the top portion such that the lid seats off the disposal opening when the lid is removably coupled to the main body, whereby the interior space of the bottom portion is completely enclosed.
- Additional aspects of the invention include methods of making and using serving platters in accordance with the foregoing aspects.
- In addition to the aforementioned aspects and features of the present invention, it should be noted that the present invention further encompasses the various possible combinations of such aspects and features.
- One or more preferred embodiments of the present invention now will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a serving platter in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the serving platter ofFIG. 1 , wherein a lid thereof has been decoupled and separated from a main body of the serving platter, thereby uncovering a serving area. -
FIGS. 3-5 are various perspective views of the main body of the serving platter ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the main body of the serving platter ofFIG. 1 . - As a preliminary matter, it will readily be understood by one having ordinary skill in the relevant art (“Ordinary Artisan”) that the present invention has broad utility and application. Furthermore, any embodiment discussed and identified as being “preferred” is considered to be part of a best mode contemplated for carrying out the present invention. Other embodiments also may be discussed for additional illustrative purposes in providing a full and enabling disclosure of the present invention. Moreover, many embodiments, such as adaptations, variations, modifications, and equivalent arrangements, will be implicitly disclosed by the embodiments described herein and fall within the scope of the present invention.
- Accordingly, while the present invention is described herein in detail in relation to one or more embodiments, it is to be understood that this disclosure is illustrative and exemplary of the present invention, and is made merely for the purposes of providing a full and enabling disclosure of the present invention. The detailed disclosure herein of one or more embodiments is not intended, nor is to be construed, to limit the scope of patent protection afforded the present invention, which scope is to be defined by the claims and the equivalents thereof. It is not intended that the scope of patent protection afforded the present invention be defined by reading into any claim a limitation found herein that does not explicitly appear in the claim itself.
- Thus, for example, any sequence(s) and/or temporal order of steps of various processes or methods that are described herein are illustrative and not restrictive. Accordingly, it should be understood that, although steps of various processes or methods may be shown and described as being in a sequence or temporal order, the steps of any such processes or methods are not limited to being carried out in any particular sequence or order, absent an indication otherwise. Indeed, the steps in such processes or methods generally may be carried out in various different sequences and orders while still falling within the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that the scope of patent protection afforded the present invention is to be defined by the appended claims rather than the description set forth herein.
- Additionally, it is important to note that each term used herein refers to that which the Ordinary Artisan would understand such term to mean based on the contextual use of such term herein. To the extent that the meaning of a term used herein—as understood by the Ordinary Artisan based on the contextual use of such term—differs in any way from any particular dictionary definition of such term, it is intended that the meaning of the term as understood by the Ordinary Artisan should prevail.
- Furthermore, it is important to note that, as used herein, “a” and “an” each generally denotes “at least one,” but does not exclude a plurality unless the contextual use dictates otherwise. Thus, reference to “a picnic basket having an apple” describes “a picnic basket having at least one apple” as well as “a picnic basket having apples.” In contrast, reference to “a picnic basket having a single apple” describes “a picnic basket having only one apple.”
- When used herein to join a list of items, “or” denotes “at least one of the items,” but does not exclude a plurality of items of the list. Thus, reference to “a picnic basket having cheese or crackers” describes “a picnic basket having cheese without crackers”, “a picnic basket having crackers without cheese”, and “a picnic basket having both cheese and crackers.” Finally, when used herein to join a list of items, “and” denotes “all of the items of the list.” Thus, reference to “a picnic basket having cheese and crackers” describes “a picnic basket having cheese, wherein the picnic basket further has crackers,” as well as describes “a picnic basket having crackers, wherein the picnic basket further has cheese.”
- Referring now to the drawings, one or more preferred embodiments of the present invention are next described. The following description of one or more preferred embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its applications, or uses.
- Turning now to the drawings, a serving
platter 10 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown inFIGS. 1 andFIG. 2 . InFIG. 1 , ashallow lid 12 andmain body 14 of the serving platter are removably coupled together. In contrast, thelid 12 is shown decoupled and separated from themain body 14 inFIG. 2 , thereby uncovering a servingarea 16 of the serving platter. Thelid 12 is removably coupled to themain body 14 in a frictional fit such that thelid 12 is positioned above and extends over the servingarea 16 and seats off the servingarea 16. Food items disposed on the servingplatter 10 are thereby covered and protected from the environment and from being spitted during transport and/or storage of the servingplatter 10. Although not illustrated, the frictional fit may be enhanced by grooves, recesses, indentations, ridges and the like. Moreover, aseparation tab 44 further is incorporated on thelid 12 to aid in uncovering themain body 14 of the servingplatter 10. - In at least one preferred commercial embodiment, the
lid 12 is at least partially fabricated of a translucent or transparent material so that food items carried on the servingplatter 10 may be at least partially viewed through the lid during transport. Alternatively, thelid 12 is neither translucent nor transparent. - The
main body 14 of the serving platter additionally is shown from different perspective views inFIGS. 3-5 .FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of themain body 14 of the serving platter. - The
main body 14 is generally rectangular and preferably comprises of atop portion 18 and abottom portion 20 that together constitute a single molded piece. Thetop portion 18 defines the servingarea 16, which includes a plurality ofprimary serving wells 22 for receiving food items therein for presentation to a person for eating. Thebottom portion 20 defines a substantially enclosedinterior space 24. - The
top portion 18 includes a generallycircular rim 26 that defines a disposal opening configured to receive there through food waste for deposit into the substantially enclosedinterior space 24. The generallycircular rim 26 defining the disposal opening is centrally located relative to the servingarea 16. - The
top portion 18 includes a plurality of dividingwalls 28 defining and separating theprimary serving wells 22 such that each primary serving well 22 shares a dividingwall 28 in common with another primary serving well 22. Each dividingwall 28 extends from the circular opening generally linearly away from the circular opening to an outermostperipheral wall 30 of themain body 14. - A plurality of
partitioning walls 32 defines a plurality ofsecondary serving wells 34. Each secondary serving well 34 is defined by apartitioning wall 32 that extends between adjacent sides of the outermostperipheral wall 30 of themain body 14, whereby each secondary serving well 34 is located at a corner of the servingplatter 10. Each secondary serving well 34 preferably is smaller than each primary serving well 22, and each secondary serving well 34 may include a volume that is less than half of the volume of each primary serving well 22. - Each of the dividing
walls 28 is engaged by thelid 12 such that two servingwells 22 are isolated from one another by a dividingwall 28 engaged with thelid 12. In particular, thelid 12 defines a plurality ofdividers 36, each of the dividingwalls 28 of themain body 14 is generally aligned with arespective divider 36 when thelid 12 is removably coupled to themain body 14, and each dividingwall 28 is engaged by the correspondingdivider 36 such that twoprimary serving wells 22 are isolated from one another by theircommon dividing wall 28 and thelid 12. Eachdivider 36 preferably comprises a channel or recess defined by thelid 12, and each dividingwall 28 is engaged by being frictionally received by a divider 36 (i.e., within a recess or channel defined by the lid 12). - Moreover, the
lid 12 preferably defines a plurality ofadditional dividers 38 for which each of thepartitioning walls 32 is generally aligned when thelid 12 is removably coupled to themain body 14. In this respect, each partitioningwall 32 is engaged by the correspondingdivider 38 such that a primary serving well 22 and a secondary serving well 34 are isolated from one another by thepartitioning wall 32 and thecorresponding divider 38 with which thepartitioning wall 32 is engaged. Eachdivider 38 that engages apartitioning wall 32 also comprises a channel or recess defined by thelid 12, and eachpartitioning wall 32 is engaged by being frictionally received within such recess or channel. - The serving
platter 10 as shown consists of four equally dimensionedprimary serving wells 22 that are symmetrically arranged about the disposal opening of the servingarea 16. Furthermore, each primary serving well 22 has a bottom defining a food support surface, and the food support surface is generally planar and is configured to be generally horizontal in orientation when the servingplatter 10 is placed on a generally horizontal surface, such as a tabletop or countertop. - The
lid 12 also includes a generallycircular divider 40 which engages therim 26 of the top portion when thelid 12 is removably coupled to themain body 14, whereby the disposal opening is seated off from theprimary serving wells 22 as well as from the exterior of the servingplatter 10 by thelid 12. - The serving
platter 10 may be used to serve, store, and transport food items, particularly appetizer-type food items that create their own waste, naturally or otherwise. An example of such a food item is chicken wings. Additional food items may include tail-on shrimp, ribs, or food items for which toothpicks are to be utilized as an assembly toot or utensil, such as meatballs. It is contemplated that differentprimary serving wells 22 may hold differing kinds of food items, e.g., twowells 22 may hold chicken wings, one well 22 may hold celery, and another well 22 may hold carrots. It is also contemplated thatdifferent wells 22 may hold similar food items that have been prepared differently or prepared with different kinds of sauces, e.g., one well 22 may hold chicken wings prepared with mild sauce, one well 22 may hold chicken wings prepared with medium sauce, one well 22 may hold chicken wings prepared with hot sauce, and another well 22 may hold chicken wings prepared with no sauce. In any event, it is preferred that each primary serving well 22 be capable of receiving therein a plurality of a particular food item, such as ten chicken wings, in such a way as to prevent food in one primary serving well 22 from inadvertently spilling over and coming into contact with food in another primary serving well 22 as well as in a secondary serving well 34. - The
secondary wells 34 preferably hold sauces or dips that go with the food items contained within the respectiveprimary serving wells 22. Alternatively, thesecondary serving wells 34 may also hold similar food items as theprimary serving wells 22, but just in less quantity. - Each of the
primary serving wells 22 is approximately as deep as the height of the outermostperipheral wall 30, and the well-dividingwalls 28 are approximately the same height as the outermostperipheral wall 30. In at least some embodiments, the top of an innermostconical wall 42 that includes therim 26 defining the disposal opening is commensurate with the top of the dividingwalls 28 and with the top of the outermostperipheral wall 30. In other embodiments, the top of the dividingwalls 28 is commensurate with the top of the outermostperipheral wall 30 of the servingplatter 10, but the top of the innermostconical wall 42 extends slightly above the top of the dividingwalls 28 and the top of the outermostperipheral wall 30. - Because the dividing
walls 28, partitioningwalls 32, and innermost conical wall 42 (i.e., rim 26) each engages thelid 12, thelid 12 provides a stabilizing structure for the servingplatter 10 when thelid 12 is removably coupled to themain body 14. Moreover, it is believed that slight extension of the innermostconical wall 42 above the outermostperipheral wall 30 and the top of the dividingwalls 28 andpartitioning walls 32 increases the stability that is provided when thelid 12 is removably coupled to themain body 14. - In use, the serving
area 16 of the servingplatter 10 is loaded with the desired food items, e.g., chicken wings, typically in a kitchen or other food preparation area of a restaurant or the like, by placing the food items in theprimary serving wells 22 thereof. Thelid 12 is then secured to themain body 14 of the servingplatter 10 so that the servingplatter 10 may be transported to the dining area, which may be a table in a restaurant, a consumer's own kitchen at home, or any other location at which food may be consumed. Because at least a portion of thereceptacle platter 10 is preferably translucent or transparent, a server or customer-as the case may be-will be able to see the food items carried on the servingplatter 10 during transport. This may be particularly advantageous in the food service industry for the situation wherein users are take-out customers. The customer will be able to view his order to make sure that it is accurate without having to remove thelid 12 and expose the servingarea 16. - At the dining area, the serving
platter 10 may be prepared for use simply by removing thelid 12 from themain body 14 by a waitperson, a diner, or the like. Then, as a piece of food is eaten, any food waste created by the food item, e.g., chicken wing bones, may be discarded by dropping the waste through the disposal opening for receipt into the substantially enclosedinterior space 24. - In the chicken wing example, this allows a user to eat chicken wings located on the serving
platter 10 and easily and neatly discard the bones through the disposal opening of the servingplatter 10. The bones are collected in the substantially enclosedinterior space 24 of the servingplatter 10. As such, the bones are neatly contained within the servingplatter 10 while the chicken wings are being eaten. When a user has finished eating the chicken wings, he is left with an eating area free of unsightly, messy bones. Further, the bones may be easily removed from the area by removing the entire servingplatter 10. - The bones may be disposed of in a waste receptacle by simply throwing the serving
platter 10 away. In this scenario, the servingplatter 10 is made from an inexpensive plastic similar to other disposable food containers. Indeed, if the servingplatter 10 itself is to be disposable and, thus, intended only for single use, then the servingplatter 10 may be fabricated from a variety of thermoplastic materials. Examples include polypropylene, polystyrene and polyethylene terephthatate (PET). They are preferably fabricated of vacuum formed polypropylene. Vacuum forming lends itself to forming relatively flexible components, and the components are well suited to being disposed of after a single use or limited number of uses. Alternatively, the servingplatter 10 may be manufactured in a pulp molding process or in some other inexpensive manufacturing process. Pulp molding products are well known and include audio speaker cones and egg cartons. Pulp molding further enables low cost, three-dimensional branding as a result of the ability to selectively raise portions of the surface during the pulp molding. - A disposable serving
platter 10 may be preferred for take-out customers of the food service industry. With the servingplatter 10 of the present invention, a customer is able to order a food item that is typically served in a restaurant on a serving platter and is able to eat the particular food item as he would eat it in the restaurant, i.e., on a serving platter. In addition, the customer is able to enjoy the benefit of discarding waste into the enclosed interior space of the servingplatter 10 and then dispose of the entire servingplatter 10 after use. - It is also contemplated that a serving
platter 10 may be comprised of a more durable material and therefore may be particularly suitable for repeated use. In a more durable embodiment, the servingplatter 10 is preferably relatively more long lasting and rigid and are formed in one or more molding processes. The molding processes may include injection molding, rotational molding, and/or blow molding. In this embodiment, it is further preferred that the serving platter is injection molded polypropylene. Moreover, the upper portion and bottom portion of the main body preferably are removably coupled together, whereby food waste received within the substantially enclosed space readily may be dumped from the bottom portion of the main body and the top and bottom portions may be washed for later re-use. The more durable, rigid servingplatter 10, because of the sturdy construction, may be used multiple times with washings between uses. As such, this embodiment may be preferred for commercial food service establishments, such as restaurants, to be used by dine-in customers. - Based on the foregoing description, it will be readily understood by those persons skilled in the art that the present invention is susceptible of broad utility and application. Many embodiments and adaptations of the present invention other than those specifically described herein, as well as many variations, modifications, and equivalent arrangements, will be apparent from or reasonably suggested by the present invention and the foregoing descriptions thereof, without departing from the substance or scope of the present invention. Accordingly, while the present invention has been described herein in detail in relation to one or more preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that this disclosure is only illustrative and exemplary of the present invention and is made merely for the purpose of providing a full and enabling disclosure of the invention. The foregoing disclosure is not intended to be construed to limit the present invention or otherwise exclude any such other embodiments, adaptations, variations, modifications or equivalent arrangements, the present invention being limited only by the claims appended hereto and the equivalents thereof.
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