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 Title: |
US5441164:
Combination food and beverage plate
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Beck, Heinz; Lake Forest, CA 92630
Beck, Michael D.; Tucson, AZ 85715
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1995-08-15
/ 1994-03-18
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| Application Number: |
US1994000214434
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47G 19/06;
Core:
A47G 19/00;
IPC-7:
B65D 25/30;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47G19/06;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
220/575;
220/574;
220/737;
220/771;
Original:
220/575;
220/574;
220/771;
220/737;
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| Field of Search: |
220/575,574,755,771,737,738,755
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| Priority Number: |
| 1994-03-18 |
US1994000214434 |
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| Abstract: |
A combination food and beverage plate has a generally circular bottom section with an upper surface and a lower surface. A generally cylindrically shaped side wall is contiguous with and extends upwardly from the perimeter of the upper surface of the bottom section. A generally cylindrically shaped support cylinder is contiguous with and extends upwardly from the upper surface of the bottom section. The support cylinder includes an opening at its upper extent. A plurality of planar, generally rectangular shaped food dividers are contiguous with and extend upwardly from the upper surface of the bottom section. Each divider has an inner edge and an outer edge, with the inner edge abutting the center support cylinder and extending radially outwardly therefrom. The outer edge of the divider abuts the side wall.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Moy, Joseph Man-Fu;
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| Claim |
What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:
1. A new and improved combination food and beverage plate comprising, in combination:
- a planar bottom section with an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a generally cylindrically shaped side wall contiguous with and extending upward from the perimeter of the upper surface of the bottom section, the side wall being angled upward and outward with respect to the plane of the plate at about one hundred and ten degrees, the side wall also having a curved ledge at its upper extent extending a short distance further from the perimeter of the plate than the remainder of the side wall;
- a generally cylindrically shaped center support cylinder contiguous with and extending upward from the central portion of the upper surface of the bottom section, the center support cylinder having an opening at its upper extent and consisting of an inner cylindrical wall and an outer cylindrical wall which meet at their upper extents to form a circumferential groove in an inverted V-shape configuration, the circumferential groove being shaped to permit snug stacking of multiple plates, with both cylindrical walls measuring between about two and three inches in height, the inner cylindrical wall extending upward and outward from the central portion of the bottom section at about a one hundred degree angle with respect to the plane of the bottom section, with the outer cylindrical wall extending upward and toward the central portion of the bottom section at about an eighty degree angle with respect to the plane of the plate, with the cylindrical walls being separated by a short distance at their lower extent;
- a cup handle slot depending downwardly from the upper extent of the center support cylinder, the slot having a generally rectangular shape with an open end even with the upper perimeter of the center support cylinder the slot measuring about one-half the height of the cylinder and wide enough to provide clearance for a cup handle in the operative orientation;
- three planar, generally rectangular shaped food dividers contiguous with and extending upward from the upper surface of the bottom section, each food divider being positioned equidistantly from the others and comprised of two walls, with the lower extent of the food divider walls being located a short distance from each other, with the two walls being slanted toward each other and meeting at their upper extent to form a radial groove in an inverted V-shape configuration, the radial grooves being shaped to permit snug stacking of multiple plates, each divider having an inner edge and an outer edge, with the inner edge abutting the center support cylinder and extending radially outwardly therefrom, with the outer edge abutting the side wall, the area between the food dividers encompassing the entire surface area of the bottom section.
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