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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7591391 | Drinking vessel tray The Invention is a tray for serving a beverage in a nightclub or tavern. A tray body defines a reservoir adapted to contain a beverage. A reservoir aperture communicates through the tray body and is controlled by a valve. A dispensing opening is defined by the botto... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7428864 | Food server A server apparatus for food items which provides a deposit location for unwanted, discardable, or inedible portions of the food, or ancillary utensils such as tooth picks, and is convenient, sanitary and appealing for serving food. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7337943 | Disposable servingware containers with flange tabs Disposable containers include peripheral tabs which are useful for positioning and processing the containers and operate as separators. In a preferred embodiment, the tabs correspond to tabs on a paperboard blank where the tabs are useful for controlling the orienta... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7287660 | Two-compartment container A two-compartment container has a lid portion and a base portion hingedly connected to one another and openable and closable in the manner of a clamshell. Both the lid portion and the base portion have partitions, which extend from the hinge and which are aligned wi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7249686 | Food serving tray with draining compartments A hand-portable serving tray having a compartmented food carrier releasably engaged over a collector tray, the food carrier comprising a plurality of upstanding walls dividing a plurality of close-pack compartments. Within each compartment is at least one hole on a ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7225927 | Cup holder having frusto-conical cavities A cupholder for holding containers is provided with a number of container-holding cavities. Each of the container-holding cavities includes pairs of gripping flanges that extend inwardly toward centers of the cavities. The flanges include gripping points that extend... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7185763 | Cupholding lap tray A lap tray to securely hold finger food and a beverage cup on one's lap while parked in a vehicle or watching a spectacle either at home, at a movie theater, or in a stadium. The cup receptacle consists of a well positioned at the center of gravity of the tray. The ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165477 | System for installing chains on vehicle tires A drive-on system for installing a tire chain (i.e., snow chain) on a pneumatic tire mounted on a vehicle wheel. The system includes a U-shaped installation tool whose arms releasably engage fastening elements (hooks or links) at one end of each side chain, and a in... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7121422 | Disposable plate having improved ergonomics A disposable plate for carrying and serving food is disclosed. One particular aspect of the invention includes a plate with a substantially circular food-contact area with a substantially oval rim periphery. The rim is formed to make the plate easy to hold, with gro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7040500 | Container and scoop arrangement A container for housing granulated products is disclosed. The container has a box portion having a recessed base, a front wall, a back wall, and opposing side walls, a closure adapted to be releasably sealed on the box portion, and a circumferential channel in the b... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7000799 | Hand held service tray A hand held serving tray includes a slotted well for stemmed and regular glasses, and a hole adjacent for gripping the top surface with a thumb and supporting the bottom surface with finger loosely surrounding the well. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6988636 | Food tray with drawer A carrier especially for fast food comprising a tray section secured to the top edge of a frame section. The frame is made preferably of heavy paper to facilitate printing of advertisement thereon. The tray section is a a thermoplastic panel with depressions for rec... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6840395 | Package with integrated utensil A food product container includes a molded tray having at least one cell for holding a food product. A removable cover, such as lidding film, seals the cell in preparation for shipment. A utensil, such as a spoon or knife or the like, is integrally molded with the c... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6752288 | Expandable serving tray A serving tray is provided with multiple compartments, each compartment having distinct peripheral walls having a pair of bands of accordion, style pleats separated by a smooth section of wall running the entire perimeter of the walls. The bands of accordion style p... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6726049 | Covered dishware A covered food container or serving platter incorporates a cover stand as part of the structure of the container. The cover may be temporarily stored on the stand while the user obtains access to the container. In one embodiment a portion of the cover is received wi... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6702141 | One-handed refreshment center A refreshment center capable of holding a plate and a beverage container, formed of a rigid mold having first and second ends, a recessed portion sized to receive and hold a plate in the first end, and a hole and at least one L-shaped prong located in the... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6629607 | Pizza storage device A pizza storage device for keeping leftover pizza slices fresher for longer periods of time. The pizza storage device includes a triangular-shaped container having top, side, and bottom walls, and also having an opening in a side thereof; and also include... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6595366 | Food package whose lid has descending ribs to help hold food product and toppings in position Package for storing a food item, such as pizza. The package includes a bottom on which the foot item is supported and a lid that closingly engages the bottom. The lid includes a plurality of elements that project downward from the lid toward the bottom in... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6471084 | Food delivery tray with ribbed upper surface A food tray delivery system is provided having an upper surface, at least one food retention area, and a cover. The food retention area has a food retention area upper surface and a food retention area sidewall extending generally upwardly from the food r... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6440509 | Compartmented disposable plate with asymmetric rib geometry A three-compartment, disposable food serving plate includes three ribs in an asymmetric array angularly joined to the bottom and sidewall of the plate. The plate preferably includes a four radius, smooth profile from the bottom to the outer rim and is for... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6412653 | Plastic moulded container with detachable eating utensil The invention relates to a moulded plastic container which defines at least one receptacle for receiving a food material or the like, the container further including a utensil such as a spoon which is frangibly detachable from the container when the utens... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6367649 | Infant's feeding cup A feeding cup for infants has a main reservoir communicating through a channel to a feeding spout. Breast milk placed in the reservoir enters the spout via the channel when the cup is tilted or when the sidewalls of the reservoir are compressed to create ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6315126 | Tray Tray is engineered for receiving food, in particular on board aeroplanes, vehicles or other transport means, wherein the tray comprises a tray body, on which a first receiving surface for receiving food is formed, and a receiving part extending above the ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6305532 | Travel tray having adjustable drink holder A travel tray includes a flat support surface having a raised lip extending around its peripheral edge. A concave front wall is configured and dimensioned to accommodate the natural abdominal curvature of a user's torso. An aperture is formed in the suppo... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6129232 | Food and beverage tray A container designed for the easy transportation of a beverage and a meal or snack when closed, and for the convenient upright retention of the beverage when open. The container includes a beverage retention well positioned in the container's interior and... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6129235 | Party tray A party tray for holding refreshments comprises a panel with an axis, a periphery and a thumbhole through the panel adjacent to the panel periphery and substantially along the axis. The user's thumb of either hand is directed through the thumbhole toward ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6036020 | Dinner tray A dinner tray for safely carrying food, a number of cups and condiments includes a body having substantially flat top surface, a pair of sides, a pair of ends, and a surrounding annular lip. At least two octagonal shaped cup holding compartments having st... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5921423 | Stackable reusable food delivery tray for simultaneous serving of hot and cold food A food tray delivery system is provided having a carrying tray, preferably two food trays, and preferably two lids. The carrying tray has a base and a generally upwardly extending sidewall, with the base having an upper surface and a lower surface. The ca... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5915561 | Lap tray A lap tray having an elongated body portion to be supported across the upper legs of a seated person providing recessed areas for food and beverage containers and having downwardly extending vertical projections at the ends of the body portion to engage t... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5906292 | Latch for container A formed plastic container having a cover portion and a bottom portion, also includes a latch. The latch has a projection extending out from the cover, and a locking flap extending out from the bottom that flexes to meet and hold the projection. In one em... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5878908 | Supplemental feeding cup for infants A supplemental feeding cup 10 for infants wherein the feeding cup 10 comprises a main receptacle member 20 having an internal channel 27 formed in the front wall 25 of the receptacle member 20. The internal channel 27 is in open fluid communication with a... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5857583 | Food service container with beverage cup holding pocket and covered food compartment A food service container comprises a tray and a lid preferably composed of a leak-resistant, absorptive moldable material such as molded fiber. The tray has a first body portion and a first rim encompassing and projecting laterally outwardly from the firs... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5853105 | Container with stabilizing beads A container for food products which includes a large, smooth, continuously curved label area on a front wall, a large label area on a top cover, and a pair of stabilizing projections such as beads associated with the bottom edge of the front wall to stabi... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5769264 | Wine tasting pallet A pallet for holding food items and wine goblets in one hand is provided. The pallet has a body with a top surface for placing food items. At one end there is a post and at the other end a brace, both extending from the underside of the body. The brace re... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5697512 | Tray or plate assembly An improved tray which can be held and stabilized using one hand and forearm is disclosed. The surface of the tray is positioned away from the forearm so that hot foods can be provided on the tray surface without injury or discomfort to one using the tray... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5624051 | Container with handles and cover A container (10) includes a base portion (11) and a cover (12). The base portion (11) has a bottom surface (22) with opposed walls (23, 24, 25, 26) extending upwardly therefrom to form an open top to be closed by the cover (12). A handle (30) is formed on... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5607077 | Food beverage and accessories plate A hand-held, self-contained support plate for carrying or serving foods and beverages and for carrying accessories such as utensils, toothpicks, and napkins is disclosed. The plate includes a planar support surface into which are recessed a main compartme... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5598944 | Single hand use food tray The present invention is a food tray wherein a portion of the food tray is molded into a food bowl for holding the food. The food bowl includes a food bowl base, a food bowl wall extending away from the food bowl base, and a food bowl rim positioned on an... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5593062 | Social serving plate A plate for serving food at social gatherings where the guests may stand and eat at the same time, has a depression in its center, which on the upper surface of the plate can hold a cup, and on the lower surface may serve as a handle by which the plate ca... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5566852 | Carry out tray with fixed panel Trays for carrying out beverage cups having at least one cell to support upright at least one cup in each cell, each of said cells having one fixed side wall and one opposing pressure side wall, said pressure side wall being directed downwardly and inward... | 10/22/1996 |
