Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Combined
Patent
1998-10-30
1999-09-07
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Combined
99484, 206557, 206564, 220 238, 220 2383, 220575, A47J 2700, A47G 1900, A47G 2306, B65D 136
Patent
active
059470119
ABSTRACT:
A food plate for containing food and supporting a beverage container wherein the plate and beverage container are held together as a unit by one hand of a person. The food plate has a flat top surface and at least one depression formed therein for containing a food item. A first aperture formed in the plate is sized and shaped to allow passage of a beverage container partially therethrough and engage a mid portion of the beverage container such that the center of gravity of the container is even with or below the top surface of the plate and the lower portion of the container exterior is exposed on the underside of the plate. A second aperture formed in the plate adjacent to the first aperture is sized and shaped to receive the thumb of the person's hand from the underside of the plate. The person's hand is cupped around the exposed lower portion of the beverage container with the fingers gripping the exterior surface of the container, the plate is supported on the top of the cupped hand, and the tip of the thumb is selectively placed against the top surface of the plate or against the upper portion of the beverage container to securely hold the plate and the beverage container together as a single unit. In a preferred embodiment, the beverage container aperture is surrounded by circumferentially spaced tabs extending downwardly from the top surface and biased angularly inward in a radial direction to engage the side wall of the beverage container.
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Roddy Kenneth A.
Simone Timothy F.
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