Receptacles – Sidewall structure – Collapsible wall feature
Patent
1996-10-16
1999-11-09
Moy, Joseph M.
Receptacles
Sidewall structure
Collapsible wall feature
220671, 426137, 426139, 426134, B65D 306, A23G 926
Patent
active
059796952
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention, as expressed in the title of this specification, refers to an ice cream support container, which offers a way of holding ice cream, preferably of the cone type, during consumption, in such a way that the perimeter of the cone is completely covered.
The objectives are: a food product with the hands. from dripping on any part of the body, clothing, surrounding area or environment. transportation, conservation, protections against bumps, etc.), taking up very little space because the product is stackable.
As a complement of the main object of the invention, the possibility of adding a wafer which, with the help of the support, by way of ridges and grooves, will result in a better grip of the cone is offered.
The support and the wafer may present different options which will be described hereinafter.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A well known way to eat ice cream is in a cone, which is eaten right away, usually out on the street, holding the wafer of the cone with the hands. Obviously, this can become very uncomfortable for the consumer, since the melting ice cream starts dripping and can easily drip on the person handling or consuming it, or on the surroundings. All this presents a series of sanitary disadvantages, (hygiene, clealiness and comfort) in the whole process of serving and consuming the product.
Until now, no device or invention has been found to solve these problems satisfactorily.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve these objectives and avoid the drawbacks mentioned above, the invention consists of an ice cream support container. In the description of this object several parts can be distinguished: a near-conical body, slightly inclined with respect to the vertical, closed at the narrowest end--which will be called hereinafter the body or base--and connected at its widest part to a truncated cone mouth of larger diameter and less height than the previous body--hereinafter called the mouth or lip, the object described being made preferably of plastic material.
The ice cream cone to be eaten is placed in the central cavity of the cited near-conical body, so that the area of wider diameter or mouth catches the ice cream as it melts, thus achieving the above mentioned purposes and consequent advantages.
The ice cream support container presents the following options: it a lid that fits the perimetric ledge, so that the container can be used to keep or sell ice cream already prepared, such as that sold currently in carton containers. or grooves that, with the help of the cone or wafer, improve its grip. arranged lengthwide or crosswise, or breaking the container and extracting the rest of the ice cream cone left inside once most of the ice cream has been eater. orifice or tab can be placed to hold a spoon. a closed bottom. present a corrugated surface in part, for better grip. geometric variations.
A special option in this section would be that the container support could take the shape of a little cup for ice cream with a mouth or lip.
Also anticipated in the use of wafers with specific shapes that adapt to the structure of the container.
Consequently, the complementary wafer will be offered with the same shape or similar to that of the main support container, and will present comparable options, such as the above-mentioned grip system, the truncation of the body and the different geometric shape.
A specific option of the complementary wafer is its presentation without a mouth or lip and truncated on the bottom base.
The container of the invention can be used in ice cream shops as a complement to the ice cream, when the users acquire the product, enabling them to use the container to hold their ice cream cone or wafer.
On the other hand, the design offers support containers that incorporate systems for elevating the edible ice cream cone, facilitating in this way hygienic extraction, for consumption of the cone as well as the ice cream. These systems can be used for both the whole wafrer and the truncated cone.
Among the elevation system
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Benau Juan Garcia
Perez Rosa Maria Bolos
Trigueros Rocio Cabedo
Valls Arcadio Martinez
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