Nesting insulated egg server

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1998-09-24

2001-11-20

Garbe, Stephen P. (Department: 3727)

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Sectional

Container formed of only two similar sections

C206S505000, C206S519000, C206S520000, C211S014000, C220S004260

Reexamination Certificate

active

06318575

ABSTRACT:

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
Not Applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to an egg server, commonly referred to as an egg cup. In particular, the present invention relates to an improved egg server which may be nested with identical egg servers in a vertical stacking relation ship in upright orientations for storage, and with a single identical egg server in an inverted orientation to enclose an egg for insulating and heat retention.
Egg servers, commonly referred to as egg cups, are well known and are employed for serving eggs within the shell. Such eggs are typically hard or soft boiled. These servers commonly include an upwardly concave egg retaining portion to hold the egg, and often include a base to raise the egg retaining portion and provide stability.
While such egg servers are serviceable, they have drawbacks. First, the variation in egg sizes often result in the egg not being well supported within the egg cup. Second, they are cumbersome to store, requiring an amount of space which is typically not justified by their infrequent use. Second, while they hold a cooked egg, they do not aid in keeping the egg hot prior to serving. It is therefore desirable to provide an egg server which addresses these problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide an egg server which may accommodate a wide variety of egg sizes in a stable manner.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an egg server which reduces storage space requirements for a set of such servers.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an egg server which permits insulation of the egg prior to serving to maintain its temperature.
These and other objects are achieved by an egg server for cooked eggs in the shell. The server includes a bottom wall from which a sidewall extends, to form an interior which partially receives an egg. An inclined support face is formed within the interior to accommodate a wide variety of egg sizes, increasing the usefulness of the server. The lower outer face of the server may be of reduced size to nest within the interior of another of the egg servers, permitting multiple egg servers to be placed in a stacked position for storage. An upper rim of the sidewall may have a shape which mates with itself in an inverted position, permitting the upper rims of two egg servers to abut when the upper of the two egg servers rest upon the other egg server in an inverted relationship referred to as an insulating position. In this insulating position the two egg servers combine to encase an egg, retaining its heat prior to serving.


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