Title:
FOOD CARRIER AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004014148
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The food carrier (20) has a central vertical support panel (22) with a handle (34) and a pair of trays (30, 32) with beverage cup holders (48, 50) attached to the central support panel (22). A folded sidewall structure can be unfolded to start the formation of the trays, and a folded bottom panel or two-panel structure unfolds into the side-wall outline to stabilize the sidewall and hold the carrier (20) erect while it is resting on a flat surface thus to make unfolding and loading the carrier (20) quicker and easier. An auxiliary tray (70) can be slipped into the central vertical support (22) to hold solid foods, and both beverages and solid foods can be carried. Advantageously, the auxiliary tray can have substantially the same structure as the first carrier unit, except it has no beverage-receiving holes. It can be mounted to ride "piggyback" on the first carrier, or it can be used alone.
Inventors:
CUOMO ANGELO V (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/024482
Publication Date:
October 28, 2004
Filing Date:
August 06, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CUOMO ANGELO V (US)
International Classes:
B65D71/56; B65D71/62; B65D71/68; B65D71/72; (IPC1-7): B65D75/00; B65D75/00; B65D1/34
Foreign References:
| US5332091A | 1994-07-26 | |||
| US5624024A | 1997-04-29 | |||
| USD367409S | 1996-02-27 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1551724A4
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