Patents by Inventor Romana Picchietti

Romana Picchietti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5871116
    Abstract: A food service and storage foodstuff holding container assembly formed of pair of matched open-faced upper and lower dishes and an interconnecting member having a perforate floor,the upper dish containing a foodstuff and the lower dish containing a liquid. The interconnecting member is frictionally seated within the lower dish. The upper dish is inverted and frictionally engaged with the interconnecting member to form the container assembly. Oppositely opening wells are carried along the periphery of the interconnecting member, a bead formation is within each well. The rim of the dishes seat within the wells while the interconnecting member is frictionally seated within the dishes, the bead formation tightly engaging the rims to supplement the frictional engagement of interconnecting member and the dishes, maintaining such engagement from unwanted disassembly. Once assembled, the container is inverted without separation of the dishes, even if shaken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Romana Picchietti