Creative edible assembly kit
A kit comprising unassembled edible components, or tools, ingredients and a mold for making the edible components, for creating an individualized, or unique, entertaining food assembly. The kit comprises a processed comestible generally shaped to represent a body portion of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit, and an edible appendage, or a plurality of appendages, generally shaped to represent appendages of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit, for alternately detachably combining with the processed comestible for the assembly of one, or more, creative configurations, designed by the user. A plurality of malleable, or gummy appendages for the creation of whimsically shaped assembly configurations is also provided in an embodiment. A specialized kit is provided for the creative assembly having a preselected theme in another embodiment. A variety assembly kit is also provided in still another embodiment for the individual creation of an assortment of edible assemblies.
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/641,410 filed on Aug. 18, 2000, pending.
BACKGROUND—FIELD FO INVENTION Background—Description of Prior ArtMany ice cream pop sticks are made of wood, which has several drawbacks. They can cause a splinter in the mouth or on the tongue, especially if a child begins to chew on the stick, as young children tend to do if the ice cream pop stick is not taken away from them right away by a responsible person. A piece of wood is not natural to the mouth, like food is, nor does it have any protective value of being in the mouth, like a mouth guard for sports.
Wooden ice cream pop sticks can cause even more injury if a playing child should happen to fall with one in their hand or mouth. Many parents and ice cream trucks serve ice cream pops outside where any messes incurred do not take a toll on the furnishings. Outside, active children are more susceptible to running and playing while simultaneously enjoying their confection. If a child runs and falls with a wooden ice cream pop stick in their hand or mouth there can be disastrous results, possibly some which require major surgery, and the use of anesthesia. These injuries may involve the upper palate, sinus cavities, throat, eyes, and other areas. These unfortunate accidents can also happen inside, in close quarters.
Wooden ice cream pop sticks add to the cost of the ice cream pop but do not add to the flavor of the frozen confection in any way.
Currently, a person eating an ice cream pop has to eat around the wooden stick and hope that the rest of the ice cream does not fall off the stick. Young children are not adept at eating an ice cream pop without a considerable probability of the confection falling off the stick. Children are distraught when their confection accidently falls off the stick. A replacement by the child's care giver doubles the cost.
A frozen ice cream pop is a well loved treat of many people but it is usually eaten rather quickly because it is so good. But because it is eaten so quickly and melts so quickly in the mouth, children feel somewhat disappointed when it is gone. When a child finishes eating the frozen confection, they have the feeling that there should be more to the confection, and more fun associated with the confection.
Wooden ice cream pop sticks have to be cut and milled from trees. Then only after a very brief usage, and for such a small benefit, and possibly a dangerous one, they are immediately thrown away, only to be thrown into landfills. If the ice cream pop sticks do escape the landfills, they are incinerated, which contributes to air pollution. Even if this is a small amount (but possibly in large quantities), if it can be avoided and done so with an even more positive and enjoyable affect, it will be a smart addition to the natural resource conservation programs we already have, to help save resources and minimize waste for current and future generations.
As a frozen confection lover approaches the end of the ice cream pop, he or she has to actually lick the wooden stick to obtain the last bit of the confection. The taste and texture of the wood is a negative one for most people, putting a damper and an unhappy ending to an experience that should be nothing but a pleasure.
Plastic sticks depending upon how they are constructed may also cause injury to a small child. Plastic sticks add to the cost of the confection and do not add to the taste of the confection. Plastic sticks have to be manufactured, which uses fuel, and generally non-biodegradable materials that are only used for a very short time and discarded. These too end up in landfills, add to air pollution, or need extra fuel to decompose or recycle them.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,399,153 (1983) to Tezuka et al. discloses an ice cream pop stick made of chewing gum, but chewing gum is not edible and chewing gum is a bad habit to promote in children.
Design patent 339,218 (1993) to Welsh et al. shows the design of an edible spoon. A second design patent, D338,993 (1993) to Lilly, also shows the design of an edible spoon. However these spoons do not solve the above problems with ice pops.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,980,456 (1999) to Falcone discloses an edible tongue depressor and method of use. Falcone states that he contemplates an edible support stick for frozen desserts.
Falcone's support stick does not bend and is not malleable. His support stick does not contain layers of different ingredients or composite ingredients, to provide a durable support with maximum flavor and taste, or provide a long lasting second dessert with an already familiar taste for the consumer. His stick does not provide for a moisture-proof barrier to allow healthy cookie, granola, pretzel sticks or other porous ingredients to be used as supports. Falcone's stick is thin and prone to breakage. The stick has flat ends and does not adapt to different configurations or orientations. Falcone's support stick is not freestanding and cannot stand alone on a flat surface or provide working confections that rock, roll, hang, spin, twist, whistle, is invertible or wearable for a child. His edible support does not support non-frozen confections or provide an edible confection kit or soft edible supports for very young children. Falcone does not have disposable manufacturing molds for efficient and cost effective manufacture of edible supports.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGESAccordingly, several objects and advantages of the present invention are:
(a) to provide an improved ice cream pop stick;
(b) to provide an ice cream pop stick that will not cause wooden splinters in the mouth or on the tongue of any person who's intent is to eat and enjoy a frozen hand-held or supported confection;
(c) to provide a safer ice cream pop support that will greatly minimize or eliminate injury to a child or person if they accidently fall with an ice cream pop stick in their hand or mouth, who may otherwise have sustained an injury;
(d) to provide an ice cream pop support that adds to the taste of the frozen confection, is totally edible and is not a needless waste of money;
(e) to provide an ice cream pop support that may be eaten without losing a portion of the ice cream pop due to the fact that ordinarily one has to eat around an inedible stick;
(f) to provide a new supported frozen confection that is a double confection that will provide the answer to the feeling that there should be more to the confection;
(g) to provide an ice cream pop stick which does less damage to the environment by not requiring wood from trees, less waste in the landfills and less pollution in the air; and
(h) to provide a hand-held frozen confection that is as delicious at the end of the confection as it is in the beginning.
Other objects are:
(i) to provide new, edible supports, where non-edible supports are replaced by edible supports, which can be totally eaten and doubly enjoyed;
(i) to provide an ice cream pop stick that does not melt within the frozen confection;
(k) to provide a better tasting comestible by adding numerous flavor combinations of the edible support to the flavors in the comestible;
(l) to provide a frozen confection where the frozen stick holds the cold more efficiently. keeping the ice cream colder, resulting in less dripping, while it is being eaten;
(m) to provide a way to keep fingers and clothing from getting messy or cold and still have a totally edible frozen confection;
(n) to design for easier consumption of the confection, since the user can eat the stick right along with the confection and not have to worry about “eating around the stick,” where the confection may fall off;
(o) to provide for those who may be allergic to chocolate and other ingredients or would like a reduced fat confection but still would like a totally edible supported confection;
(p) to delight children with whimsical confections and complimentary, efficient, edible sticks or supports in any design, shape, or orientation, which adds to their enjoyment of an edible confection;
(q) to provide safe, soft, edible supports that can be different shapes and sizes to accommodate the smallness of children's fingers and their unconventional methods of eating hand-held frozen confections;
(r) to provide edible supports to non-frozen comestibles;
(s) to make inexpensive supported comestibles using cookies, candies, pretzels, bread sticks and the like; and
(t) to provide an edible supported confection in small servings for those that want a little something sweet but not a lot of calories.
(u) to support comestibles with candy bars, cookie bars and the like, so people can purchase a confection with a familiar, consistent taste.
Still further objects are:
(v) to provide a kit for children to create a nutritious and fun snack, or festive party favor;
(w) to provide new supported comestibles such as edible supported cupcakes, brownies, marshmallow treats, cookies, lollipops and the like;
(x) to design totally edible functional confections that stand, hang, rock, roll, whistle, that are invertible, malleable, or that are wearable; and
(y) to provide a new edible skewer for appetizers and the like.
REFERENCE NUMERALS IN DRAWINGS
- 60 edible homogenous support
- 62 edible rectangular composite support
- 62A edible cylindrical composite support
- 64 edible free form support
- 66 void
- 68 gripping edible support
- 70 edible malleable support (licorice, etc.)
- 72 edible tapered support
- 74 edible operational support
- 76 edible wafer mess guard
- 78 edible crumb mess guard
- 80 edible drip guard
- 82 sandwich cookies
- 82A chocolate-chip sandwich cookies
- 84 frozen confection
- 84A multi-flavored frozen confection
- 84B frozen ice confection
- 86 edible moisture-proof barrier/sealant/coating
- 88 caramel
- 90 nougat
- 92 marshmallow
- 94 nuts, rice, etc.
- 96 dense cookie support
- 97 dense pretzel, bread stick, support
- 98 edible freestanding support
- 100 additional fun ingredient (thick chocolate, fudge, chocolate or rainbow chips, candy, toy shaped candy, gum, etc.)
- 102 non-frozen confection
- 104 push pop casing
- 106 finger
- 108 lollipop
- 110 inedible mess guard
- 112 packaging
- 112A tab on packaging
- 113 sandwich filling
- 114 stop guide
- 116 pretzel
- 118 stick aligning device
- 120 disposable mold
- 122 hors d'oeuvres
In accordance with the present invention, I provide a totally edible, utilitarian, support for a comestible or food item, to replace, the present day, non-edible supports. It is a totally new and superior change to provide confections on edible sticks and supports, rather than on non-edible wooden or plastic sticks. A frozen ice cream pop may now be eaten, stick and all. Edible supports are used to support non-frozen comestibles as well as frozen ones. As a result, new confections have been created, such as cupcakes on supports and edible skewers made of dense pretzels, bread sticks, homogenous comestibles, (or other ingredients) for hors d'oeuvres. An innumerable amount of flavor choices may be combined, now that the support may have flavors of its own and be eaten as well. Edible supports are extremely versatile and may be made of a great many inexpensive ingredients. Kits containing all the ingredients and molds needed, provide fun for parties or after school treats. According to my invention, edible supports may be made of almost any comestible, in any flavor, shape, size or dimension.
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FIG. 1 —Edible Rectangular Supports for Frozen Comestibles with Protective, Edible Mess Guards and Moisture-Proof Barriers/Coatings
The following illustrations are not to scale and are provided for the fundamental understanding of the disclosed invention along with its description. The features illustrated in the drawings may be combined for different applications, or other methods may be used. Moisture-proof barriers/coatings/sealants 86, mess guards 76, 78 and drip guards 80, may be used anywhere when needed.
The chocolate coating (or other moisture-proof ingredient) of support 62 serves as a moisture-proof barrier/coating/sealant 86 between confection 84 and the other ingredients inside of support 62. If support 62 has a cookie, granola, or pretzel (or other absorbing or porous ingredient) in it, barrier 86 insulates the cookie, etc., from the moisture found in confection 84 and keeps the cookie crisp and strong so it may be used as a strong and nutritious support. Barrier or coating 86 is made of milk chocolate, semisweet chocolate, white chocolate, flavored chocolate, a dried yogurt coating, suitable shortening or oils, a fudge in any flavor, such as white fudge, chocolate fudge, peanut butter fudge or maple fudge or any other moisture sealing ingredient.
Some confections, such as a candy canes or swizzle sticks, when inserted in a liquid-type confection, (such as ice cream) melt and will not adhere to frozen confection 84 because the moisture in the ice cream melts the outer layer of the candy cane or swizzle stick. Ice cream or other liquid-type frozen confections adhere nicely to chocolate (or other) barrier 86. Barrier 86 adheres to candy canes and swizzle sticks. Providing barrier 86 to these kinds of confections keeps the support from melting when that portion of it is inserted into confection 84 and provides adherence of frozen confection 84 to melting-type supports. Barrier 86, on the inserted portion of support 62, (or any edible support) provides a very secure, long lasting hold on confection 84, so that support 62 does not slip or slide within confection 84. Barrier 86 often makes the successful combination of support 62 (or other supports) and confection 84 possible. Barrier 86 is also used as a coating or dip for the outside of confection 84,(
Support 62 has a protective edible mess guard 76 on its lower portion. Protective mess guard 76 is pictured as a thin sheet of cookie wafer that is wrapped around a predetermined portion of support 62 but is adaptable for any thickness, ingredient or place. Mess guard 76 are placed as strips, geometric segments, or other shapes or methods. They cover all of the exposed portion of support 62 or just a portion of it, as needed. Mess guard 76 provides a physical barrier and effectively keeps the fingers from melting the ingredients when the user's warm fingers come in contact with the chocolate or other coating, during consumption of the confection. Mess guard 76 is especially beneficial if support 62 is held tightly, as by a child, or for a long period of time.
Preferably, support 62 is an elongated and slenderized, multi-ingredient, candy bar (made to a suitable size and shape to support the confection) such as those found at the check-out counter of a grocery store.
One such candy bar has the ingredients of a whipped chocolate nougat center that is then coated with a thick chocolate coating (barrier 86), sold under the trademark Three Musketeers by Mars, Incorporated of Hackettstown, N.J. Another suitable candy bar that contains the ingredients of a whipped chocolate nougat center 90, topped with a thick layer of caramel 88, which is then totally dipped in a thick chocolate coating 86 (
Other candy bars that are also suitable as edible supports for confection 84, such as the one sold under the trademark, Butterfinger, by Nestle Incorporated, of Glendale, Calif., has the ingredients of ground roasted peanuts, dipped in a thick chocolate coating (and other ingredients) and one sold under the trademark Snickers, also by Nestle, has peanuts, caramel and a chocolate coating. Another candy bar sold under the trademark 100 Grand, also by Nestle, has the ingredients of chewy caramel, milk chocolate and crispy crunchies (
A chocolate covered and slenderized granola bar or cereal bar also is an efficient support 62. One such granola bar is sold under the trademark Kudos by Mars, Incorporated, of Hacketstown, N.J. This granola bar when shaped, frozen and inserted into softened ice cream or frozen yogurt and placed in the freezer provides a totally edible, supported, and nutritious frozen confection.
Popular fudge cookies sold under the trademark Fudge Shoppe Fudge Sticks and Fudge Shoppe Peanut Butter Fudge Sticks, by The Keebler Corporation of Elmhurst, Ill., have multi-layered wafered cookie ingredients, may be dipped in a thick fudge coating, and easily used to support a small confection 84 or confection 102 for a child or small portion.
A chocolate covered fudge candy, sold under the trademark Riesen Candies and made in Germany, by Storck USA of Chicago, Ill. is adaptable to support confection 84 if elongated and frozen. A candy bar sold under the trademark Cadbury Caramello of Hershey Foods Corporation, of Hershey, Pa. if unsegmented, supports confection 84. Another candy bar sold under the trademark Heath Bar also by Hershey Foods, serves well as support 62.
Additional fun ingredients 100 (
Support 62 (and the other supports) retain the cold much longer than a regular wooden or plastic stick. Since support 62 is deeply frozen and is partially situated inside confection 84, it acts to keep confection 84 colder from the inside for a longer period of time. This prevents confection 84 from melting and dripping as quickly as with a prior-art stick. Because support 84 is frozen, confection 84 does not have to be eaten in such a rush and the confection may be enjoyed for a longer period of time. This is most advantageous for small children.
When eating the ice cream pop, the user may prefer to eat frozen confection 84 first and save stick 62 for a second dessert. As an alternative method, the user has the option to eat confection 84 until the user reaches the inserted portion of support 62. The user may then eat support 62 simultaneously with confection 84 until confection 84 is finished. The user then still has a second dessert to eat, which is the remainder of support 62. The user may try eating the edible support ice pop different ways on different occasions.
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FIG. 2 —Edible Cylindrical Support for Frozen Comestibles with Protective, Edible Mess guards and Moisture-Proof Barrier/Sealants/Coatings
The different ingredients within stick 62A may be arranged concentrically as in
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FIG. 3 —Edible Homogenous Support for Frozen Comestibles
Confection 84A is supported by a homogenous edible support 60. Support 60 has a homogeneous composition. It may have several ingredients but the ingredients are homogenized rather than layered (or slightly mixed—i.e. a granola bar), as seen in support 62 in
One suitable stick-like homogenous support 60 is sold under the trademark Lik-m-aid manufactured by Sunmark, Inc. of St. Louis, Mo. Such a stick has been used to gather flavored sugar from an adjacent pouch when the stick is moistened. Edible support sticks containing the ingredients of Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, and Magnesium Stearate, and flavoring, may be directly used to support comestible 84, 84A, 84B (and others). Elongating this support is preferable. These sticks work extremely well as support sticks and do not need mess guards 76, 78. Different colors, flavors, textures and shapes of support 60 can be used, such as layers of rainbow colors from front to back or up and down. This kind of support can also be constructed in a speciality mold to depict an animated character or item which is viewable in either in the surface area that is inside confection 84, in the outside area of support 60, or both if desired, so that the figure's identity is totally disclosed only after confection 84 is consumed. Support 60 can be made in the shape of a whistle capable of making a whistle sound, and thus can be used both as support 60 and as a toy. Other shapes that naturally supply more fortification or support to confection 84A, etc. are also used.
Other supports include other candies which have mixed ingredients and can be moisture sealed, like swizzle sticks, candy canes, thick chunks of chocolate and marshmallow. Sealing marshmallow is optional. The upper part of support 60 may be dipped in barrier 86 where it comes in contact with confection 84A if desired, which provides an even longer shelf (freezer) life in the stores. Barrier 86, including a dried yogurt coating, peanut butter fudge, chocolate, semi-sweet, and white chocolate, etc., provide solid, moisture-proof support, for a very long shelf life. A thick block of chocolate, such as the one sold under the trademark Chunky by Nestle Incorporated, when reshaped, is adaptable to support another comestible. A thick mess guard 76 is easily embedded in or placed on (around, etc) its lower portion, front and back, to prevent melting by warm fingers.
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FIG. 4 —Edible Twin Homogenous Supports for Frozen Comestibles
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FIG. 5 —Free Form Edible Support for Frozen Comestibles
FIGS. 1-6—Manufacture and Use of Edible Composite Supports for Frozen Comestibles
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Frozen confection 84 can be poured or pressed into a mold, designed for a particular frozen confection. Support 62, support 60, or any edible stick, with or without mess guards, are inserted into confection 84 or into the mold before confection 84 is poured.
Support 62 (or any edible stick) can be pre-frozen and then inserted into frozen confection 84 or it can be at room temperature and inserted into slightly softened confection 84, for freezing along with confection 84, during manufacture. After confection 84 is frozen, the ice cream pop is removed from the mold and dipped in coating 86, or nuts, chopped candy, crisped rice, cookie crumbs 94, or any coating if desired, and packaged.
Composite supports 62 can be manufactured with ingredients that sustain more stress against breakage, such as caramel. Ingredients can run in any direction (or a combination of directions), such as diagonally within composite stick 62 to inhibit the horizontal breaking of composite support 62. Specific combinations and multi-layers of ingredients can also make the supports stronger. Different ingredients running concentrically, parallel or maneuvered within the stick, such as twisted within support 62 (or other supports) make the stick stronger and less prone to breakage. The monitoring of the amounts of moisture, shortening, sugar, air and air bubbles, etc. can create stronger supports.
Protective packaging, shipping and handling can also ensure intact products. Edible mess guards can be added in ways to strengthen and prevent damage to the edible supports, such as wrapping edible mess guards 76 around the edible supports or placing them on all sides of the edible supports.
Almost any ingredients or comestibles can be used as edible supports for other comestibles, if they are prepared in a manner to do so, such as providing density, a proper shape and thickness relative to the ingredients strength, and barriers 76, where needed. Edible supported confections can be made in extra large sizes for extra enjoyment.
A list of some suitable supports, are as follows:
- composite candy bar with caramel, whipped chocolate nougat which is dipped in chocolate
- composite candy bar with an elongated cookie stick, with caramel on top of the caramel, which is then dipped in chocolate
- candy bar of chocolate nougat dipped in chocolate
- composite candy bar with chocolate, nuts and nougat inside
- chocolate covered dense marshmallow candy bar, plain, chocolate, -cherry or strawberry marshmallow (any flavors), twisted flavors or colors of marshmallow, marshmallow covered with sugar crystals,
- chocolate covered coconut candy
- chocolate covered fudge candy
- chocolate covered mint candy or mint cookie
- chocolate covered peanut butter candy bar
- chocolate covered caramel stick
- chocolate covered mint candy stick
- chocolate or white fudge covered graham, ginger, mint, etc., cookies
- yogurt, fudge, white chocolate, or chocolate covered cookies, pretzels, cheese (or other) crackers, bread sticks, and potato sticks, of any kind
- yogurt, fudge, white chocolate, or chocolate covered granola bar
- granola bars, whole grains, cereal bars, and other ingredients specially made for watching weight
- licorice stick, (pliable, or non-pliable), for use as a stick or a necklace or bracelet, any flavor
Support 60 can be made in a clear or translucent color. White granulated sugar when dissolved turns from a white color to a clear color. Dissolved sugar may be poured into a mold in the shape of an edible ice pop stick. When it hardens, in a clear color, it may then be coated with a clear, vegetable oil based, (or other) barrier 86, and used to support confection 84. Support 60 also is also adaptable to be made in a edible stick of crystalized sugar, such as the confection sold under the trademark Rock Candy. Other colors can be added to give a beautified, translucent or opaque, gem-like appearance to the edible support. The inserted end of this support may be coated with barrier 86.
Edible mess guards 76 are seen in
Sanitary packaging, such as boxes,(
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FIG. 8 —Description of Traditional Ice Pop with U Shaped Malleable Support
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FIG. 9 —Description of Traditional Ice Pop with U Shaped Malleable Support
FIGS. 7-9—Manufacture and Use of Edible, Malleable Supports
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FIG. 10 —Description of Malleable Horizontally Supported Comestibles
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FIG. 11 —Description of Horizontal Frozen Confection with Cylindrical Support
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FIG. 12 —Barbell-Shaped Frozen Confection
- FIGS. 13A-D—Description of Edible Tapered Supports for Frozen Comestibles
FIGS. 13A-C illustrate a tapered support 72 that can be either support 62 or support 60. A tapered shape permits an effective holding surface, depending upon the confection used.
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FIG. 13D —Description of a Support Alignment Device
Void 66 of device 118 may have fewer or more sides than four and may be lengthened to include alignment for a series of ice cream pops that are manufactured simultaneously or a series of supports in a single confection. Device 118 may also have different sizes, shapes, colors, methods of aligning, etc. An edible protective drip guard 80 may be used as an edible alignment device.
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FIG. 14 —Description and Operation of a Confection with a Moveable Sleeve
- FIGS. 15A-D—Description of Edible Tapered Support with Protective Edible Drip Guards and Mess Guards
- FIGS. 15A-15D—Manufacture and Use of Edible Tapered Support with Protective Edible Drip Guards and Mess Guards
An edible drip guard 80 is supplied in
FIGS. 16-19—Description of Edible Animated Supported Comestibles
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FIG. 16D —Description of a Safe Confection for a Toddler
When the bunnies are frozen the ears of the bunnies can be inserted upside down into a small cup, such as a four ounce cup of softened ice cream, one bunny per cup. The bunny and the small amount of ice cream is then put back into the freezer (the bunny is upside-down in the freezer) until the ice cream is totally set. When both are frozen, the ice cream with the bunny handle (remaining two-thirds of the bunny) is removed from the cup for consumption. This is a very safe treat for a toddler.
The body of the bunny is the handle and is used until the ice cream is consumed. The bunny's ears can be eaten simultaneously with the ice cream or after the ice cream is finished. The bunny slightly softens around the edges while confection 84 is eaten and is stiff in the middle. Bunny support 64 is easily eaten after the ice cream is finished. The confection benefits if the sugar is removed from the ears, but this is not essential. Doing this gives a firmer hold of confection 84 to bunny support 64. The ears of the bunny may also be coated with barrier 86. Snowmen, a Santa Claus, popular cartoon characters, and other marshmallow characters are used for other times of the year.
Another candy capable of supporting a frozen confection 84 is sold under the trademark Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Santa Treats sold by Melster Candies, Inc of Cambridge, Wis. The Santa Treats are elongated and are readily used as supports for confection 84. These safe frozen confections can be very easily and inexpensively manufactured and wrapped for commercial sale. If the toddler falls, they will not be injured by the confection, as opposed to a serious possible injury from a wooden stick.
An elongated marshmallow rod or stick made of twisted colors and/or flavors of marshmallow (not shown) can be frozen and easily used to support a frozen comestible, to delight a child. One such confection is made by Hollywood Partners of Los Angeles, Calif. and sold under the trademark The Wizard of Oz—Kansas Twisters (as mentioned in
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FIG. 17 —Description of a Flower-Shaped Confection
FIGS. 16A-C and
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FIG. 20 —Description of Ice Cream Sandwich Supported by An Edible Support
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FIG. 21 —Description of A Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich Supported by An Edible Support
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FIG. 22 —Description of A Spoon-Shaped Edible Support
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FIG. 23 —Description of Edible Supported Frozen Confection and Packaging
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FIG. 24 —Description and Operation of Disposable “All in One” Manufacturing Mold and Packaging Apparatus for Frozen Confections
Disposable mold 120, part of protective packaging 112, is a disposable mold, which is secured by (or part of) packaging 112. Packaging 112 may be stabilized by machinery during the manufacturing process. In a first step, the interior of mold 120 may be first sprayed with a wax coating, Styrofoam, non-stick vegetable spray, (or other smooth material) or provided with a wax paper (or other) sleeve (not shown), which facilitates the confection's releases from mold 112.
In a second step, coating 86 is sprayed to coat the inside of mold 120, or paper sleeve, etc. This provides a chocolate (or other) coating over confection 84. Several spraying intervals may be made, depending on the desired thickness and/or flavors of coating 86.
In a third step, confection 84 is poured from the top into mold 120 to a predetermined level.
In a fourth step, edible composite support 62, or any support, and drip guard 80, used as aligning device 118, is then inversely inserted into mold 120 at a beneficial time during manufacturing. Edible drip guard 80, or aligning device, 118 (
To open the ice pop, tab 112A (or two or more pull tabs) shown on the side of packaging 112 is pulled out and around towards the rear of packaging 112, along perforated lines. This tears the four sides of the middle portion of packaging 112 off in one piece to unwrap the ice pop. The top of the container is then removed, and the ice pop is then lifted out of the mold 120 by support 62, mess guard 110, and drip guard 80, which is already there and ready to catch any drips from confection 84. The wax paper sleeve is taken off
Edible drip guard 80 (
Disposable mold 120 can be made in different sizes and shapes, including a tubular design, akin to the design of the containers that hold buttermilk biscuits (in the USA) in a cylindrical cardboard container, in the refrigerated section of the supermarket. This design of mold 120 preferably is constructed of a piece of thick paper, cardboard, etc., that is constructed as a spiral form or mold, leaving an opening at the top to pour the comestible and provide a rim for aligning the edible support. An even thinner paper can be wrapped several times around itself to create a mold durable enough for a frozen confection. An identifiable tab for the fingers is provided to start the peeling or removal process. A disposable mold that is not unraveled for opening may also be used, such as a push-up pop design, or a lift out design. Disposable mold 120 can be separated from protective packaging 112 for unwrapping.
In another method for unwrapping the frozen confection, a rectangular disposable mold 120 is previously sprayed or supplied with a releasing coating, such as wax, a wax paper sleeve, a freezer paper sleeve (or the like). To remove the ice pop, the outside seal of packaging 112 is removed near the bottom. The upward sides of packaging 112 extend slightly beyond confection 84 and two of the opposing or adjacent sides can be gently squeezed at a time to release the ice pop. This motion makes the front and the back of packaging 112 arch, or bow out a little. This releases confection 84, which may be covered with a wax paper sleeve. The ice pop support and confection 84 is then released through the bottom of packaging 112, into the consumer's hand. These designs provide a disposable mold and packaging, all in one.
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FIG. 25A —Description of Freestanding Carousel Confection
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FIG. 25B —Description of Freestanding Traditional Confection with A Cylindrical Support
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FIG. 25C —Description of Supported Traditional Confection With A Square Base
- FIGS. 26A-E—Mini-Servings with Edible Supports and Mess guards
- FIGS. 27A-E—Description of Cross-Sections of Edible Supports
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FIG. 28 —Description of Homogenous Supports
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FIG. 29 —Description of Sandwich Cookie Support
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FIG. 30 —Description of Dense Cookie Support
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FIG. 32 -43—Description of Non-Frozen, Supported Comestibles
Some examples of traditional, non-frozen, supported, comestibles are lollipops, rock candy on a stick, cookies on a stick, corn dogs on a stick, cotton candy, hors d'oeuvres on a skewer, and coated fruit on a stick.
Non-frozen comestibles are sometimes put on a stick. These sticks are usually made of rolled paper or wood. Lollipops are usually put on a tightly rolled piece of paper. Cotton Candy is usually put on a piece of paper loosely rolled into a cone shape. Cookies, rock candy, corn dogs and dipped or coated fruit are usually placed on a wooden stick. None of these supports adds to the flavor of the confection or serves to make the confection last longer.
An embodiment of this invention discloses a new combination and way of eating comestibles. Cupcakes, cereal with marshmallow, caramelized popcorn, brownies, cookies, etc., that are not ordinarily supported are supported, with edible supports, making new, delicious and eye catching confections. Confections, like a gingerbread man-shaped fudge brownie (dipped in chocolate-optional) are placed on a favorite candy bar support and frozen for a novel rich treat. Lollipops, cookies, necklaces, bracelets and rings, are supported and totally edible.
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FIG. 32 —Description of a Supported Tree Fort Cupcake
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FIG. 33 —Description of a Festive Cupcake
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FIG. 34 —Description of Tree Fort Cupcake Supported by Cookies
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FIG. 36 —Description of a Festive, Horse-Shaped Confection
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FIG. 37 —Description of Edible Supported Dinosaur-Shaped Cupcake
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FIG. 39 —Description of Functioning Rocking Horse Confection
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FIG. 39B —Description of Edible Skewer
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FIG. 40A —Description of Supported Golf Ball Confection
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FIG. 42 —Description of Lollipop on Malleable Supports
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FIG. 32 —Construction and Use of Non-Frozen, Supported Edible Comestibles
When the icing is set, support 98 is inserted into the bottom surface of non-frozen confection 102. Non-frozen confection 102 reaches an impasse in the center of edible support 98 and can go no further and non-frozen confection 102 is well supported. A tall, slender cookie or candy placed in the top, rear corner of the fort becomes the chimney. Additional fun ingredients 100, such as candies for the windows, doors, shutters, can be glued on with icing. A rope ladder can be made of shoestring licorice and hung from the fort.
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FIGS. 32-40D and 43 Can be Constructed as Comestible Kits
After the cupcake portion has baked and cooled, the two or more cupcake pieces are adhered with icing. The cupcake can then be either coated with icing or left as it is. Then the baker, (mom, dad, older child, etc.) can insert the legs, head, tail of the animal or footing for the fort, tee for the golf ball, etc., and place it on the plate. This is easily done and it makes an entirely new and fun dessert, especially for young children and for celebrations after sports activities.
Frozen Confection Kits
Kits intended for frozen confections are made easily as well. Separate components placed in a box at room temperature to construct a certain frozen confection provide easy-to-make and inexpensive kits. An appropriately decorated and shaped container containing a cup of vacuum sealed pudding (individual size) and an elongated candy bar in the shape of a stick. At home the stick is unwrapped and placed into the partially uncovered cup of pudding. The stick and the pudding is then placed in the freezer and becomes a frozen ice pop.
The container for the pudding has a sealed top with a window just large enough for the support which keeps the support aligned. This window is sealed in a second step during packaging, to keep the pudding airtight, (or perforations are made to provide a smaller initial opening). To construct the frozen confection, the user first peels off the square (or other shape) that covers the window on the larger seal, inserts the candy bar, and places it in the freezer. When the confection is frozen, the larger cover with the open window is removed up over the support and then the edible, supported frozen pudding pop is removed from the pudding container. Frozen and non-frozen confections and supports can have mini-colored or flavored chips in them, mini size pieces of individually coated (or non-coated) candies, crisped rice, nuts, etc., layers or swirls of different colors and flavors.
Summary, Ramifications and Scope
From the foregoing description the reader will see that I have provided many new and enjoyable edible supported comestibles for children and adults. As a frozen confection, my supported comestibles double the pleasure of eating a confection because it is two (or more) deserts in one. It is a frozen ice cream confection (etc.) as one would ordinarily find on a wooden ice cream pop stick plus a frozen candy bar (or the like) as a support, in place of the wooden stick, for a new and safe treat.
As a non-frozen confection, it replaces a dull cupcake with a delightfully displayed, edible rocking horse, an alien, a golf ball on a tee, a rolling car, and many many others. Brownies and cookies can now be eaten along with their edible stick and lollipops can be totally eaten. Traditionally non-frozen confections, such as brownies, are creatively shaped, placed on an edible support and frozen for an exciting, new taste experience.
Since the edible ice pop supports are frozen, from being in the freezer along with the ice cream, pudding, yogurt, or what ever confection it supports, it keeps the ice cream colder, longer and provides a wonderful and cooling second dessert. Since it is frozen, it lasts longer and it is a lot of fun to eat. The frozen edible stick with its cool temperature in the hand is a very welcomed feature, especially in the summer.
Being able to eat the support provides a longer lasting treat, eliminating the feeling that it was just not enough. These new edible supported comestibles solve this problem because the child or consumer has a frozen candy bar or cookie bar to eat as well, after the ice cream. This at least doubles the enjoyment of the confection. My edible supports solve a dangerous problem by replacing a potentially dangerous frozen supported confection on a wooden stick with a safe edible supported frozen confection. My edible supported pops are a truly enjoyable, safe, inexpensive, longer lasting, non-wasteful, confection.
The fact that the exterior of the candy bar or cookie bar is chocolate coated in an embodiment is not a significant problem. Because the candy or cookie bar is frozen, and frozen deep within, it has a tendency to keep itself cool from the inside out. It is a lot less messy than eating a regular candy bar in the summer. For a small child who has a tendency to grab the stick with all fingers and very tightly so, my edible mess guards made of thin wafers, or crushed comestibles, solve this situation and are a functional and effective addition to edible support sticks.
The wrapper of the ice pop may also be left on the end of the stick, together with an edible mess guard or instead of one, to prevent a possible messy situation. Leaving the wrapper on the end of the confection has been the natural tendency of consumers when they have been eating an unsupported ice cream square made of a slice of ice cream and thinly coated with a dipping of chocolate. My wrapper or non-edible mess guard, may be made of recycled or other paper, foil, thin Styrofoam, plastic, plastic bubble wrap or any other cost efficient and preferably environmentally compatible material.
Another benefit of my edible supported comestibles is that they do not have to exclude those who are allergic to chocolate or have a reaction to chocolate in any way. Edible ice cream pops are also made with malleable liquorice lengths, other confections such as marshmallow, toffee, granola, or a stiff peanut butter bar (only to mention a few, for example. Cookie, granola, etc., bars can be covered with yogurt, or white chocolate, which actually does not contain chocolate, for supporting a comestible. Edible supported confections are also made considering those who are calorie conscious and those who may not have sugar or dairy products.
My edible supports are not limited to edible supports made by established companies or to the ingredients mentioned. The edible support ingredients mentioned along with established companies above, are examples of successfully constructed, supported comestibles, that are easily recognizable for the reader, according to this invention. Any well made chocolate coating or fudge (or other flavor) over a sufficiently dense comestible of any kind will support a frozen comestible. A sufficiently dense comestible of any kind will support a non-frozen comestible.
My edible sticks and supported comestibles lend themselves to more than the usual upright designs. They can be made with a horizontal (or other) orientation and an edible stick extending out from both sides of the ice cream confection. Edible two-way supports can stand at either end of the confection if desired, like an hour-glass which is turned over on either end, or a multitude of ends, like a cube. A number of carousel horses, etc., on edible, two-way supports can hold one layer of cake above another layer of cake to construct a multi-tiered cake. Edible sturdy supports (such as support 60) take on any shape, such as the shape of a handle on a mug, which is inserted into a comestible to support a confection of cake, cookie, brownie or rice and marshmallow treat, etc., for consumption.
Edible supported comestibles lend themselves to whimsical and silly designs including using soft gummy appendages such as those sold under the trademark Gummy Worms by Frerrara Pen Candy Company of Fortes Park, Ill. to make a edible supported cupcake octopus, or an ice cream pop with twin, support 60 legs, with gummy worm arms and gummy worm hair (of a smaller diameter), or the like.
Support 60 may have a hollow center which may be filled with another confection such as a candy jell or fudge (or other). Edible support sticks may have several voids in different places, such as an edible support appearing like a ladder. An additional edible support(s) may be added to make a triplet pop instead of a twin pop, etc. Edible supported cupcakes with a theme, such as a cupcake ball can be disassembled (top portion is removed) to reveal an edible toy character inside for a child.
A coating of cookie crumbs, sprinkles, nuts, cereal, (whole or crushed, processed or whole grain), wafer-like cookies or cone material (dark or light) can be wrapped around or used to coat the area where the fingers hold the edible supported pop. These coatings are used as mess guards. Frozen confections 84, such as ice cream, pudding, yogurt, etc., can be dipped in sprinkles, chocolate, nuts, crushed candy, sprinkles, crushed cereal or grains, etc., or have a clear ice coating. Coating 86 may coat a sherbert or pureed fruit-type frozen confection.
Edible wafer segments, cupped candy or cookies, or other comestibles, that catch dripping from a frozen confection are used as drip guards. Drip guards protect clothing and keep small children from being upset if their confection starts to melt. Supports, mess guards and drip guards, can be covered or sealed with any suitable, moisture resisting edible substance.
Edible mess guards can be applied in any shape or thickness with additional edible glue, such as additional chocolate, white chocolate, yogurt, etc. Edible mess guards can be made of wafers, thin licorice squares, lines or rolled dried pureed fruit shapes, flat candy or gum discs, or any comestible that is serviceable. Protective mess guards and drip guards can be edible or non-edible.
My edible sticks and supports for non-frozen comestibles are used to make creative baking kits. These creative baking kits include cupcake molds in fancy designs, such as the body of a dinosaur, pony, halves of a golf ball, and others. Supports made of cookies, pretzels, candy supports, etc., are designed and included in the kit to be used as the legs, head, and tail of the dinosaur (or other). Several kinds of edible supports can be maneuvered, affixed or twisted or placed together to make a single support, such as licorice and marshmallow.
A lollipop and its stick are also totally eaten. A lollipop supported on a loop of licorice is a fun, inexpensive and safe treat. Edible supported lollipops may spin on edible supports as they do on non-edible supports in prior art. A cupcake, cookie or hors d'oeuvre on a support can be eaten, support and all. A necklace or bracelet made of a length of licorice and decorated with candy beads can be entirely eaten.
These edible supports can be made in a great many ways for a variety of purposes. Edible supports can be handles or supports that enable the comestible to stand on its own for a beautiful display or series of displays. An inverted ice cream cone can support a comestible from within the comestible. An edible cake golf ball on an edible tee, served at a golfer's dinner event for dessert is an unexpected surprise. These golf balls can be any size and filled with custard, ice cream, pudding, or the like. Little edible rocking horses or totally edible rolling cars made from comestible kits can be placed on a child's plate at a birthday party for smiles beyond words.
My edible supported comestibles can be very small for bite-size portions, medium size for individual portions, large for a special treat or extra large, for a large edible table display. Protective, edible mess guards and drip guards are provided in accordance with this invention, if desired, so that the consumer's fingers don't get messy while they are enjoying their confection, for a totally pleasurable experience.
No one has to lick the wooden stick of a frozen confection again. No one has to quickly grab a frozen confection stick away from a small child worrying that he or she may be injured. No one has to “eat around the stick” anymore if they would rather not. Edible supports for comestibles and supported comestibles solve these problems. Supports need not be dangerous, taste unpleasant or needlessly add to environmental waste.
My invention is a considerable advancement in the enjoyment of food and can be done so inexpensively and with less damage to children and the world we live in. It can delight people of all ages, customs and cultures, because these edible supports can be made in almost any size, shape, or motif and used with many comestibles.
These new supported comestibles are a unique and safe improvement to frozen and non-frozen confections and comestibles for everyone. They are a lot of fun to eat and are doubly enjoyed. New, edible, supported comestibles add to the festivities and memories of people's special occasions, such as birthdays, summertime, and the happy times of childhood.
While specific embodiments have been illustrated and discussed, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention, but rather as an exemplification of one preferred embodiment thereof. Many other variations are possible.
For example, any chocolate covered, durable candy bars may be used as edible comestible supports, such as the ones sold by many candy companies. Cookie bars such as the one sold under the trademark Twix by Mars Incorporated of Hackettstown, N.J., can be made more durable by adding another layer of caramel, or other strong ingredient, to the bottom of the long cookie within the cookie bar, as well as the layer of caramel that is supplied to the top. Different shaped packaging boxes, such as a pony shaped box can be used to represent a pony shaped confection inside. Many popular flavor combinations of the edible support and the supported confection can be used, from two or more companies, such as an edible support being made from a candy bar sold under the trademark Milky Way Bar of Mars, Incorporated of Hackettstown, N.J., that supports a peanut butter ice cream sold under the combined trademarks of Good Humor-Breyers Company of Green Bay, Wis. and Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream of Hershey Foods Corporation of Hershey, Pa. A mint cookie flavor ice cream sold under the trademark of the Good Humor-Breyers Corporation can be combined with elongated mint cookies of the Girl Scouts of America.
My edible supported confections can portray famous cartoon characters. Frozen and non-frozen confections can include candy characters on or in the confection, such as in an alcove in the supported confection as well as on or in the edible stick.
Many regular and sandwich cookies, coated with chocolate, white chocolate, dried yogurt, etc., such as the ones sold under the trademark E. L. Fudge Cookies sold by the Keebler Company of Elmhurst, Ill. may be used as supports, as well as candy coated cookie bars such as Twix and Kit Kat. My moisture proof coating, barrier, sealant, mixed with nuts, crushed nuts, crisped rice, cookie crumbs, etc., is also used to coat a supported confection, layers of a supported confection and/or an edible support if desired.
Edible supports are designed to be in any shape such as a “U” shape “x,” “O” shape or any other. Twin supports can be attached by an edible bridge which can be broken to share.
Frozen and non-frozen confections can take on any shape (two or three dimensions), or colors, such as a non-frozen Cinderella's Coach cupcake on an edible chassis with edible wheels, and many colors, sprinkles or sparkles (such as cake confetti or edible cake glitter). Comestible kits may contain instructions for alternate use of the molds and ingredients within the kit.
Kits for the construction of frozen comestibles may be sold in retail stores. A candy bar support(s) may be included with a vacuum packed individual portion(s) of pudding in a desired shape, which is to be constructed and put in the freezer at home. For example, such a combination is a granola bar sold under the trademark Kudos Granola Bar by Mars, Incorporated, inserted in an individual portion of pudding sold under the trademark Hunts Snack Pack Pudding by Hunt-Wesson, Inc of Fullerton, Calif. The Kudos Granola Bar is unwrapped and inserted in the cup of Hunts Snack Pack Pudding and placed in the freezer. When it is frozen, the pop is taken out of the cup and enjoyed. Different shapes of pudding cups, and a longer granola bar may be used, etc.
Support 60 can be combined and surrounded with the ingredients of composite support 62 for a very strong edible support and a triple treat (including the frozen confection), or the ingredients may be reversed. Support 60 includes unique designs, such as it serving as the chassis and wheels for a car comestible. Support 60 may have a large void in the center, so it looks like an elongated “o” and provides two handles to the user. Support 60 is adapted to be manufactured in any shape, size and thickness. Support 60 can have any configuration as needed to support and display edible supported comestibles. Support 60 may also be made in layers of different flavors and colors and have different orientations. Additional fun ingredients 100 may be attached or embedded. A confection that is worn on a finger is adaptable to be worn on two or more fingers.
A composite support may have a core of ice cream, gum, an edible or inedible toy if desired, or solely have ice cream (etc.) in its core and not on its exterior. This cored confection can be large to serve as a treat. An edible support can be part non-edible. It may have a lower portion (or other place) that is made of wood, plastic, paper, or the like. A non-edible designed molded (or other) holder can be made to hold an edible support for keeping the fingers or clothing from getting messy. Any edible support may have an added confection that is embedded in the top portion of the support and extends up through the supported confection to the top, or through and beyond the tip of the supported confection. Such an example is a whimsical frog-like confection with a very long edible tongue, that extends beyond the frozen confection. A composite support may be any size, shape, thickness or ingredients.
Multi-flavored confections 84A are also adapted to be layered, swirled, or twisted and integrated with other ingredients. Ingredients such as ice cream and brownies and cookies may be layered, twisted together or mixed, such as a cookies and creme mixture, ice cream and brownie chunk mixture, or ice cream and candy pieces. Shoe-lace licorice may be integrated and twisted along with an elongated ice cream and sherbert confection, with swirls of different colors and flavors. The outside of confection 84A can be dipped in coating 86 or a coating of sherbert, raspberry puree, clear ice, etc., as well for extra flavor. Shoelace licorice (or other) may also coat the outside of an edible confection by wrapping it in a long spiral around the outside of the confection, edible support or both.
A malleable support that has a hollow center, can be filled with another confection. A more fluid or jell-type confection may be placed inside the hollow center or another edible support or comestible for a burst of flavor. A smaller rope of licorice, such as shoelace licorice, may be placed in this hollow elongated center. Tiny candy beads, or flavored and colored sugar, etc., may also be placed in the long, hollow center of a malleable support. An assortment of different kinds of edible supported comestibles may be sold as a “variety pack.” Supported frozen comestibles can be dipped in fruit puree.
Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined not by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
Claims
1. A comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations or designs comprising the unassembled components comprising:
- (a) a processed comestible generally shaped to represent a body portion of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit, or a mold and ingredients for making said body portion, comprising a plurality of discretionary detachably combinable surfaces, or locations, and
- (b) a detachably combining edible appendage generally shaped to represent an appendage of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit for alternately detachably combining with said plurality of discretionary surfaces, or locations, at the discretion of a user for enabling creative combinations of said edible appendage with said shaped body portion for the assembly of one or more creative configurations or designs to said user's own liking, whereby a user can create their own edible designs.
2. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of detachably combining edible appendages.
3. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1 wherein said processed comestible comprises cake, candy, brownie, cookie, cereal and a binder, popcorn and a binder, bread, pretzel, cheese, or combinations thereof.
4. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1, further comprising a substantially discretionary combinable composition or surface on said processed comestible for detachably combining said edible appendage with substantially any portion of, or location on said shaped body portion.
5. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1, further comprising a whimsical or silly shaped body portion and a plurality of detachably combining whimsically shaped appendages in a plurality of designs, shapes, or orientations, said kit further comprises anthropomorphic characteristics comprising a smiling face on a dinosaur, said kit further comprises a plurality of accessories, tools, molds, ingredients, decorations, packaging and a set of instructions, said instructions further includes means for alternate use of said molds and ingredients of said kit.
6. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1, further comprising a specially shaped body portion and a plurality of detachably combining specially shaped appendages comprising a predetermined theme, wherein said predetermined theme comprises an edible rocking horse, or an edible Cinderella's Coach, said kit further comprises a plurality of accessories, tools, molds, ingredients, decorations, packaging and a set of instructions, said kit further comprising means for alternate use of said molds and ingredients within said kit.
7. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1, further comprising a detachably combining malleable appendage generally shaped to represent an appendage of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit comprising a gummy, gelatin, dried fruit puree, licorice, or malleable ingredient, wherein said malleable appendage comprises a gummy or gelatin ingredient arm, leg, hair, or octopus tentacle, said kit further comprises a plurality of detachably combining malleable appendages.
8. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1, further comprising a variety kit comprising an assortment of differently shaped body portions each generally shaped to represent a body portion of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, vegetable, or fruit, or a mold and ingredients for providing said body portion and a plurality of edible detachably combining appendages for the assembly of a plurality of assorted edible assemblies, wherein said variety kit comprises a whimsical variety kit for the assembly of an assortment of whimsical, or silly shaped assemblies, or configurations thereof, wherein said variety kit comprises a specialized kit for the construction of an assortment of specially shaped assemblies comprising a predetermined theme, wherein said variety kit comprises a combination of whimsical and specialized shaped body portions and appendages, said variety kit further includes a plurality of accessories, tools, decorations, packaging and means for alternate use of said mold and ingredients of said kit.
9. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1, further comprising a detachably combining functional appendage generally shaped to represent an appendage of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, vegetable, or fruit for detachably combining with said edible shaped body portion comprising, a) a rigid or footed appendage for displaying or retaining said body portion in an upright or desired position on a utilitarian surface, b) a rocking appendage comprising a curved surface for rocking said shaped body portion in a plurality of directions on a flat or utilitarian surface when gently tipped by a user, c) a rolling appendage comprising an edible wheel for rolling said shaped body portion along a flat or utilitarian surface when gently pushed by a user, d) an hourglass shaped or multifaceted appendage for providing the option of standing said shaped body portion on a one of a plurality of selectable orientations, e) a skewering appendage, f) an appendage comprising a peg-like or insertable portion protruding therefrom, or means for detachably combining with a shaped body portion, g) a hanging appendage comprising a retaining surface for hanging said appendage or said shaped body portion on a utilitarian surface, h) an edible appendage comprising a composite ingredient, i) a whistling appendage capable of making a whistling sound, j) a freeform appendage for complimenting the theme of a shaped body portion, k) a handle appendage, wherein said handle appendage comprises an edible handle for a body portion generally shaped to represent a drinking mug, or l) a spinning appendage for spinning said shaped body upon an axis comprising the operative means of a prior art inedible spinning toy or article.
10. The comestible kit for creating one or more edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 1, further comprising a designated location on said shaped body portion for a suggested detachable combining location of an edible appendage with a shaped body portion, wherein said designated location comprises a convex arch for detachably combining an edible axil appendage with a car shaped body portion, said comestible kit further comprises a plurality of designated locations for detachably combining one or a plurality of appendages.
11. A comestible kit for creating one or more individualized edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components comprising:
- (a) a processed comestible generally shaped to represent a body portion of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit, or a mold and ingredients for making said body portion, comprising a substantially discretionary combinable surface or composition, and
- (b) a plurality of detachably combining edible appendages generally shaped to represent appendages of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit for detachably combining with substantially any portion of, or location on said shaped body portion at the discretion of a user for enabling creative combinations of said edible appendage with said shaped body portion for the assembly of one or more creative configurations or designs to said user's own liking, whereby a user can have fun creatively assembling their own edible design configurations.
12. The comestible kit for creating one or more individualized edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 11 wherein said processed food comprises cake, candy, brownie, cookie, cereal and a binder, popcorn and a binder, bread, pretzel, cheese, or combinations thereof.
13. The comestible kit for creating one or more individualized edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 11 wherein said kit further comprises a plurality of edible whimsically shaped appendages for detachably combining with said substantially any portion of, or location on said shaped body portion at the discretion of said user, said kit further comprises means for providing a plurality of anthropomorphic characteristics, appendages, accessories, tools, molds, ingredients, packaging, decorations, and means for alternate use of said molds and ingredients.
14. The comestible kit for creating one or more individualized edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 11, further comprising a variety kit comprising an assortment of differently shaped body portions and an assortment of differently shaped appendages, wherein said variety kit comprises an assortment of whimsically shaped body portions and a plurality of assorted whimsically shaped appendages, wherein said variety kit comprises an assortment of specially shaped body portions and an assortment of specially shaped appendages comprising a predetermined theme, or a combination of assorted whimsically and specially shaped body portions and appendages, said variety kit further includes a plurality of accessories, tools, decorations and a set of instructions for alternate use of said mold and ingredients of said kit.
15. The comestible kit for creating one or more individualized edible assembly configurations comprising the unassembled components of claim 11, further comprising a detachably combining functional appendage generally shaped to represent an appendage of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, vegetable, or fruit for detachably combining with said edible shaped body portion comprising, a) a rigid or footed appendage for displaying or retaining said body portion in an upright or desired position on a utilitarian surface, b) a malleable appendage generally shaped to represent an appendage of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit comprising a gummy, gelatin, dried fruit puree, or licorice ingredient arm, leg, or hair, c) a rocking appendage comprising a curved surface for rocking said shaped body portion in a plurality of directions on a flat or utilitarian surface when gently tipped by a user, d) a rolling appendage comprising an edible wheel for rolling said shaped body portion along a flat or utilitarian surface when gently pushed by a user, e) an hourglass shaped or multifaceted appendage for providing the option of standing said shaped body portion on one of a plurality of selectable orientations, f) a skewering appendage, g) an appendage comprising a peg-like or insertable portion protruding therefrom, or means for detachably combining an edible appendage with a shaped body portion, h) a hanging appendage comprising a retaining surface for hanging said appendage or said shaped body portion on a utilitarian surface, i) a composite appendage comprising a composite ingredient, j) a whistling appendage capable of making a whistling sound, k) a freeform appendage for complimenting the motif of a shaped body portion, l) a handle-type appendage, wherein said handle-type appendage comprises an edible handle for a body portion generally shaped to represent a drinking mug, or m) a spinning appendage for spinning said body upon an axis comprising the operative means of a prior art inedible spinning toy or article.
16. A comestible kit for creatively constructing one or more individualized edible assembly configurations or designs comprising the unassembled components comprising:
- (a) a processed comestible generally shaped to represent a body portion of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit, or a mold and ingredients for making said body portion, comprising a plurality of discretionary combinable surfaces or locations, and
- (b) means, comprising a detachably combining edible appendage generally shaped to represent an appendage of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit for detachably combining with said plurality of discretionary detachably combinable surfaces, or locations of said body portion, for creating one or more individualized edible assembly configurations or designs to a user's own liking.
17. The comestible kit for creatively constructing one or more individualized edible assembly configurations or designs comprising the unassembled components of claim 16 wherein said edible body portion comprises a) cake, candy, brownie, cookie, cereal and a binder, popcorn and a binder, bread, pretzel, cheese, or combinations thereof, b) a hollow or solid composition, c) a filling inside said body portion, d) a composite ingredient, e) a two dimensional flattened shaped body portion, f) a three dimensional figure shaped body portion, or g) means, comprising a void for housing a component of said kit.
18. The comestible kit for creatively constructing one or more individualized edible assembly configurations or designs comprising the unassembled components of claim 16, further comprising means for detachably combining a plurality of edible appendages with said plurality of discretionary combinable surfaces or locations, at the discretion of a user, wherein said plurality of edible appendages comprises a composite ingredient.
19. The comestible kit for creatively constructing one or more individualized edible assembly configurations or designs comprising the unassembled components of claim 16, further comprising a processed comestible comprising a substantially discretionary combinable composition or surface for detachably combining said edible appendage with substantially any portion of, or location on said shaped body portion.
20. The comestible kit for creatively constructing one or more individualized edible assembly configurations or designs comprising the unassembled components of claim 16, further comprising means for detachably combining a functional appendage generally shaped to represent an appendage of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, vegetable, or fruit with said edible shaped body portion comprising a) a rigid or footed appendage for displaying or retaining said body portion in an upright or desired position on a utilitarian surface, b) a malleable appendage generally shaped to represent an appendage of a person, animal, animated character, creature, toy, structure, vegetable, or fruit comprising a gummy, gelatin or licorice ingredient arm, leg, or hair, c) a rocking appendage comprising a curved surface for rocking said shaped body portion in a plurality of directions on a flat or utilitarian surface when gently tipped by a user, d) a rolling appendage comprising an edible wheel for rolling said shaped body portion along a flat or utilitarian surface when gently pushed by a user, e) an hourglass shaped or multifaceted appendage for providing the option of standing said shaped body portion on a one of a plurality of selectable orientations, f) a skewer-like appendage, g) an appendage comprising a peg-like or insertable portion protruding therefrom, or means for detachably combining an edible appendage with a shaped body portion, h) a hanging appendage comprising a retaining surface for hanging said appendage or said shaped body portion on a utilitarian surface, i) a composite appendage comprising a composite ingredient, j) a whistling appendage capable of making a whistling sound, k) a freeform appendage for complimenting the motif of a shaped body portion, l) a handled appendage, wherein said handled appendage comprises an edible handle for a body portion generally shaped to represent a drinking mug, or m) a spinning appendage for spinning said body upon an axis comprising the operative means of a prior art inedible spinning toy or article.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 6, 2006
Publication Date: Jun 14, 2007
Inventor: Alice O'Donnell Kiely (Yorktown Heights, NY)
Application Number: 11/634,624
International Classification: B65D 85/00 (20060101);
