Combined food storage and serving tray with cover

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a combined food storage and serving tray with cover showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tray thereof; without cover; with bowls in cavities;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the cover in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation of FIG. 3; the rear elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation of FIG. 3, the left side elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of FIG. 2; having no bowls disposed in the cavities;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front elevation of FIG. 7; the rear elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevation of FIG. 7; the left side elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 11 is a front elevation of a right side cavity bowl in FIG. 2, as disposed; the rear elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevation of FIG. 11; the left side elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a top plan view of a lid for the bowl in FIG. 11;

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a front elevation of FIG. 15; the rear elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 18 is a right side elevation of FIG. 15; the left side elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view of a central cavity bowl in FIG. 2; as disposed;

FIG. 20 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a front elevation of FIG. 19; the rear elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 22 is a right side elevation of FIG. 19; the left side elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 23 is a top plan view of a lid for a bowl in FIG. 19;

FIG. 24 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 is a front elevation of FIG. 23; the rear elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 26 is a right side elevation of FIG. 23; the left side elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 27 is a top plan view of a left side cavity bowl in FIG. 2; as disposed;

FIG. 28 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 27;

FIG. 29 is a front elevation of FIG. 27; the rear elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 30 is a right side elevation of FIG. 27; the left side elevation being a mirror image;

FIG. 31 is a top plan view of first modified form of the tray in FIG. 7; with two cavities; and

FIG. 32 is a top plan view of a second modified form of the tray in FIG. 7; with four cavities.

The bowls in FIGS. 11, 19 and 27 are shown separately for clarity of illustration. The right side cavity bowls in FIG. 2 are identical as illustrated in FIG. 11. FIGS. 31 and 32 show the modified forms of the tray corresponding to FIG. 7. The appearance of trays in FIG. 31 are similar to FIG. 7, except in proportions. The covers to the modified forms in FIGS. 31 and 32 are similar in appearance as shown in FIGS. 6 and 10, except in proportions.

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Patent History
Patent number: D323616
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 1, 1989
Date of Patent: Feb 4, 1992
Assignee: Aladdin Synergetics, Inc. (Nashville, TN)
Inventor: Jonathan H. Mueller (Hermitage, TN)
Primary Examiner: Melvin B. Feifer
Assistant Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh
Law Firm: Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett
Application Number: 7/359,933
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9341; D/9424