Shallow dish with central hole

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Description

The instant shallow dish is specifically not claimed, but is shown in phantom lines as an example of a kind of food plate that can supported by the invention disclosed in a utility patent application filed on Sep. 30, 2003. The undersigned is also the applicant in said utility patent application, entitled “Support Fixture for Food Plate and Beverage Container.”

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a shallow dish with central hole showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along the center of FIG. 1.

A shallow, thin, flat-bottomed, radially symmetric dish or food plate having a central hole; all surfaces are smooth and unornamented, the inner and outer edges turn arcuately upwards.

Claims

The ornamental design for a shallow dish with central hole, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
3008600 November 1961 Smith
D304658 November 21, 1989 Mattei
4938373 July 3, 1990 McKee
5207743 May 4, 1993 Costarella et al.
5249700 October 5, 1993 Dumke
5954195 September 21, 1999 Krueger et al.
D423292 April 25, 2000 Horvat
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D453308 February 5, 2002 McCauley
Foreign Patent Documents
2071526 April 1998 GB
2071523 August 2001 GB
Patent History
Patent number: D509994
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 3, 2003
Date of Patent: Sep 27, 2005
Inventor: Wayne Oliver Hadland (Sweet Home, OR)
Primary Examiner: Charles A. Rademaker
Application Number: 29/191,282
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/587