Rotatable food serving housing

A rotatable food serving housing including a rotating base assembly, a base including an umbrella accommodation sleeve and cold ice pack supports, at least two opposing food serving trays, and a cover including opposing hinged flaps for mating with the base, the umbrella accommodation sleeve and the cold ice pack supports.

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Claims

1. Rotatable food serving housing comprising:

a. a base including opposing semicircular compartments generally forming a circle about a first central hole, with a space generally bisecting the circle on a diameter therebetween;
b. a swivel means on an underside of said base;
c. a semicircular food tray including a plurality of compartments for engaging into each of said semicircular compartments; and,
d. a top including two opposing hinged covers engaging with said base and a second central hole extending therethrough for aligning with the first central hole.

2. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 1 including lower and upper shafts in said base and said top about said central holes for receiving an umbrella pole

3. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 2 including means aligning said lower and upper shafts.

4. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 1 including food cooling means in said space.

5. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 1 including means for aligning said top to said base about edges of said base and said top.

6. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 1 wherein said base, said top and said trays are of a polymer.

7. Rotatable food serving housing comprising:

a. a base including opposing semicircular compartments generally forming a circle about a first central hole, with a space generally bisecting the circle on a diameter therebetween;
b. a swivel means on an underside or said base;
c. two opposing semicircular food trays including at least one food or can area for engaging into each of said semicircular compartments; and,
d. a top including two opposing hinged covers engaging with said base and a second central hole extending therethrough for aligning with the first central hole.

8. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 7 including lower and upper shafts in said base and said top about said central holes for receiving an umbrella pole.

9. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 8 including means aligning said lower and upper shafts.

10. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 7 including food cooling means in said space.

11. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 7 including means for aligning said top to said base about edges of said base and said top.

12. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 7 wherein said base, said top and said trays are of a polymer.

13. Rotatable food serving housing comprising:

a. a base including opposing semicircular compartments generally forming a circle about a first central hole, with a space generally bisecting the circle on a diameter therebetween for holding food cooling means;
b. a swivel means on an underside of said base;
c. a semicircular food tray including at least one food or can area for engaging into each of said semicircular compartments;
d. a top including two opposing hinged covers engaging with said base and a second central hole extending therethrough for aligning with the first central hole; and,
e. means for engaging said top to said base.

14. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 13 including lower and upper shafts in said base and said top about said central holes for receiving an umbrella pole.

15. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 14 including means aligning said lower and upper shafts.

16. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 13 including means for aligning said top to said base about edges of said base and said top..Iadd.17. Food serving housing rotatable about a pole comprising, in combination: a base having an outer circumferential wall portion; a top, with the base and the top attached together defining an interior for confining air; an accommodation tube formed in the top and the base for slideably and rotatable receiving the pole; at least a first cover formed in the top allowing access to the interior when the base and the top are attached together and when the pole is slideably and rotatably received in the accommodation tube; at least a first food compartment formed in the base and within the interior for placement of food; and at least a first ice pack compartment formed in the base and separated from the first food compartment by a divider wall extending from the accommodation tube to the outer circumferential wall portion of the base and within the interior with the first food compartment and defining a specific space for placement of ice packs with the air cooled by the ice packs being in free fluid communication, in a zone defined above the divider wall and below the top to adjacent the outer circumferential wall portion of the base, with the first food compartment and confined within the interior for keeping food in the first food compartment of the interior cool and fresh.

.Iaddend..Iadd.18. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 17 further comprising, in combination: a swivel means on an underside of the base..Iaddend..Iadd.19. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 17 including a snap assembly formed at least on the top and separate from the cover for attaching and aligning said top to said base about edges of said base and said top..Iaddend..Iadd.20. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 17 wherein the first cover is hinged to the top..Iaddend..Iadd.21. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 20 further comprising, in combination: a food tray removably received in the base and inside of the first food compartment of the interior..Iaddend..Iadd.22. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 17 further comprising, in combination: a second ice pack compartment in the interior and defining a specific space for placement of ice packs, with the accommodation tube separating the first and second ice pack compartments in the interior, with the first and second ice compartments being on opposite sides of the accommodation tube, with air cooled by the ice packs of both the first and second ice pack compartments being confined within the interior..Iaddend..Iadd.23. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 22 wherein the first and second ice pack compartments and the accommodation tube bisect the base into first and second food compartments for containing food..Iaddend..Iadd.24. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 23 further comprising, in combination: first and second food trays for receipt in the first and second food compartments of the base..Iaddend..Iadd.25. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 24 wherein

said base, said top and said trays are of a polymer..Iaddend..Iadd.26. Food serving housing rotatable about a pole comprising, in combination: a base having an outer circumferential wall portion; a top, with the base and the top being attached together and defining an interior; at least a first cover formed in the top allowing access to the interior when the base and the top are attached together; an accommodation tube formed in the top and the base for slideably and rotatable receiving the pole; at least first and second compartments in the interior for placement of food; at least a first space in the interior for placement of ice packs with the base and the top confining the air cooled by the ice pack within the interior for keeping food in the first compartment of the interior cool and fresh; a second space in the interior for placement of ice packs for keeping food in the interior cool and fresh, with the accommodation tube separating the first and second spaces, with the first and second spaces being on opposite sides of the accommodation tube, wherein the first and second spaces and the accommodation tube bisect the base into the first and second compartments for containing food; and a second cover formed in the top, with the first cover allowing access to the first compartment and the second cover allowing access to the second compartment of the interior, with the first and second spaces being separated from the first and second compartments by at least one divider wall extending from the accommodation tube to the outer circumferential wall portion of the base, with the divider wall means being spaced below the top within the interior such that air cooled by the ice packs is in free fluid communication, in a zone defined above the at least one divider wall and below the top to adjacent the outer circumferential wall portion of the base.

.Iaddend..Iadd.27. Food serving housing rotatable about a pole comprising, in combination: a base having an outer circumferential wall portion; a top, with the base and the top being attached together and defining an interior: at least a first cover formed in the top allowing access to the interior when the base and the top are attached together; an accommodation tube formed in the top and the base for slideably and rotatable receiving the pole; at least a first compartment in the interior for placement of food; at least a first space in the interior for placement of ice packs with the base and the top confining the air cooled by the ice pack within the interior for keeping food in the first compartment of the interior cool and fresh; and a second space in the interior for placement of ice packs for keeping food in the interior cool and fresh, with the first and second spaces being separated from the first compartment by at least one divider wall extending from the accommodation tube to the outer circumferential wall portion of the base, with the at least one divider wall being spaced below the top within the interior such that air cooled by the ice packs is in free fluid communication, in a zone defined above the divider wall and below the top to adjacent the outer circumferential wall portion of the base, with the first compartment, with the accommodation tube separating the first and second spaces, with the first and second spaces being on opposite sides of the accommodation tube, wherein the accommodation tube includes a lower shaft integrally formed in the base and an upper shaft integrally formed in the top for receiving the pole..Iaddend..Iadd.28. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 27 including means formed on at least one of the lower and upper shafts for

aligning said lower and upper shafts..Iaddend..Iadd.29. Food serving housing rotatable about a pole comprising, in combination: a base having an outer circumferential wall portion; a top, with the base and the top attached together defining an interior for confining air; at least a first cover formed in the top allowing access to the interior when the base and the top are attached together; an accommodation tube formed in the top and the base for slideably and rotatably receiving the pole, with the accommodation tube extending centrally through the interior while confining air within the interior; at least a first food compartment in the interior for placement of food; and at least a first space in the interior for placement of ice packs, with the first space being separated from the first compartment by divider wall extending from the accommodation tube to the outer circumferential wall portion of the base, with the divider wall being spaced from the top within the interior such that air cooled by the ice packs is in free fluid communication, in a zone defined above the divider wall and below the top to adjacent the outer circumferential wall portion of the base, thereby confining the air cooled by the ice pack within the interior for keeping food in the first food compartment of the interior cool and fresh..Iaddend..Iadd.30. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 29 further comprising, in combination: a second food compartment in the interior with the first food compartment, with the first and second food compartments being on opposite sides of the accommodation tube..Iaddend..Iadd.31. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 30 further comprising, in combination: a second space in the interior for placement of ice packs for keeping food in the interior cool and fresh, with the accommodation tube separating the first and second spaces, with the first and second spaces being on opposite sides of the accommodation tube, with the first and second spaces and the accommodation tube bisecting the base into the first and second food compartments..Iaddend..Iadd.32. The rotatable food serving housing of claim 30 wherein the accommodation tube includes a lower shaft integrally formed in the base and an upper shaft integrally formed in the top for receiving the pole..Iaddend.

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Patent History
Patent number: RE36262
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 28, 1994
Date of Patent: Aug 3, 1999
Inventors: Kenneth A. Jondahl (New Hope, MN), Brian L. Reed (New Hope, MN)
Primary Examiner: Peter M. Cuomo
Assistant Examiner: Gerald A. Anderson
Attorney: Alan Peterson, Wicks, Nemer & Kamrath, P.A Kamrath
Application Number: 8/282,049
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: 312/2493; Plural, Oppositely Pivoted, Parallel Axes (312/324)
International Classification: A47B 4900;