FOOD CONTAINERS DESIGNED TO OBTAIN WITHIN THEIR OWN VOLUME THE SPACE NECESSARY FOR MIXING THE FOOD CONTAINED WITH OTHER FOOD, SEASONING OR OTHER
Patent Information
- Application Number
- IT202002901005113
- Authority / Receiving Office
- IT · IT
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2002-03-27
- Publication Date
- 2004-05-03
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
Description
DESCRIPTION of the Invention having as TITLE: food container designed to obtain, within its overall volume, the space necessary for mixing the food contained within it with other food, seasoning or other in the name of Gilioli Mirco, resident in Cavriago (Reggio Emilia), via Miselli n° 1 SUMMARY The food container in question allows for enough internal space to allow for the mixing of one food with another. This is possible because this container contains another, smaller container that can be removed by the user when needed. This creates the space necessary to mix the food contained in the main container (A) with another external container or with what was previously contained in the second, removable container (B) of smaller dimensions. DESCRIPTION TEXT Currently, there are many containers of various shapes and materials, mostly plastic and glass, used to package various types of food for marketing and consumer consumption. We could, very generally, state that everything offered for sale must be appropriately packaged. Recently, there has been a significant development in so-called ready-to-eat meals, which are foods that can be consumed after simple heating (not essential) and, sometimes, mixing. It can sometimes happen that you buy a food that has all the characteristics of a product intended to be consumed away from the home kitchen and therefore away from the availability of dishes and tableware that are an essential part of the product. A specific case could be that of a fresh-cut salad, that is, cut, washed, and ready-to-eat, offered to the consumer complete with plastic cutlery and dressing for consumption away from home, if necessary. Once the container and any accompanying dressing sachet are opened, the container itself would be unable to properly mix the primary food and the dressing, as it would lack the volume required to perform this operation. This would therefore frustrate the attempt to offer the consumer a product that is versatile, easy to use, and, above all, suitable for use outside of the home.Conversely, the use of a container such as the one in this industrial invention application could accommodate a fork, condiments, and other items (paper napkins, other packaged foods, spices, etc.) in the second, removable container. The consumer, upon use, would simply remove this container from the main container. The free space thus created would allow the main food (the salad in our example) to be properly mixed with the appropriate condiment contained in a special container (oil and vinegar sachet, dressing, mayonnaise, etc.) or with other food (e.g., pieces of mozzarella, tuna, etc.). It goes without saying that the container organized in this way could be used to create the space suitable for mixing the most diverse food ingredients.At the current state of the art, no food containers designed in the manner described have been manufactured and it is therefore undeniable that the invention constitutes an innovation.
Claims
CLAIMS The invention and manufacture of a food container as previously described is claimed, made from any possible type of material and in any shape, containing within it another container of various shapes and materials, removable in order to make the entire internal volume of the main container available for carrying out mixing operations between the ingredients of any type and nature contained within it. Reggio Emilia, 11 / 05 / 1998 Signature of the applicant: Gilioli Mirco 0 |