Display case

a technology for displaying cases and food items, applied in the field of display cases, can solve the problem of not being able to display multiple food items at the same tim

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-12-29
TILLAMOOK COUNTRY SMOKER LLC
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Because the display case has a single cavity, multiple food items cannot be displayed in it without becoming mixed unless they are provided in properly sized containers.

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[0013]Referring now the drawings, a case 10 has a single unitary cavity 12 located in it. In the embodiment illustrated, the cavity 12 covers almost the entire extent of the case, leaving only a narrow ledge 14 at the sides and front of the case near its open top. The ledge 14 serves as a seat for a lid 16 which cover the cavity. A narrow inwardly projecting lip 17 extends around the periphery of the cavity slightly below the ledge 14. The case illustrated is made as a single molded plastic shell. While the case can have other shapes, and be constructed in another manner, as will be more fully explained below, it must be configured in a manner that permits multiple food filled containers 18 to be supported in the cavity, and yet the case itself is not divided into multiple compartments each of which could hold a separate food product, without the different food products becoming mixed.

[0014]In the embodiment illustrated, the containers 18 are open topped shells 20 having opposed sid...

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A countertop bulk food display case has a single unitary cavity which receives a plurality of individual food containers. The containers have lips which extend outwardly from their open top and support elements, which extend across the cavity, and are arranged such that adjacent support elements contact the lips on opposed sides of the container.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]It is common to place cases for displaying bulk snack food products, such as smoked meat products, on the checkout counter of convenience stores and supermarkets. Typically, these cases display multiple varieties of food products in a manner which separates them from one another. Customers then open the display case to remove the items they want to purchase. One way of separating multiple food items in a single display case is to mold several individual open top compartments into the display case. Because the food is dispensed in bulk, the merchant must refill the display case as it becomes empty. It is common when doing this to place additional stock on top of what is already in the display case as the existing stock becomes depleted. If this occurs repeatedly, the original stock eventually becomes stale.[0002]Applicants assignee overcame the freshness problem by selling the food products to the merchants in sealed containers which are sized to fit ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D21/02B65D25/04B65D51/04
CPCA47F3/145A47F10/06A47F7/0071
Inventor SMITH, JOHN C.KAISER, LANCE R.
Owner TILLAMOOK COUNTRY SMOKER LLC
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