Infant/toddler prepared meal kit

• US 20030015453A1
• Filed: 05/22/2002
• Published: 01/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Donald C. Kates, Maureen A. Ganey
• Original Assignee: Donald C. Kates, Maureen A. Ganey
• Inventors: Ganey, Maureen A., Kates, Donald C.
• Application Number:
  US10/153,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20030015453A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/541
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 47/14 Carriers for prepared human food lunch boxes, picnic boxes, or the like A45C11/20

Abstract

A prepared meal kit having foodstuffs suitable for feeding an infant or a toddler is disclosed. The foodstuffs include packaged and ready-to-eat baked items, fruit, vegetable and cereal servings, as well as a liquid serving of formula or juice in a container which also functions as a serving tray. The kit also includes ancillary items such as utensils, napkins, bibs and a toy. The container provides a means for advertisement and brand recognition and may be decorated with thematically-based graphics linked to a particular activity, character or event.

Claims

1. A kit of prepared foodstuffs suitable for an infant'"'"'s and a toddler'"'"'s meal, said kit comprising:

a fruit serving;

a vegetable serving;

a cereal serving;

a liquid serving; and

packaging adapted for grouping said fruit, vegetable, cereal and liquid servings together.

2. A kit according to claim 1, wherein said packaging comprises a tray having a plurality of compartments, each compartment adapted for holding one of said servings.

3. A kit according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first container for holding said fruit serving;

a second container for holding said vegetable serving;

a third container for holding said cereal serving; and

a fourth container for holding said liquid serving, said packaging holding said containers.

4. A kit according to claim 1, wherein said liquid serving is infant formula.

5. A kit according to claim 1, further comprising a baked food item.

6. A kit according to claim 5, wherein said baked food item is a biscuit.

7. A kit according to claim 1, further comprising a pasta food item.

8. A kit according to claim 1, further including a napkin and a bib.

9. A kit according to claim 1, further including a toy.

10. A kit according to claim 9, wherein said toy has characteristics associated with a particular activity and provides a promotional link to said activity for promoting said activity via said kit.

12. A method according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of first packaging said servings individually thereby forming individual servings, and then packaging said individual servings together to form said kit.

11. A method of providing a kit of prepared foodstuffs suitable for an infant'"'"'s and a toddler'"'"'s meal, said method comprising the steps of:

packaging a fruit serving;

packaging a vegetable serving;

packaging a cereal serving;

packaging a liquid serving; and

packaging said servings together thereby forming a kit.