Method and portable apparatus for transporting, displaying and serving food
First Claim
1. A method for transforming a golf cart into a mobile food item displaying and serving apparatus, comprisingsecuring to the passenger seat of a golf cart a contained display of a plurality of food items, said contained display permitting selection and removal of one or more food items of the plurality of food items,transporting, with the golf cart and said contained display of food items to possible consumers,stopping the golf cart adjacent possible consumers, andallowing the possible consumers to select and remove one or more food items from the contained display.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus providing self-service of food items, such as finger foods and snacks, including a portable food displaying and serving apparatus for transporting and displaying a selection of food items for consumption by possible consumers.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for transforming a golf cart into a mobile food item displaying and serving apparatus, comprising
securing to the passenger seat of a golf cart a contained display of a plurality of food items, said contained display permitting selection and removal of one or more food items of the plurality of food items, transporting, with the golf cart and said contained display of food items to possible consumers, stopping the golf cart adjacent possible consumers, and allowing the possible consumers to select and remove one or more food items from the contained display.
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5. In a vehicle having a driver'"'"'s seat and passenger'"'"'s seat, the improvement comprising presenting in the vehicle adjacent the passenger seat a food item display and serving apparatus containing pluralities of a plurality of food items from which food items can be selected and removed for consumption, transporting the food item display and serving apparatus in the vehicle while permitting vehicle passengers to select and remove food items from the food item display and serving apparatus while traveling.
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6. A portable food display and serving apparatus, comprising
a molded thermoplastic base, a removable plastic panel, including a plurality of panel openings for carrying a plurality of food containers, means within the molded thermoplastic base for supporting the removable plastic panel within the base, and a plurality of open-top food containers removably supported and carried by the panel within the plurality of openings of the panel for carrying and displaying a plurality of different food items for selection by a consumer.
- 19. A method of serving food items to possible consumers dispersed over an extensive area, comprising selecting a variety of food items to be offered for consumption, providing a portable carrier for displaying and serving pluralities of selected food items to possible consumers, including a plurality of open top containers carried within the portable carrier, preparing the plurality of food items for display and selection from the open top food containers by reducing their size, if necessary, to small-size portions, placing the plurality of small size portions of food items in the carrier, with small size portions of each food item being carried in a separate food container, transporting the portable carrier and the pluralities of food portions over an extensive area to dispersed possible consumers, and allowing the possible consumers to serve themselves by selecting food items from the display of food item portions in the portable carrier and removing the selected food items for consumption.
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22. A method of serving food to travelers and saving their travel time, comprising
providing a list of food-serving facilities and their spaced locations along a highway, means for communicating with the food-serving facilities along the highway, and a list of food items available at the food-serving facilities, receiving at a travelers chosen food-serving facility, a communicated food order from the traveler, preparing the traveler'"'"'s communicated food order, in response to the traveler'"'"'s communication at the traveler'"'"'s chosen food-serving facility and holding the prepared food order for pick-up by the traveler, placing the prepared food order in serving carriers adapted for serving food in the traveler'"'"'s vehicles, delivering the prepared food order to the traveler upon the traveler'"'"'s arrival at their chosen location for consumption by the traveler while proceeding to the destination, thereby hastening their arrival at their chosen destination.
- 24. The method of claim 24 wherein the serving carrier is made of paperboard and includes portions that engage interior portions of the traveler'"'"'s vehicle.
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28. A portable food carrier for serving food items inside a vehicle,
an upper portion adapted to engage the posts carrying a front seat headrest, a lower portion adapted to be inserted in a seat pocket on the back of a front seat, and a central portion between the upper and lower portions extending away from the back of the front seat to present food carried by the food carrier for consumption by a passenger behind the front seat.
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