HAND HELD FOOD HOLDER AND DISPENSER

• US 3,727,802 A
• Filed: 07/20/1970
• Issued: 04/17/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gerald L. Schnurmacher
• Original Assignee: Gerald L. Schnurmacher
• Inventors: Schnurmacher, Gerald L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kocovsky, Thomas E.
• Application Number:
  US05/056,618
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 206/56C,9 220/93 30/123,125,141 222/95,105,205,206,386,207,210,393 99/137 128/222,223,252,261
• US Class Current: 222/205
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/08 Serving devices for one-handed persons

Abstract

A generally cylindrical food holder utilizing a plunger at one end driven by a stick to force the contents out the other end. the discharge end of the holder is characterized by a transversely extending sill adapted to be received within the mouth of the consumer to permit the consumer to bite against it while food is supported on it in his mouth. At the lateral side edges of the sill, upwardly extending wall portions serve to confine the bite of food supported on the sill so as to preclude leakage or spilling of fluids from the regions at the corners of the consumer'"'"''"'"'s mouth. In one embodiment a deformable compliant bag is carried within the body of the holder, the upper edge of the bag being secured at the region between the body of the holder and the element forming the serving sill.

Claims

1. A hand held food holder and dispenser for individual consumption of food therefrom comprising an elongated generally cylindrical body forming a container adapted to be held in the hand of a consumer as food within the body is urged outwardly through an end of the container, a serving element having an annular base readily releasably engaging the margin at said end to form a continuation of the container and provide a biting zone to facilitate biting into portions of the emerging food thereat, said serving element in a horizontal disposition having a semirigid transverse bottom portion for receiving said food thereon and side walls forming a continuation of the side walls of said body, said zone being open and unobstructed froM above said bottom to permit said bottom portion to be inserted into the mouth of a consumer for biting against same as it carries food thereon, the side walls of said element being sufficiently spaced to prevent dripping and leakage of juices at the sides of the mouth, a complaint bag within the container for holding food therein, said bag being sealed at one end within the container, the other end of the bag being open and secured to the first named end of the container, and means for pushing against the sealed end of the bag to discharge the contents thereof via the other end.

2. A hand held food holder and dispenser according to claim 1 wherein the outer end margin of the bag is disposed and retained in pinched relation between said container and said element.

3. A hand held food holder and dispenser according to claim 1 wherein the last named said means comprises a pair of elongated slots formed through and along the side wall of said container, and a disc within the container having radial tabs disposed to extend through the slots to project beyond the outer surface of said container whereby the consumer can engage the tabs and move the disc along the container to compress the bag and urge the food therefrom.

4. A hand held food holder and dispenser according to claim 1 further including an annular ring formed with tapered conical friction surfaces disposed in opposite directions to provide a maximum diameter intermediate its ends, said ring being interposed between said element and container, one of said tapered friction surfaces engaging said element, and the outer end margin of said bag being captured between the other tapered friction surface and the inner surface of the outer end of the container.

5. A hand held food holder and dispenser according to claim 1 wherein said cylindrical body is formed of a foldable material with lines of weakness forming fold lines extending along the sides of said body, a plunger within the body serving to retain the cylindrical shape of the body at one end, and the annular base of said serving element serving to retain the cylindrical shape of the body at the other end.