Pizza cone with filling

• US 4,463,021 A
• Filed: 03/31/1983
• Issued: 07/31/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joseph C. Eufemia
• Original Assignee: Joseph C. Eufemia
• Inventors: Eufemia, Joseph C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yoncoskie, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hatcher, Elizabeth A.
• Application Number:
  US06/480,765
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 426/94, 426/138, 426/95, 426/90, 426/132
• US Class Current: 426/90
• CPC Class Codes: A21D 13/33 Edible containers, e.g. cups or cones

Abstract

A hand-held edible product in the form of an edible pizza cone having filling therein. The pizza cone filling may be any filling or topping used on conventional pizzas including but not limited to tomato, cheese, pepperoni, sausage, peppers, mushrooms, anchovies, olives and the like. The cone is edible and has dimensional characteristics enabling it to be conveniently handheld while the food product is being consumed with the cone having sufficient rigidity and structural characteristics enabling it to retain its structural integrity during the time period that the cone would normally be held while being consumed. An inverted cone-like structure is provided interiorly of the cone and internal ribs are formed on the inner surface of the cone to stabilize, grip and retain the pizza filling. Also, the upper end of the cone is provided with an outwardly extending flange or lip to further retain the pizza filling properly associated with the cone while being consumed. A protective cup of foam plastic material, such as "styrofoam", telescopes onto the lower end portion of the pizza cone to protect the hand of the person holding the cone from excessive transfer of heat from the pizza filling and cone and also serving to maintain the structural integrity of the cone and to collect and retain any leakage through the cone.

Claims

1. A handheld edible food product comprising an edible receptacle having an open upper end and a downwardly extending peripheral wall terminating in a closed lower end, said receptacle being unitarily constructed of edible material, and a pizza filling in the receptacle, extending at least to the open upper end thereof to enable the receptacle and the filling therein to be handheld and consumed, said wall tapering downwardly to form a pizza cone, and an insulating cup of foam plastic telescoped over and supported by the external surface of at least the lower portion of the pizza cone to protect the hand of the person holding the cone from discomfort or injury due to burning, to stabilize the structural integrity of the cone and to catch and retain any liquid leakage through the cone, said pizza cone including a plurality of radially extending ribs in the lower end portion to engage the pizza filling to stabilize it and tend to hold it away from the wall of the cone, said pizza cone including an internal, inverted inner cone having a downwardly and outwardly tapering wall supported from said pizza cone with the upper end of the inner cone having a closed end for supporting and stabilizing the pizza filling, the upper end of said inner cone including a concave top wall for receiving and positioning said filling, said pizza cone wall including an outwardly bellied upper end portion defining an inwardly facing concave surface for increasing the capacity of the cone and rigidifying the upper end thereof, the upper end of said inner cone being disposed above the lower end of the bellied upper end portion of the pizza cone, said insulating cup terminating at the juncture between the upper end portion and the lower end portion of the pizza cone to enable consumption of the upper end portion of the cone and the pizza filling therein without interference, said ribs terminating at the juncture between the upper and lower end portions of the pizza cone for reinforcing the area of the pizza cone on which grasping forces are exerted when holding the cone.

2. The food product as defined in claim 1 wherein the upper end of the pizza cone includes an outwardly extending peripheral flange defining a lip to retain food products from dripping over the top edge of the cone.