Patent ID: 11912465
Assignee: DUKE MANUFACTURING CO.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 12:
13. A food holding assembly comprising:
a food holding apparatus including a food tray receiver, the food tray receiver having a plurality of food tray receiver side walls defining a food tray receiver cavity sized and shaped to receive one or more trays of food; and
a liner sized and shaped to be inserted into the food tray receiver cavity of the food tray receiver, the liner having a base and a plurality of liner side walls extending generally upward from the base, the flexible liner having a food receiving cavity defined by the base and the plurality of liner side walls, the food receiving cavity having an open top arranged to receive food when the liner is disposed in the food tray receiver and food falls toward the liner, the liner side walls configured to engage the food tray receiver side walls when received in the food tray receiver cavity to obstruct food from moving between the food tray receiver side walls and the liner side walls, wherein the liner side walls taper outward as the liner side walls extend generally upward away from the base;
wherein the food tray receiver includes a floor having a raised portion, and wherein the base of the liner is configured to be deformed by the raised portion of the floor of the food tray receiver to facilitate movement of the plurality of liner side walls into engagement with the food tray receiver side walls.