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

Claim 0:
1. 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 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 move into engagement with the food tray receiver side walls to generally prevent food from moving between the food tray receiver side walls and the liner side walls when the liner is disposed in the food tray receiver cavity of the food tray receiver,
wherein the food tray receiver includes a floor having a raised portion, wherein the base is configured to be deformed by the raised portion of the floor to facilitate the movement of the plurality of liner side walls into engagement with the food tray receiver side walls when the liner is disposed in the food tray receiver cavity of the food tray receiver.