Patent ID: 9668511
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A23B,A23L,A23V,B65B,B65D

Claim:
1. A frame for dividing a mass of divisible food into portions comprising a first part having a first wall extending about the perimeter of the first part and extending from a first common plane, said first part also having a first divider wall extending from the common plane and disposed within and extending from the first perimeter wall forming a first plurality of cavities between the first perimeter wall and the first divider wall of approximate equal areas, said frame having a second part with a second wall extending about the perimeter of the second part and extending from a second common plane, said second part having a second divider wall extending from the second common plane and disposed within and extending from the second perimeter wall forming a second plurality of cavities between the second perimeter wall and the second divider wall of areas approximately equal to the areas of the cavities in the first part of the frame, a hinge mounted between the first perimeter wall of the first part of the frame and the second perimeter wall of the second part of the frame, said hinge being rotatable between a closed position of the frame, in the closed position of the frame the first common plane of the first part and the second common plane of the second part are substantially parallel and each cavity of the first group of cavities of the first part confronts a cavity of the second group of cavities of the second part of the frame, the confronting cavities forming pairs of communicating cavities, in the open position of the hinge the first and second common planes of the frame are disposed at an angle and the cavities are exposed for receiving a mass of divisible food for apportionment, wherein each of the cavities of the first part of the frame is provided with a bottom wall disposed on the side of the first perimeter wall opposite the first common plane, and each of the cavities of the second part of the frame is provided with a bottom wall disposed on the side of the second perimeter wall opposite the second common plane, each of the bottom walls is provided with a plurality of perforations to vent air pockets developed by use of the frame to the ambient atmosphere.