Patent ID: 7004377
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: A47G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A user-foldable, food-serving apparatus comprising: a food-supporting member made of a material sized and having sufficient rigidity to support the typical bottom area and the weight of at least one item of food-item when said apparatus is held at one end in a substantially horizontal orientation, and said food-supporting member having at least one foldable segment positionable by a user to facilitate eating and to prevent the served food from contacting unsanitary surfaces when said food-supporting member is placed in a flattened condition on a surface; said food-supporting member having a plurality of side walls extending upward adjacent from outer edges of said food-supporting member in a manner which increases the rigidity of said food-supporting member, wherein said plurality of said side walls define an opening and have at least one reduced cross-section user-breakable joint, and said plurality of side walls are sized to surround a majority of the perimeter of said at least one food-item having sufficient rigidity to facilitate the retention of, said at least one food-item on the food-supporting member; said plurality of side walls further comprising an upward extending rear wall having a food-securing tab foldably connected adjacent to and extending forward from an upper edge thereof, said tab having a width which spans a majority of the width of a served food and is operable by the digits of a hand to assist a user in securing food beneath the tab and above said food-supporting member in a manner which supports served food in a horizontal orientation, during the eating of said food by said user; said food-supporting member having at least one bendable line extending across said food-supporting member; said at least one user-breakable joint being located tangent to an end of said bendable line to allow a user to break said side walls at said at least one user-breakable joint, whereby