Patent ID: 8006369
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a food serving tray assembly comprising the step of molding a hand portable container such that the container has a serving platter having a disposal opening extending there through and having a plurality of serving wells for receiving food items therein for presentation to a person for eating, and a receptacle platter having a bottom and a peripheral wall extending from the bottom at a perimeter thereof, (a) wherein the receptacle platter and serving platter are configured to be releasably coupled to one another in two different configurations including, (b) wherein the serving platter has an outer peripheral wall having a first height and a plurality of dividing walls defining and separating the serving wells, each of the dividing walls having a second height approximately equal to the first height, each of the serving wells sharing in common a dividing wall with another serving well; (c) wherein the peripheral wall of the receptacle platter is an outer peripheral wall having a third height and the bottom of the receptacle platter defines a plurality of dividers having a fourth height substantially less than the third height; and (d) wherein the serving platter is generally received within the outer peripheral wall of the receptacle platter and each of the dividers of the receptacle platter aligns with and engages a respective dividing wall of the serving platter, when the food serving tray assembly is in the transport configuration, such that two wells are isolated from one another by the divider and engaged common dividing wall.