Patent ID: 8616402
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A method of ensuring that a supply of dry cereal is not initially mixed with a supply of wetted cereal in a bowl, the bowl having: (i) an interior surface comprising: (ii) an exterior surface having an exterior bottom surface and a shape that substantially corresponds to the interior surface, whereby the bowl is stackable, with another bowl having the same shape, (1) with the exterior surface of the bowl substantially adjacent to an interior surface of the other bowl when the bowl is stacked above the other bowl, and (2) with the interior surface of the bowl substantially adjacent to an exterior surface of the other bowl when the bowl is stacked below the other bowl; (iii) wherein the interior surface and a horizontal plane containing the lowest portion of the rim together enclose a volume containing (1) a main cavity circumscribed by the first wall portion and the second wall portion and (2) a trough circumscribed by the second wall portion and the third wall portion, which features (iii)(1) and (iii)(2) are coextensive and connected without substantial obstruction therebetween; and (iv) wherein the main cavity and the trough are configured and sized relative to each other so that the bowl remains stable when the bowl is sitting on the exterior bottom surface both (1) when the bowl is empty and (2) when the bowl is filled, to any level between the elevated surface and the plane, with a food product comprising a dry cereal, the method comprising: placing a first quantity of dry cereal in the main cavity of the bowl; (b) placing a second quantity of dry cereal in the trough of the bowl.