Patent ID: 7891520
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A vessel for containing, displaying or serving foodstuffs and the like, said vessel comprising a base component and a basin component adapted to be upheld by the base component and of a uniform radius of curvature, said base component comprising at least three supports and at least three connectors, each of said supports being substantially spherical in shape, each said connector having a proximal end and a distal end and positioned beneath said basin component, with each connector being attached at its proximal end with a rotatable joint to a respective support, said connectors being substantially equal in length and being joined to one another at their distal ends to form a junction, said junction being adapted to be positioned at the center of an imaginary circle having a radius that is substantially the same as the length of each connector, and each of said supports being adapted to be positioned about the periphery of said imaginary circle, whereby the basin component may be rested upon and upheld by said supports so as to permit the basin component to be rotated about its vertical axis and/or rotated about another axis such that the orientation of the mouth of the basin component is offset from a horizontal plane while the basin component retains contact with each of said supports and rests in an offset position.