Patent ID: 7895975

Claim:
A bowl comprising: a side wall having a height; a base connected to said side wall; a central protrusion extending from the base and upwards at least halfway along said height of said sidewall, said protrusion dividing a bottom surface of the base within the bowl into a peripheral channel bounded by said sidewall, said protrusion having at least one curved surface that directs food placed in said bowl toward said peripheral channel; said central protrusion is centrally oriented in said bowl, and said protrusion includes a plurality of convex curved areas joined to one another at a height above the bottom surface and forming a continuous raised area above the bottom surface, one of said convex curved areas located over a center of the bowl, and a plurality of separating features forming depressions for separating said curved areas; and wherein a first area of the bottom surface occupied by the central protrusion exceeds a second area of the bottom surface occupied by the peripheral channel.