Patent ID: 8087535

Claim:
A serving dish constructed for facilitating transfer of food from the serving dish to a diner's plate, the serving dish comprising: a major central portion constructed to receive and hold food on an upper surface; a rim encircling the central portion, the rim having an upper surface contiguous with the central portion upper surface and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom, and terminating in an outer rim edge; two dispensing ramps at opposite ends of the dish, each dispensing ramp having an upper surface with an inner ramp edge contiguous with the upper surface of the rim at said outer rim edge, and extending away from the outer rim edge; each dispensing ramp having a lower surface that extends substantially horizontally away from the outer rim edge a distance of at least 25 millimeters, a width of at least 75 millimeters, and elevated at least 25 millimeters above a support surface for supporting the serving dish to thereby provide a clear space between the lower surface and the support surface to receive the diner's plate therebetween; each ramp having two opposed side edges that extend upwardly from the upper surface to contain food and fluids during their transfer along the ramp; the upper surface of the each ramp sloping upwardly to the ramp outer edge so that liquids will flow back into the central portion; and a drip projection at the lower surface at the outer ramp edge to cause liquids to drip down.