Patent ID: 7428864

Claim:
A portable enclosed food server and refuse receptacle container for displaying and serving food that provides a location for shells and refuse separate from food, comprising an upper open food server member having a peripheral wall extending upwardly from an upper surface, said upper surface comprising a food accommodating shelf, said upper open food server member joinable at a continuous common peripheral edge thereof to a self-standing lower closed refuse receptacle base member having a hollow, unencumbered interior space, said self-standing lower closed refuse receptacle base member having a tapered outer surface tapering from a wide top edge down to a smaller bottom base, said smaller bottom base directly standable upon a table, said joined upper open food server and said self-standing lower closed receptacle base member forming a joined closed container, said food server having at least one chute extending upwardly above said upper surface of said upper open food server member; said at least one chute extending downwardly towards said base member through at least one aperture in said upper surface; said lower closed base receptacle member having a predetermined height at its highest point being significantly less than a predetermined width of said upper open food server member; and said portable enclosed food server and refuse receptacle container having a geometric shape being dimensioned of a pre-determined maximum portable size for being carried by hand by a user.