The present invention relates to food dispensing devices and more particularly pertains to a new food dispensing device for holding and dispensing avocado paste.
The present invention meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a flexible container that includes a front wall attached to a rear wall. The container includes a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of lateral edges. The lateral edges taper toward the bottom edge and the bottom edge is pointed. A food product is positioned in the container. A gripping sleeve has a frusto-conical shape and includes an open upper edge and an open lower edge. The container extends through the sleeve and the sleeve is positioned between the top and bottom edges. The container is cut along a plane of the lower edge to remove the bottom edge and open the container.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A gripping sleeve 26 has a frusta-conical shape and includes an open upper edge 28 and an open lower edge 30. The container 12 extends through the sleeve 26 and the sleeve 26 is positioned between the top 18 and bottom 20 edges. The sleeve 26 has a break 32 therein extending through the upper 28 and lower 30 edges. The sleeve 26 is overlapped upon itself to tighten the sleeve 26 on the container 12. A coupler 34 retains the sleeve 26 in a tightened condition. The coupler 34 includes male and female engaging members. The sleeve 26 has a notch 35 therein extending upwardly into the lower edge 30.
In use, the container 12 is cut along a plane of the lower edge 30 to remove the bottom edge 20 and open the container 12. The container 12 is then squeezed, along or adjacent to its top edge 12, to force the avocado 24 out of the container. The container 12, until it is cut, is airtight and prevents the rapid spoilage of the avocado 24 while providing users of the assembly 10 an easy means of accessing avocado paste 24 for a plurality of uses. As can be seen in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.
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