Patent Application
20240122385
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The disclosure relates to food service devices and more particularly pertains to a new food service device for enhancing the operation of a restaurant. The device includes a dinner plate that has a first non-stick coating to inhibit food from sticking to the dinner plate. The device includes a dinner bowl that has a second non-stick coating to inhibit food from sticking the dinner bowl.
The prior art relates to food service devices including a plurality of ceramic utensils that each has a Alfred shale terra sigillata coating to inhibit food from sticking to the ceramic utensils. The prior art discloses a food tray system that includes retention depressions that each holds a non-slip insert. The prior art discloses a cooking device that includes a heat conducting platform which has a polished, non stick surface and a heat source that is positioned beneath the heat conducting platform.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a dinner plate that has a curved depression thereby facilitating the dinner plate to hold food. A first non-stick layer is bonded to the dinner plate and the first non-stick layer is comprised of a cohesive material to inhibit food from adhering to the dinner plate. A dinner bowl is provided and the dinner bowl is curved to define a depression thereby facilitating the dinner bowl to contain a liquid food. A second non-stick layer is bonded to the dinner bowl and the second non-stick layer is comprised of a cohesive material to inhibit food from adhering to the dinner bowl.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure 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 first non-stick layer 28 is bonded to the dinner plate 12 and the first non-stick layer 28 is comprised of a cohesive material to inhibit food from adhering to the dinner plate 12. The first non-stick layer 28 is positioned on an upper surface 30 of the basal plate section 16 and the annular ring section 18. Additionally, the first non-stick layer 28 completely covers the upper surface 30 of the basal plate section 16 and the annular ring section 18. The first non-stick layer 28 may comprise, but not be limited to, Polytetrafluoroethylene, ceramic or Fluoroethylenepropylene. The dinner plate 12 may be manufactured in a variety of contrasting colors and with the logo of a professional sports team, for example, or other type of ubiquitous logo.
A dinner bowl 32 is provided and the dinner bowl 32 is curved to define a depression 34 thereby facilitating the dinner bowl 32 to contain a liquid food. The liquid food may be soup, bisque or other similar type of viscous food item. The dinner bowl 32 has a floor section 36 and an outer section 38 curving upwardly from a perimeter 40 of the floor section 36. The outer section 38 has a distal edge 42 with respect to the floor section 36 and the outer section 38 is concavely arcuate between the floor section 36 and the distal edge 42. The dinner bowl 32 may have a diameter of at least 16.5 cm and depth of at least 7.5 cm.
A second non-stick layer 44 is bonded to the dinner bowl 32 and the second non-stick layer 44 is comprised of a cohesive material to inhibit the liquid food from adhering to the dinner bowl 32. The second non-stick layer 44 is positioned on a top surface 46 of the floor section 36 and the outer section 38. Additionally, the second non-stick layer 44 completely covers the top surface 46 of the floor section 36 and the outer section 38. The second non-stick layer 44 may comprise, but not be limited to, Polytetrafluoroethylene, ceramic or Fluoroethylenepropylene. The dinner bowl 32 may be manufactured in a variety of contrasting colors and with the logo of a professional sports team, for example, or other type of ubiquitous logo.
In use, each of the dinner plate 12 and the dinner bowl 32 are employed in a restaurant or other type of dining establishment that serves food to patrons. The first non-stick layer 28 inhibits the food served on the dinner plate 12 from sticking to the dinner plate 12 once the dinner plate 12 is returned to a kitchen in the restaurant for washing, for example. In this way the dinner plate 12 can be quickly and efficiently washed to facilitate the dinner plate 12 to be quickly available to be employed for subsequent serving. The second non-stick layer 44 inhibits the liquid food from sticking to the dinner bowl 32 once the dinner bowl 32 is returned to the kitchen in the restaurant for washing, for example. Furthermore, the first non-stick layer 28 and the second non-stick layer 44 facilitate the dinner plate 12 and the dinner bowl 32 to be quickly and efficiently cleaned in a household kitchen, for example.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, 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 an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure 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 disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
