US3749278A - Set of different dinner-ware articles - Google Patents

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US3749278A
US3749278A US00140906A US3749278DA US3749278A US 3749278 A US3749278 A US 3749278A US 00140906 A US00140906 A US 00140906A US 3749278D A US3749278D A US 3749278DA US 3749278 A US3749278 A US 3749278A
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  • ABSTRACT A set of dinner-ware articles such as saucers, plates and bowls is adapted to be stacked together to form a portable unit of a compact shape in which unit the articles are safe-guarded against relative lateral displacement and form a substantially closed shell.
  • One aim of the invention is to reduce the work connected with the handling of dinner-ware.
  • it is intended to reduce or completely do away the work connected with the clearing up of the dinner-ware after washing up, putting it in the cupboard and removing it from the cupboard again.
  • Such operations must be carried out individually for many articles of dinner-ware and involve a large number of movements of the hand. Such movements are'made complicated and often difficult owing to the fact that the cupboard is generally at a substantially different level to the level of the table.
  • the present invention consists in a set of different dinner-ware articles adapted to be stacked to form a portable unit with the improvement that the stacked dinner-ware articles abut in a horizontal cross-section of the unit substantially exclusively near its periphery on a respective underlying article, means being provided for safeguarding the articles against lateral sliding, and peripheral parts of the articles being shaped to form a substantially closed shell of the unit which has a compact shape.
  • a further and final aim of the invention is to avoid the tedious putting of the dinnerware articles in the cupboard and removing them from it so that, as an additional advantage there is an economy. in cupboard space.
  • the invention it is thus possible to pack a large quantity of dinner-ware in a small space and owing to the closed shell of the stack the dinner-ware does not become dusty, so that it can remain in the form of the unit in accordance with the invention on a side table or the like without being in any way covered up or enclosed.
  • a particularly significant feature is in the case of ceramic material the possibility in accordance with the invention of firing the ware at least partly in the form of the unit during first firing.
  • a substantially direct effect of the features in accordance with the invention is that the surface zone of the unit forms a stable support for the dinner-ware parts placed above any particular article. This support even withstands shaking. In order to avoid the dinner-ware becoming dusty the unit should at the same time form a substantially closed shell.
  • the articles of dinner-ware can have side walls, which are fitted together to form a substantially closed, for example spherical outer wall or shell of the unit. in this respect the articles can rest on top of one another at the edges of the side walls, that is to say in the outer wall. Between the edges it is also possible for a narrow gap to be left and the abutment face is arranged to be further inwards, though still close to the surface.
  • This gap can, for example, be made with a substantial height for ornamental reasons so that a groove runs horizontally around the unit and the outer wall is interrupted in this respect, the gap then being covered by the side wall of another article lying behind it.
  • the substantially closed shell of the unit does not need -to consist alone of a substantially smooth, continuous outer wall, but it can comprise layers lying to the rear and serving for sealing. These layers do not even have to run parallel to the outer wall.
  • plate rims or the like can extend as far as the surface of the unit and thus contribute to the formation of the shell of the outer' wall. In this respect they can also be so bent that, like the side walls of bowls they form substantial sections of the surface of the unit.
  • the articles of dinner-ware concerned do not have to abut at their rims; preferably, however, at least at those positions where two consecutive flat rims occur, the rims lie on top of one another. On the whole always at least three or four, however generally more dinnerware parts, will contribute to the formation of the outer wall.
  • the abutment faces In order to ensure that lateral sliding does not occur, there is the possibility of making the abutment faces with shoulders for fitting together. Furthermore, it is possible to provide stop faces separate from the abutment faces. It is especially convenient to provide such shoulders and stop faces on the side walls and/or feet of the dinner-ware articles. Furthermore, it is possible to incline the abutment faces themselves so far towards the horizontal cross-section, that is to say for example to make them conical, that there is a self-locking action which bars any lateral sliding.
  • some of the stops are formed by articles which are inserted in addition to the articles of the set coaxially in relation to the latter into the unit, these inserted articles having a smaller cross-section and therefore not abutting or resting at a position adjacent to the periphery of the concerned cross-section of the unit.
  • These additional articles of dinner-ware are, in accordance with the wording used in the present specification and claims, not parts of the set but necessary accessory parts to it.
  • the dinner-ware parts of the set which can be fitted together to form a unit and the necessary accessory parts it is possible to insert further parts into the unit in the cavities between the other parts.
  • the accessory parts and in particular the said further parts should be limited in number as compared with the supporting dinner-ware parts of the set, since they are generally less stable in the unit. This does however not exclude the possibility of the accessory and the said further parts having a supporting function at one position or another. It is also possible to cause one or more of the said further parts to a lesser extent to help in the formation of the surface, particularly at the upper part where such parts do not have to support any other parts or only have to support a few other parts.
  • the unit, including the accessory and the further parts is a complete service, suitable for at least a few persons, for example two.
  • FIG. I shows across-section of the left half of dinnerware articles in accordance with this invention, in assembled relationship
  • FIGS. 2-7 show similar views of other embodiments of dinner-ware articles according to the instant inventive concepts.
  • FIG. 1 shows a bowl 1, a platter 2, three plates 3, 4 and 5, a platter 6, a further plate 7, a deep plate or a bowl 8, a bowl 9 and a candle holder 10.
  • the side walls of the bowls the plates and the platter 2 fit together and, respectively, with the edge of the platter 6. Thcy thus form a smooth closed outer wall and shell of the unit. All parts in this unit lie on the respective underlying part. They are held against lateral sliding by feet 12 or a shoulder 13.
  • the shell of the unit is formed below and above, the latter with the exception of the top part, by the side walls of respective bowls l4 and 15 and therebetween by the rims of three bowls l6, l7 and 18 and of two plates 19 and 20.
  • the bowls I5, 16 and I7 lie at the outside on the underlying part.
  • the rims partially lie with their entire faces on top of one another; by thickening the rims in the outer part it would, however, be possible to arrange for the abutment faces to lie right at the outside.
  • l6 and 17 are held by stop faces which are formed on the one hand by the side walls of the bowls l5 and 14 and of the plate 20 and on the other hand by the lower outer edge 21 and 22, 23 of the bowls l8, l6 and 17 respectively.
  • a lateral sliding of the plates 19 and 20 is barred by the shoulders, which merge in shape with the lateral walls 24 and 25.
  • Sliding of the bowl 18 is barred by the side wall of a small bowl 26 which is inserted between the bowls 17 and 18 as a accessory article.
  • a further small bowl 27 is inserted also as a accessory article, which makes indirect contribution to stopping sliding since it carries the bowl 26.
  • the uppermost part is the candle holder 28.
  • the rim of the bowl 17 is so bent over that it is not only its edge but a larger flat section which lies at the surface.
  • FIG. 3 again shows a set of dinner-ware articles which on the whole form a smooth outer wall of the unit with their side walls and abut against each other at the outside.
  • the parts are three bowls 29, 30 and 31 and three plates 32, 33 and 34.
  • the side walls of the plates 32 and 34 serve to bar lateral displacement but these plates are, in contrast to the bowl 26 (FIG. 2) having the same effect, parts of the set since they have their abutment faces adjacent to the periphery of the cross-section concerned, that is to say at the edges 35 and 36.
  • the possibilities of use of the unit would not be restricted if the parts 31 and 33 were to abut instead of in the outer wall for instance at the edges 37 and 38 on the respective plates.
  • the unit also includes a small bowl 39.
  • FIG. 4 includes as a further element a small head 40 which forms a shoulder for stopping lateral sliding and is not like the safeguarding elements previously mentioned a natural part of the article.
  • FIG. 5 shows at 41, 42 and 43 shoulders which are adjacent to abutment faces. These shoulders are in the form of notches or circular grooves in comparatively thick rims.
  • FIG. 6 shows as an additional dinner-ware part a deep plate 44 which stopsa flat plate 45 above it from sliding sideways; at a position somewhat further removed from the periphery of the unit it lies on a plate 46 of the same depth.
  • Further articles include four fruit dishes 47 arranged in the deep plate 44 and two smaller flat plates 48 which in the above-mentioned structure have neither a supporting nor a safeguarding function and therefore are further parts.
  • FIG. 7 shows in contrast to the previously described spherical units a unit which generally has a cylindrical form but which could also be made in the form of a cube. It includes four dishes 49 to 52, a bowl 53 and five flat plates 54, which form the supporting structure,
  • a set of dinner-ware according to the invention can be manufactured from any material suitable to the production of dinner-ware, especially ceramic and synthetic materials.
  • dinner-ware articles at least partially comprise side walls which at least partially fit together in the surface of the unit in an aligned manner.
  • stop faces are formed by sidewalls of the respective dinnerware articles.
  • a set in accordance with claim 5 comprising additionally smaller dinner-ware articles arranged coaxially in the unit and not reaching as far as the outer wall of the unit, these additional accessory articles having the said stop faces which are preferably formed by side walls.
  • a set in accordance with claim 1 comprising further dinner-ware articles suitably arranged in cavities between the said articles of the set.
  • a set in accordance with claim 1 comprising a tray on top of the unit serving for smaller articles of dinner-ware, the tray preferably having recesses for safeguarding them against relative lateral displacement.
  • a set in accordance with claim 1 comprising a service for at least two persons.
  • a set in accordance with claim 1 in which the unit is divided into an upper half and a bottom half, each half having the necessary dinner-ware articles for at least one person.

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US4807776A (en) * 1987-09-04 1989-02-28 Taco Bell Multi-compartmented container arrangement
WO1989001901A1 (en) * 1987-09-04 1989-03-09 Taco Bell Multi-compartmented container arrangement
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US5356031A (en) * 1990-09-05 1994-10-18 Jondelius Bjoern Device for supporting paper for computer printers
US5678716A (en) * 1990-10-26 1997-10-21 Schoeller Plast S.A. Container system in particular a transport container and/or packaging container system
US5769229A (en) * 1993-03-22 1998-06-23 Plastics, Inc. Container assemblies of different sizes which stack, nest and assemble separately and in combinaton
US5547098A (en) * 1993-09-17 1996-08-20 Jordan; Raymond L. Container with stackable trays and adjustable partitions
US5386922A (en) * 1993-09-17 1995-02-07 Jordan; Raymond L. Container with stackable trays
US5409126A (en) * 1993-10-13 1995-04-25 Demars; Robert A. Storage container with reversible lid
US5740914A (en) * 1996-07-22 1998-04-21 Anchor Hocking Packaging Co. Closure for stacking containers of different sizes
US20030226844A1 (en) * 2002-04-24 2003-12-11 Felknor Wilson A. Flip side grill tray
US7337917B2 (en) 2004-06-25 2008-03-04 Dart Industries Inc. Interlockable seal
US20060006187A1 (en) * 2004-06-25 2006-01-12 Hanno Kortleven Interlockable seal
US20070198332A1 (en) * 2006-02-18 2007-08-23 Iduol Beny Plurality of Stackable Dishware
US20140045151A1 (en) * 2007-08-03 2014-02-13 Foqus, Inc. Incrementally-sized Dishware System and Method of Using Same for Weight Management
US20140255884A1 (en) * 2007-08-03 2014-09-11 Foqus, Inc. Incrementally-sized standard-sized eating-ware system for weight management
US20160117950A1 (en) * 2007-08-03 2016-04-28 Foqus, Inc. Incrementally-sized standard-sized eating-ware system for weight management
US10311748B2 (en) * 2007-08-03 2019-06-04 Foqus, Inc. Incrementally-sized dishware system and method of using same for weight management
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USD796269S1 (en) * 2015-04-22 2017-09-05 Ryan Grepper Plates for integration with cooler
US10486856B2 (en) 2018-02-20 2019-11-26 Christopher Wayne Mundy Plate attachment assembly
US11292635B2 (en) 2018-02-20 2022-04-05 Christopher Wayne Mundy Plate attachment assembly
USD968163S1 (en) 2019-10-24 2022-11-01 Lenox Corporation Nested tableware set
US11490749B2 (en) * 2019-10-24 2022-11-08 Lenox Corporation Nested tableware set
GB2609252A (en) * 2021-07-27 2023-02-01 Portmeirion Group Uk Ltd Stackable table service

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