Alice F Bowers

US Patent:

20100038371, Feb 18, 2010

Filed:

Aug 13, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/228416

Inventors:

Horace Clentie Bowers - Los Angeles CA, US
Alice Elizabeth Bowers - Los Angeles CA, US

International Classification:

B65D 6/00
B65D 43/16

US Classification:

220676, 220810

Abstract:

Related embodiments of self-supporting permanently-formed, or foldable and quick-setup, food-protective apparatus are disclosed, each for safely storing and protecting, serving and/or transporting food-products in or to one or more, food-preparation or food-serving settings. The apparatus include one or more openable and closeable openings or apertures each having a positionable door or covering that can quickly and easily be moved to an opened or closed position. The apparatus may optionally incorporate see-through ventilative screened or meshed material and may be made of a rigid or flexible insulative material. The Enclosure embodiments also include stackable and/or side-by-side quick alignment elements, optional one or more trays or shelves having one or more receptacles for retaining a heating or chilling material, or having receptacles for one or more garnishes, herbs, spices, enclosures having various shapes, and the option to make a barbeque with one or more integrally-incorporated food-protective enclosures.