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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1990
James P Howes, Wilton, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
In the present invention, food product containers, holders, wrappers or instruments are constructed in a manner which enables these products to secretly retain a prize award, while being indistinguishable from non-prize bearing products. In this way, the prize-bearing product may be randomly distributed with conventional, non-prize bearing products, without having the existence of a prize award being discovered before opening by the consumer. By creating a prize retaining zone which is secretly and undiscoverably embedded in conventional food delivery products such as cups, straws, holders, containers, etc., prize awards such as cash, are secretly hidden and randomly distributed to lucky customers who instantly win the prize award.