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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1993
Michael Valdman, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Semyon Litvin, St.-Petersburg, RU;
Igor Gridnev, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Vladimir M Gerasimov, St.-Petersburg, RU;
Alexey N Zakharov, St.-Petersburg, RU;
Alexander L Ljubomirsky, St.-Petersburg, RU;
Ilona Vasilevskaja, Minsk, BY;
Invention Machine Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An improved container for storing and transporting a hot pizza product that includes a top and bottom with nonzero Gauss curvatured structures over a major portion of the supporting surface so that less material need be used for fabrication without a lowering of structural integrity. The top and bottom members are adapted to nest with other like tops and bottom members to reduce the need storage space near the pizza oven where they are ready for use without preassembly. The floor of the bottom comprises upstanding projections with small top surface area to reduce the heat conduction path and to support the product above the floor to form an air insulating space between the product and the floor. The bottom member includes a sidewall that intersects the floor to form a supporting line when resting on a supporting surface, thermal conduction being limited to such line. The curved, convex shape of the floor then provides a closed air insulating space between the bottom and the resting surface. Channels are provided in the top and bottom for rigidity and to assist cutting the product and nesting completely assembled boxes for transport. Other features are disclosed.