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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Terry Vovan, Upland, CA (US);
Terry Vovan, Upland, CA (US);
PWP Industries (California Corporation), Vernon, CA (US);
Abstract
A food bowl assembly includes a bowl () and a food platform () that lies in a lower portion of the bowl. The platform supports solid food and allows grease and other fluids to flow to a lower compartment () that lies under the platform. The platform has support surfaces () on which food lies, has recesses () that lie slightly below the level of the support surfaces and into which fluid drains, and has drain holes () in the recess though which fluids flow to the lower compartment. All of the holes lie closer to the vertical axis () of the bowl assembly than to the rim () of the platform, which avoids fluids spilling out of the holes when the bowl assembly is tipped. The bottom of the bowl or the platform, forms a deflector () around a region below the holes, with gaps in the barrier that allow fluid to flow to the periphery of the lower compartment.