Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
219734000 | With cover | 18 |
20090014443 | CONTAINER AND SYSTEM FOR COOKING FOODS - A microwavable cooking container assembly has a bottom wall and a top rim spaced apart by a sidewalls. The container also has a notch, a gate with a steam aperture and a projection for mating within the notch. A film cover is attached to the top rim over the gate and has a fill aperture in communication with the container. The gate is moveable between a blocking position and a fill position for passing cooking ingredients through the fill aperture past the gate into the container. In another embodiment, a lid mates with the top rim and has a handle for gripping and a sealing rib for mating with the ledge seat on the top rim. The lid has a steam aperture for controllably releasing stem to create a pressure cooking environment within the container for cooking food in a microwave. | 01-15-2009 |
20090050624 | Top-a-plate - The Microwavable Food Heating Package is an invention that combines two products into one product. A disposable, microwavable, paper plate and a disposable, microwavable cover that is molded to fit over the plate are sold together to form one product. The Microwavable Food Heating Package is mainly used for heating food. One grabs the plate and a cover with end tabs, lifts one or both tabs, puts the food on the plate, bends the tabs down, and heats the food. The Microwavable Food Heating Package can also be used to refrigerate food or to cover food so that objects do not get on the food. Since the entire product is disposable, there is no need to clean either portion of the product. | 02-26-2009 |
20090206075 | Apparatus for preparing a food item in a microwave oven - An apparatus for preparing a food item in a microwave oven comprises a tray including a plurality of elevated heating areas and a plurality of channels disposed between the elevated heating areas, the elevated heating areas each including a microwave energy interactive material, a cover pivotably connected to the tray for pivoting the cover relative to the tray between an open position and a closed position, and a locking feature operative for releasably maintaining the cover in the closed position. | 08-20-2009 |
20090272737 | RECEPTACLE - The invention relates to a receptacle operable for supporting substances to be heated in a microwave oven, the receptacle comprising a bottom space ( | 11-05-2009 |
20090283519 | Disposable microwave protector - A disposable arcuate sheet of an air permeable, water absorbent and hypoallergenic garment interfacing fabric and method for using the sheet for protecting microwave ovens against food spills, splashes, spatters and spitting during rotation of a carousel. The disposable sheet being a single layer of conventional interfacing fabric provided in a unbroken and unfolded substantially round or circularly shaped flat pattern sized either to cover a rotating carousel of a square or rectangular microwave oven, or to cover a food container in the oven, without substantially interfering with the oven walls during rotation of the carousel. | 11-19-2009 |
20090321431 | Anti-splatter cover for microwave cooking - A disposable cover for use in a microwave for covering food with or without food vessels. The cover is flexible and may be folded flat for storage. When unfolded, the cover forms a three-dimensional structure that is self-supporting. The cover may include an optional window. | 12-31-2009 |
20100200574 | REMOVABLE LID FOR COOKING OR HEATING FOOD IN A MICROWAVE OVEN - The invention relates to a removable lid for defining a food cooking or heating enclosure ( | 08-12-2010 |
20110186567 | Disposable container for packaging, display, handling, and cooking of food article - A novel food cooker, especially for bacon, sausage patties and the like, and a method for microwave oven preparation of the same. The cooker includes a top cover, middle pan, and bottom basin each made of a biodegradable material wherein food may be packaged, displayed, and later cooked in a microwave oven without handling. The cooker is especially designed to aid removal of grease and other food drippings from the food while being cooked. The top cover prevents grease splatter in the microwave. The middle pan holds food and includes holes to allow grease or other food drippings to fall by gravity to the bottom basin which is adjoined to the middle pan. The used cooker also prevents the handling and contained food articles, and prevents exposure to hot grease and drippings during disposal. | 08-04-2011 |
20110259882 | MICROWAVE SPLATTER PREVENTION FABRIC COVER AND METHOD - The present disclosure describes a fabric cover for covering objects in a microwave. In an exemplary embodiment, the fabric cover is a fitted fabric cover (preferably made from organic or natural cotton material) that has a drawstring that can be used to secure the cover over a microwavable item. The fabric cover for microwave allows for food to be heated and keeps the microwave clean by covering the food and preventing it from splattering the inside of the microwave. | 10-27-2011 |
20120061386 | FOOD TRAY - A food tray is provided with an upper tray and a lower tray containing food products, in which the upper tray rests snugly in the lower tray and a lid seals the upper tray. Vent holes in the lower tray allow steam released from the food product in the lower tray to escape out of the lower tray. Each of the upper tray and lower tray may have flanges to allow the upper tray to be lifted out of the lower tray without difficulty. | 03-15-2012 |
20130068759 | Disposable dish covers - A disposable dish cover used to cover food in various forms of containers, dishes, bowls or plates, particularly when being used for cooking or heating in a microwave oven, to prevent bits of food or other fluids from being splashed throughout the interior of the microwave oven. The cover can also be used in numerous other ways such as to keep food warm, to keep flies away from food, prevent dust or debris from landing on food, prevent food smell spreading, etc. | 03-21-2013 |
20130334217 | MICROWAVABLE FROZEN FOOD PACKAGE - A container includes a sleeve, a first end closure, and a second end closure. The first end closure closes off a first end of the sleeve and the second end closes off an opposite second end of the sleeve. The sleeve and end closures cooperate to define an interior region therebetween that receives products therein. | 12-19-2013 |
20150041460 | Stackable Microwave Tower - A stackable microwave covers including a first food cover that includes a top wall for supporting a first food item and having a particular shape that has a first area, one or more side walls slanted at an outward angle from beneath the top wall, wherein a top of the one or more side walls defines a second area that is smaller than the first area, wherein a bottom edge of the one or more side walls defines a substantially similar shape to the particular shape of the top wall and has a third area greater than the second area and less than the first area, and wherein the top wall and the one or more side walls form a first cavity for positioning a second food item. | 02-12-2015 |
219735000 | Having vent | 5 |
20080210686 | Multi-Component Packaging System and Apparatus - A multi-component packaging system includes a lower containing assembly, an upper containing assembly, and a cover. The lower containing assembly defines an interior cavity that is adapted to receive a first food component. The upper containing assembly defines an interior that is adapted to receive a second food component. The upper containing assembly is adapted for engagement with the lower containing assembly. The cover is engaged with at least one of the lower containing assembly and the upper containing assembly. The cover includes a passage portion that defines a plurality of apertures. | 09-04-2008 |
20090200296 | Cover, a container assembly including the cover, a molding device for molding the cover and a method for manufacturing the cover | 08-13-2009 |
20140027446 | SELF VENTING STEAM VALVE FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING BAGS AND POUCHES USED IN COOKING OF FOODS - The present document describes a cooking container for cooking foodstuff comprising: an edge having a seal separating the interior from the exterior of the cooking container; a steam valve formed in the seal, the steam valve comprising: a pressure accumulating portion; a pressure controlling portion; and a breakable seal between the pressure accumulating portion and the pressure controlling portion; whereby the breakable seal is breakable under an increase in pressure in the pressure accumulating portion during cooking thereby forming a gap/passage in the seal and permitting controlled evacuation of pressure from the interior of the cooking container through the gap/passage to the exterior, the pressure controlling portion restricting the evacuation of pressure relative to the pressure accumulating portion after the breakable seal is broken. | 01-30-2014 |
20140138376 | MICROWAVE CONTAINER - A microwave container includes a container body and a lid. The container body has a bottom wall, a sidewall extending upwardly from a periphery of the bottom wall and ending at a rim. The lid has a top wall, a sidewall extending downwardly from a periphery of the top wall and ending at a brim. The lid is formed with a vent opening. The flap includes a proximal portion hingedly connected to the brim of the lid by a living hinge and an outwardly extending distal portion formed with a plug, wherein the flap is movable between a free-hanging position where the flap is hanging freely from the brim of the lid and a closed position where the flap is flipped about the hinge over a side of the lid and the plug is plugged into the vent opening. | 05-22-2014 |
20140197162 | FOOD PACKAGE - The present invention relates to a food package for cooking, storing and heating of ready-to-eat food. The food package comprises a food container ( | 07-17-2014 |