US 12,232,638 B1
Plate
James Edward Fay, III, Boulder, CO (US); Cameron James Lynch, Iowa City, IA (US); Andrew Schroeder Heller, Ames, IA (US); Trung Lo Deo, Urbandale, IA (US); and Danilo Rovina Manfre, West Des Moines, IA (US)
Assigned to Stabulum Group, LLC, Ames, IA (US)
Filed by Stabulum Group, LLC, Ames, IA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,801.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,751, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Int. Cl. A47G 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 19/025 (2013.01) [A47G 2400/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plate assembly comprising:
a hoop comprising:
a hoop profile shape and a hoop cross-section shape and;
a plate shell comprising:
a first plate shell portion that receives food to be eaten and defines a food receiving surface; and
a second plate shell portion defining a hoop receiving cavity on a bottom surface of the plate shell that is a downwardly facing opening having an exterior wall that extends downwardly to a distance level with the food receiving surface or below the food receiving surface, the hoop receiving cavity having a plate shell portion profile shape and a plate shell portion cross-section shape; and
wherein hoop is matingly engaged with the downwardly facing opening of the hoop receiving cavity and the downwardly facing opening receives at least a portion of the hoop and the plate shell portion cross-sectional shape corresponds to at least a majority of the hoop cross-section shape of the hoop; and
wherein the hoop is removably engaged and disengaged with the hoop receiving cavity of the plate shell by hand and without the use of tools and provides structural integrity to the plate shell when engaged with the hoop receiving cavity and the hoop extends to a bottom of the hoop receiving cavity or beyond when the hoop is spaced within the hoop receiving cavity.