Infant/toddler prepared meal kit

Abstract

A prepared meal kit having foodstuffs suitable for feeding an infant or a toddler is disclosed. The foodstuffs include packaged and ready-to-eat baked items, fruit, vegetable and cereal servings, as well as a liquid serving of formula or juice in a container which also functions as a serving tray. The kit also includes ancillary items such as utensils, napkins, bibs and a toy. The container provides a means for advertisement and brand recognition and may be decorated with thematically-based graphics linked to a particular activity, character or event.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A kit of prepared foodstuffs suitable for an infant's and a toddler's meal, said kit comprising: 
 a fruit serving;    a vegetable serving;    a cereal serving;    a liquid serving; and    packaging adapted for grouping said fruit, vegetable, cereal and liquid servings together.    
     
     
         2 . A kit according to  claim 1 , wherein said packaging comprises a tray having a plurality of compartments, each compartment adapted for holding one of said servings.  
     
     
         3 . A kit according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a first container for holding said fruit serving;    a second container for holding said vegetable serving;    a third container for holding said cereal serving; and    a fourth container for holding said liquid serving, said packaging holding said containers.    
     
     
         4 . A kit according to  claim 1 , wherein said liquid serving is infant formula.  
     
     
         5 . A kit according to  claim 1 , further comprising a baked food item.  
     
     
         6 . A kit according to  claim 5 , wherein said baked food item is a biscuit.  
     
     
         7 . A kit according to  claim 1 , further comprising a pasta food item.  
     
     
         8 . A kit according to  claim 1 , further including a napkin and a bib.  
     
     
         9 . A kit according to  claim 1 , further including a toy.  
     
     
         10 . A kit according to  claim 9 , wherein said toy has characteristics associated with a particular activity and provides a promotional link to said activity for promoting said activity via said kit.  
     
     
         11 . A method of providing a kit of prepared foodstuffs suitable for an infant's and a toddler's meal, said method comprising the steps of: 
 packaging a fruit serving;    packaging a vegetable serving;    packaging a cereal serving;    packaging a liquid serving; and    packaging said servings together thereby forming a kit.    
     
     
         12 . A method according to  claim 10 , further comprising the steps of first packaging said servings individually thereby forming individual servings, and then packaging said individual servings together to form said kit.