Bowl with a base layer and a lid as a base

Abstract

A bowl which includes an upper part, a lower part positioned below the upper part, wherein the upper part and the lower part are made of a first material, a base layer over the lower part of the bowl and made of a second material, a clamp ring positioned around the bowl in a region between the upper part and the lower part and operable to clamp the top region of the base layer to the lower part of the bowl. A lid of the bowl includes a top with a depression formed therein shaped to accommodate the bowl upright or at a tilt.

1 . A bowl comprising: 
 an upper part;    a lower part positioned below the upper part and including a bottom of the bowl; the bowl having an outside;    a base layer disposed over the outside of the lower part of the bowl, the base layer extending up the lower part of the bowl to a top edge of the base layer; a top region of the base layer below the top edge thereof; and    a clamp ring positioned around the bowl in a region of the bowl between the upper part and the lower part and over the top edge of the base part and the clamp ring operable to clamp the top edge of the base layer to the lower part of the bowl.    
   
   
       2 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein the bowl further comprises a receptacle formed in the outside of the bowl and positioned in a region between the upper part and the lower part of the bowl and shaped and positioned to receive the clamp ring on the bowl.  
   
   
       3 . The bowl of  claim 2 , wherein the receptacle comprises a recess in the outside of the bowl in the region between the upper part and lower part of the bowl.  
   
   
       4 . The bowl of  claim 3 , wherein the clamp ring further comprises: 
 an upper section including a profiled region shaped to fit in the recess in the outside of the bowl; and    a flange extending from the upper section and shaped to press the top region of the base layer against the outer surface of the bowl.    
   
   
       5 . The bowl of  claim 4 , wherein the base layer is shaped, sized and positioned so that the top region thereof is positioned below the recess in the outside of the bowl; and 
 the top region being tapered from a greater thickness of the base layer below the top edge to a smaller thickness at the top edge of the base layer.    
   
   
       6 . The bowl of  claim 5 , wherein the flange of the clamp ring contacts the tapered top region of the base layer to clamp the base layer.  
   
   
       7 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein the base layer has a non-skid outer surface.  
   
   
       8 . The bowl of  claim 7 , wherein the upper and lower parts are comprised of another material than the outer surface of the base layer.  
   
   
       9 . The bowl of  claim 1 , wherein the clamp ring is made of a material that is more flexible than a material of the upper and lower parts of the bowl.  
   
   
       10 . The bowl of  claim 1 , further comprising a lid for covering the bowl.  
   
   
       11 . The bowl of  claim 10 , wherein the lid includes a top with a depression formed therein, and wherein the depression is shaped to accommodate the bottom part of the bowl such that the bowl stands in the depression of the lid.  
   
   
       12 . The bowl of  claim 11 , wherein the lid is shaped to close the bowl.  
   
   
       13 . The bowl of  claim 12 , further comprising a depression in the lid shaped to accommodate the lower part of the bowl, such that the bowl may stand upright when the bowl is positioned in the depression of the lid.  
   
   
       14 . The bowl system of  claim 12 , wherein the depression is shaped to accommodate the lower part of the bowl such that the bowl can remain tilted when the bowl is positioned in the depression of the lid and tilted relative thereto.  
   
   
       15 . The bowl system of  claim 14 , wherein the base layer of the bowl is made of a non-skid material such that the bowl does not slide within the depression of the lid.