Food Dish With Abutment to Drinking Glass Top

Abstract

A dish with a body having an upper surface comprising a first material suitable to contact food and a lower surface. The dish also has a member attached to the lower surface where the member includes a second material, differing from the first material, and where the member has at least one dimension that is between two and four inches so as to abut to a circle having a diameter of four inches or less.

1 . A dish, comprising:
 a body having an upper surface comprising a first material suitable to contact food and a lower surface; and   a member attached to the lower surface and comprising a second material, differing from the first material, wherein the member has at least one dimension that is between two and four inches so as to abut to a circle having a diameter of four inches or less;   wherein the body has a lower surface opposite the upper surface;   wherein the lower surface comprises a continuous raised ridge;   wherein the member is aligned within an interior area of the continuous raised ridge; and   wherein the member has a depth greater than a depth of the continuous raised ridge whereby the member provides a lowermost surface, beyond the continuous raised ridge, upon which the dish will rest when the dish is placed atop a contact area.   
     
     
         2 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the member comprises ethylene vinyl acetate. 
     
     
         3 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the member comprises an annulus having an outer diameter of four inches or less and an inner diameter of two inches or more. 
     
     
         4 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the member comprises an annulus having an outer diameter of five inches or less and an inner diameter of two inches or more. 
     
     
         5 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the upper surface comprises upward turned corners. 
     
     
         6 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the upper surface comprises a concave surface. 
     
     
         7 - 8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the continuous raised ridge presents a circular shape on the lower surface. 
     
     
         10 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the member comprises foam. 
     
     
         11 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the member comprises rubber. 
     
     
         12 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein a first edge of the dish is within five inches of an opposing second edge of the dish. 
     
     
         13 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the body has equal length edges, wherein each edge is five inches or less. 
     
     
         14 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the body comprises a circle having a diameter of five inches or less. 
     
     
         15 . A method of abutting a dish and a beverage vessel, comprising:
 placing food on an upper surface of a body of the dish, the dish comprising a first material suitable to contact the food and the dish further comprising a lower surface, wherein the lower surface comprises a continuous raised ridge; and   abutting a rim of the beverage vessel to a member attached to the lower of the dish, wherein the member is aligned within an interior area of the continuous raised ridge and has a depth greater than a depth of the continuous raised ridge whereby the member provides a lowermost surface, beyond the continuous raised ridge, upon which the dish will rest when the dish is placed atop a contact area;   wherein the second material differs from the first material; and   wherein the member has at least one dimension that is between two and four inches so as to abut to the rim of the vessel.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15  and further comprising moving the dish and the beverage vessel from a first location to a second location with the rim abutted to the member. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15  and further comprising dispensing a beverage into the beverage vessel. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15  wherein the beverage vessel comprises a circular upper rim having a perimeter between two and four inches. 
     
     
         19 . The dish of  claim 1  wherein the continuous raised ridge has an interior perimeter shape matching an outside perimeter shape of the member. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the continuous raised ridge has an interior perimeter shape matching an outside perimeter shape of the member.