Separable Disposable Food Service Product

Abstract

A separable disposable foodservice product includes a plurality of sections. Each section has an outer lip portion, a divider portion, and a floor portion. The divider portion is located between pairs of the plurality of sections. There is one or more separation lines formed along the divider portion between each of the pairs of sections so that the separable disposable foodservice product is separable into individual sections along each of the one or more separation lines.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A separable disposable foodservice product comprising:
 a plurality of sections, each section having an outer lip portion, a divider portion, and a floor portion, whereas the divider portion is located between pairs of the plurality of sections; and   one or more separation lines formed along the divider portion between each of the pairs of sections;   wherein the separable disposable foodservice product is separable into individual sections along each of the one or more separation lines.   
     
     
         2 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 1 , wherein the separation line is made of perforations. 
     
     
         3 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 1 , wherein the separation line is of a thickness that is less than a thickness of the divider portion. 
     
     
         4 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 1 , wherein the separable disposable foodservice product is made of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, paper, cardboard, plastic, and plastic foam. 
     
     
         5 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sections is two sections. 
     
     
         6 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sections is three sections. 
     
     
         7 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sections is four sections. 
     
     
         8 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 1 , wherein an outer shape of the outer lips is a circle. 
     
     
         9 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 1 , wherein an outer shape of the outer lips is a rectangle. 
     
     
         10 . A method of using a separable disposable foodservice product comprising:
 (a) folding the separable disposable foodservice product along a separation line, the separation line formed along a divider portion between a pair of sections of the separable disposable foodservice product;   (b) repeating step (a) until the separable disposable foodservice product separates at the separation line into two separate sections.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the separation line is made of perforations. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the separation line is of a thickness that is less than a thickness of the divider portion. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 (c) folding a first section of the two separate sections along a second separation line, the second separation line formed along a second divider portion between a first subsection of the first section and a second subsection of the first section;   (d) repeating step (c) until the first subsection separates from the second subsection at the second separation line.   
     
     
         14 . A separable disposable foodservice product comprising:
 three sections connected to each other by divider portions, each section having an outer lip portion and a floor portion, an outer circumference of the separable disposable foodservice product in the shape of a circle and a first section of the three sections being approximately one-half of the area of the circle and each of the remaining two sections of the three sections being approximately one-quarter of the area of the circle;   a first separation line formed along a first divider portion of the divider portions, between the first section and the remaining two sections;   a second separation line formed along a second divider portion of the divider portions, between each of the remaining two sections;   wherein the separable disposable foodservice product is separable into individual sections along each of the first and second separation lines.   
     
     
         15 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 14 , wherein the first separation line is made of perforations. 
     
     
         16 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 14 , wherein the second separation line is made of perforations. 
     
     
         17 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 14 , wherein the first separation line is of a thickness that is less than a thickness of the divider portion. 
     
     
         18 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 14 , wherein the second separation line is of a thickness that is less than a thickness of the divider portion. 
     
     
         19 . The separable disposable foodservice product of  claim 14 , wherein the separable disposable foodservice product is made of a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, paper, cardboard, plastic, and plastic foam.