Disposable Divided Bowls

Abstract

Social awareness about health, to include eating habits is rising in understanding and importance. Despite awareness about portion size and emphasizing, deemphasizing, or balancing calories, fats, salt, sugars, and other food components; there is still interest in food choice. One approach to variety with health consideration is to sample favorite foods or foods of interest rather than limiting one's selection and feeling obligated to consume fuller portion sizes. Sampling of solid foods is more easily done with a typical or even divided disposable plate. However, sampling liquid based foods is more difficult. One can do so by using multiple bowls, cups, or even reverting to sharing but these options are hard to carry and sharing with others than a close loved one is not advised. The MultiBowl of this disclosure provides a solution by forming one or more partitions into a typical individual use food bowl to divide the single serving well into two or more serving wells. Although possible, the MultiBowl is not intended to replace a formal table setting, but is ideal for banquets, picnics, get-togethers, parties, snacking, and other such events where stackability at a point of service and easy clean up with disposability are useful. It also becomes immediately useful for crafts, hobbies, sorting, repairs at home or work, and other times when multiple containers can be substituted with the MultiBowl. The MultiBowl provides solution for simplicity with multiple service wells, expected affordability, multiple availability from stackability, and temporary durability with disposability.

It is claimed: 
     
         1 . A MultiBowl apparatus comprising:
 a divided bowl, and   a disposable bowl.   
     
     
         2 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 1  comprising said divided bowl forming two serving wells. 
     
     
         3 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 1  comprising said divided bowl forming three serving wells. 
     
     
         4 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 1  comprising said divided bowl forming four serving wells. 
     
     
         5 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 1  comprising said divided bowl forming five or more serving wells. 
     
     
         6 . The MultiBowl of any of the proceeding claims further comprising stacking of said divided bowls of the same number of serving wells. 
     
     
         7 . The Multibowl apparatus of  claim 1  comprising the method of using the said divided bowl for containing one or more food items in each one or more serving wells. 
     
     
         8 . The Multibowl apparatus of  claim 1  comprising the method of using the said divided bowl for containing one or more non-food items in each one or more serving wells. 
     
     
         9 . A MultiBowl apparatus comprising:
 a divided bowl, and   a disposable bowl, and   a feature.   
     
     
         10 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 9  comprising said divided bowl forming two or more serving wells. 
     
     
         11 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 10  comprising stacking of said divided bowls of the same number of serving wells. 
     
     
         12 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 11  comprising said feature being one or more utensil holders. 
     
     
         13 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 11  comprising the method of using the said divided and disposable bowl with one or more said features for containing one or more food or non-food items in each one or more serving wells. 
     
     
         14 . A MultiBowl apparatus comprising:
 a divided bowl, and   a disposable bowl, and   a structural enhancement.   
     
     
         15 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 14  comprising said divided bowl forming two or more serving wells. 
     
     
         16 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 15  comprising stacking of said divided bowls of the same number of serving wells. 
     
     
         17 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 16  comprising said structural enhancement being an material build up. 
     
     
         18 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 16  comprising said structural enhancement being a bowl rim ribbon. 
     
     
         19 . The MultiBowl apparatus of  claim 16  comprising said structural enhancement being an external bowl shroud. 
     
     
         20 . The Multibowl apparatus of  claim 14  comprising the method of using the said divided bowl with structural enhancement for containing one or more food or non-food items in each one or more serving wells.