Serving bowl with folding legs

Abstract

A bowl comprising a container, a skirt extending downwardly below at least a portion of the container, and a plurality of legs rotatably connected to the skirt for rotation from a stored orientation to a stand orientation. The legs may comprise extensions for raising the height of the container above a surface on which the legs rest when in the stand orientation.

1 . A serving bowl for food for human consumption, comprising a container adapted for holding food for human consumption, a skirt extending downwardly below at least a portion of the container, and a plurality of legs rotatably connected to the skirt for rotation from a stored orientation to a stand orientation wherein the skirt has a height sufficient to conceal the legs in the stored orientation. 
     
     
         2 . The bowl of  claim 1  wherein the skirt extends downwardly below the container without a gap. 
     
     
         3 . The bowl of  claim 1  wherein the skirt extends downwardly about the perimeter of the container without a gap. 
     
     
         4 . The bowl of  claim 1  wherein the skirt comprises a plurality of receivers and the plurality of legs each comprise a connector, wherein the connector on one of the plurality of legs rotatably engages one of the receivers on the skirt. 
     
     
         5 . The bowl of  claim 1  wherein the connector comprises a barbed end for engaging one of the receivers. 
     
     
         6 . The bowl of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of legs comprises three or more legs and the plurality of receivers comprise three or more receivers. 
     
     
         7 . The bowl of  claim 1  wherein each of the plurality of legs comprises a foot at a distal end of the leg. 
     
     
         8 . The bowl of  claim 7  wherein at least one foot comprises an elastomeric material. 
     
     
         9 . The bowl of  claim 1  wherein each leg of the plurality of legs comprises an extension. 
     
     
         10 . The bowl of  claim 9  wherein the extension is slidably mounted on the leg and the extensions can be adapted from a collapsed configuration to an extended configuration. 
     
     
         11 . The bowl of  claim 9  wherein the extension is slidably mounted on the exterior of the leg and can be adapted from a collapsed to an extended configuration. 
     
     
         12 . The bowl of  claim 9  wherein each extension comprises a foot at a distal end. 
     
     
         13 . The bowl of  claim 9  wherein at least one foot comprises an elastomeric material.