The present invention relates generally to the field of finger guarding devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to a food serving finger guard device and dispenser primarily comprised of a body, a finger protection member and a thumb protection member. One embodiment of the invention is also comprised of a dispenser. The finger protection member and thumb protection member cover the fingers and thumb of a user such that a user can grip a plate without risking their fingers or thumb touching the plate or food on the plate. The device also shields the user's thumb and fingers from being burned by a hot bottom surface of a plate. A dispenser may also be used to store and dispense a plurality of devices from the dispenser in a stacked fashion.

A faux birthday cake apparatus having in one example a flexible base that is indicative of a cake has a plurality of recesses configured to receive candles. The base can be bent or twisted to eject any wax drippings resulting from the candles. The upper surface of the base has a continuous central portion including indicia, such as a message indicative of a celebration. In another example, the apparatus has a base including a lower portion supporting an upper portion having a plurality of recesses configured to receive candles. A selectively removable flexible sheet-like layer is disposed on the upper portion and has openings aligned with the plurality of recesses. After a celebration, any wax drippings that fall on the sheet-like layer can be easily ejected by bending or twisting the sheet-like layer. The materials are all dishwasher safe.

A faux birthday cake apparatus having in one example a flexible base that is indicative of a cake has a plurality of recesses configured to receive candles. The base can be bent or twisted to eject any wax drippings resulting from the candles. The upper surface of the base has a continuous central portion including indicia, such as a message indicative of a celebration. In another example, the apparatus has a base including a lower portion supporting an upper portion having a plurality of recesses configured to receive candles. A selectively removable flexible sheet-like layer is disposed on the upper portion and has openings aligned with the plurality of recesses. After a celebration, any wax drippings that fall on the sheet-like layer can be easily ejected by bending or twisting the sheet-like layer. The materials are all dishwasher safe.

A device for portioning food, and more specifically, a device that can be adjusted so that portions of food can be varied in accordance with an individual's dietary requirements, is disclosed. Such a food-portioning device includes an annular wall, a hub, and a plurality of dividing means extending from the hub to the annular wall so as to form a plurality of spaces between the dividing means, each space having an open top and an open bottom, wherein at least one of the dividing means is attached to the hub in a manner that allows it to at least partially rotate about the hub relative to an adjacent dividing means.

A device for portioning food, and more specifically, a device that can be adjusted so that portions of food can be varied in accordance with an individual's dietary requirements, is disclosed. Such a food-portioning device includes an annular wall, a hub, and a plurality of dividing means extending from the hub to the annular wall so as to form a plurality of spaces between the dividing means, each space having an open top and an open bottom, wherein at least one of the dividing means is attached to the hub in a manner that allows it to at least partially rotate about the hub relative to an adjacent dividing means.

An independent, stabilizing insert employed for mobile transportation of consumable goods. As a stand-alone unit, the base and single tiered, partially enclosed stabilizing barrier, and or base and multiple tiered, plurality of partially enclosed, stabilizing barriers, as a singular unit and a solid part of the base, comprised of a disposable and or reusable material base, and where the stabilizing insert in its entirety, rests securely alone and or within an inner base dimensions of a multiplicity of generalized boxes and or a multiplicity of cake boxes and or a multiplicity of cake carriers, and or a multiplicity of cake storage units, and or a multiplicity of cake transporters, and or a multiplicity of cake transportation systems, to propose a promising application for safe transport of a cake tier, and or a plurality of cake tiers, comprised of a plurality of dimensions and or multiple shapes.

An independent, stabilizing insert employed for mobile transportation of consumable goods. As a stand-alone unit, the base and single tiered, partially enclosed stabilizing barrier, and or base and multiple tiered, plurality of partially enclosed, stabilizing barriers, as a singular unit and a solid part of the base, comprised of a disposable and or reusable material base, and where the stabilizing insert in its entirety, rests securely alone and or within an inner base dimensions of a multiplicity of generalized boxes and or a multiplicity of cake boxes and or a multiplicity of cake carriers, and or a multiplicity of cake storage units, and or a multiplicity of cake transporters, and or a multiplicity of cake transportation systems, to propose a promising application for safe transport of a cake tier, and or a plurality of cake tiers, comprised of a plurality of dimensions and or multiple shapes.

The present invention is generally directed toward receptacle systems and methods of using the same. In one embodiment, the receptacle system includes a cup and a lid assembly. The lid assembly is configured to allow for removal of consumable items such as, but not limited to, fruit, nuts and seafood, while further providing a holding chamber for disposable items such as, but not limited to pits, shells and seeds that are left over from the consumable items. The cup, the lid assembly, or both may be discarded and replaced or re-used. The lid assembly includes at least one barrier surface or wall that provides physical separation between the consumable items and the disposable items.

The present invention is generally directed toward receptacle systems and methods of using the same. In one embodiment, the receptacle system includes a cup and a lid assembly. The lid assembly is configured to allow for removal of consumable items such as, but not limited to, fruit, nuts and seafood, while further providing a holding chamber for disposable items such as, but not limited to pits, shells and seeds that are left over from the consumable items. The cup, the lid assembly, or both may be discarded and replaced or re-used. The lid assembly includes at least one barrier surface or wall that provides physical separation between the consumable items and the disposable items.

An apparatus implements a food storage system. The apparatus includes a lid and a cup. An opening in the lid is structured to pass material, expelled from a mouth of a user of the apparatus, to the cup. A first flange on a first side of the lid protrudes up from the lid. A second flange on a second side of the lid protrudes up from the lid. The second side is opposite the first side. A lip rest is between the first flange and the second flange.