US529526A - Plate or platter - Google Patents

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W- 0. GASKILL PLATE 0B, PLATTER UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

VILLIAM C. GASKILL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

PLATE OR PLATTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,526, dated November 20, 1894. Application filed October 24, 1893. Serial Nc.489.022. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM O. GAsKILL, of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plates or Platters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to plates or platters, and has for its object to produce, as a new article of manufacture, a dish provided with receptacles for all of the articles which go to form the usual dinner or other meal served in restaurants.

With this object in View, my invention consists in its peculiar and novel construction, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed. v

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with 4reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l, is a plan view of a plate or platter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view taken on the line :v1-fc of Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a vertical transverse sectional view, taken on the line 'y-g/ of Fig. l. Fig. 4, is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on thelineemel of Fig. l. Fig. 5, is an inverted plan View of the detachable soup bowl. Fig. 6, is a detail perspective view of a slightly modified form of the same. Fig. 7, is a detail perspective view of a portion of the dish, and showingit formed to receive the soup bowl shown in Fig. 6.

My invention is designed particularly for use in restaurants, chop houses, doc., where a regular dinner or other meal is served to all guests, and where lost time is a serious inconvenience.

As is well known, where the ordinary sidedishes are used, it oft-times happens that the waiter fails to supply the guest with one or another of the articles, because being in a rush, and having his tray iilled with dishes he does not notice the omission, and leaves the guest just served to supply another. When the guest first served notices the omission, the Waiter usually is beyond recall, and some time elapses before the guest is supplied with the missing article, be it what it may.

insuring to every guest in one serving,every article of the dinner or other meal, and the proper supply of spoons, knife and fork, and napkin.

Referring now to the drawings, Where similar letters refer to corresponding parts in all the figures, a plate or platter formed of the usual dishware, or other suitable material, consists of a meat receptacle A, a bread plate or receptacle B, vegetable receptacles C, a receptacle D, to receive a glass of Water, and a cup of coffee or other' liquid, a butter receptacle F, a receptacle G, for spoons, knife and fork and napkin, and a receptacle I-I for a small cream pitcher or jug. These various receptacles, are arranged preferably as shown, the liquid receptacle and the receptacle for knife and fork, dto., being preferably at the right and left respectively, of the meat-receptacle A; but it is to be understood, I do not limit myself to any particular arrangement or number of receptacles. The inner wall of each receptacle preferably converges down- Ward in the manner usual to dishes corresponding to the various receptacles, so that the articles maybe easily removed therefrom.

The bottom of the receptacle G, is preferablyinclined upwardly atg, to cause the knife, fork and spoons to rest in an inclined position, and bear at their forward ends against the inner end-wall g', of said receptacle. By thus supporting these articles they are prevented slipping from position should the dish or platter be supported slightly out of a horizontal plane.

The liquid receptacle D, is provided with a recess or cavity d, to receive any water or other liquid spilled or overflowed from. the glass orcup. By thus aifordinga drain for the water, the chances of injury to the diners apparel, are lessened.

In order to provide a temporary receptacle for soup, and for crackers, I form a bowlI with the forwardly projecting and integral arm J. This bowl is adapted to rest upon the meatreceptacle at its inner right hand corner, and is arranged so that the arm .I -shall project forwardly to the front margin or wall of the meatreceptacle as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The arm J when thus arranged, forms a sub-re- My invention obviates this loss of time, by I IOO and d', of the meat-receptacle, and the bev- 7 eled or inclined side Lis provided with a projection l which enters a correspondingly shaped notch Z of the wall a, and the forward end of the arm J which` is beveled at itsl uinder side at j, is also provided with a projection j whichenterse.cor-rospondiingly'shaped notch or recess jg, of the inner beveled side a? of the front wall of the meat' receptacle. By thisarraugement, it will.` be seen thatt-he soup bowl tits snugly between the front?v and back walls, and is thusv prevented from".n slipping forward7 orl backwardand by having the projections entering the correspondingly shaped notches, of the-plateor receptacle, is.

prevented having any accidental lateral displacement. Iy mayprefer, however, todispe-nse with the cracker receptacle, as a bowfl of crackers isgenerally within convenient reach of allgiuests. Therefore it will benecessary or desirable that I provide othermeans for preventing the accident-al displacement of the soup bowl, wh-ichlin thiscasey will-not beprovided with the arm J. In thisinstance, the bow-l will be provided with'v a depending portion preferably rectangular, asfshown at z", and this portion will fit snug-ly within a correspond-i-ngly shaped. recess i', whichwillr be .formed in the right hand inner corner'of the meat-receptacle, asvclearly shown in Eig-7.

In practice, it will be an advantagetohave one person or more if." necessary to supply thesedishes. or plates with ther-necessary artic1es,so that all thefiwaiters will have to do will be sim-ply to carry them to the various guests.

Should one. of theV dishes orreceptaclesbe overlooked by the person supplying the:

dishes, it will be at once noted by the Waiter, and can be renrredied` before conveyed'tothe guest, so4 that it will not be necessary to make two trips for any one person. The use of these dishes will not only prevent loss of time y by having to make more than one trip for a din-ner;` but will allow-a single waiter to do the work of from three to five, where the several independent side dishes are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent', is-

I. A dish, divided by partitions into various food receptacles, and a receptacle for napkin,

spoons, knife and fork, which is open at its f ront end, and. haszth'e bottomat its: frontend exte ndiiaxrg;,oblicpu'elyY upward as at g, substantialliy as and for the purpose' set forth` 2f Adislr, divided lay-partit-ions-i-ntovarious foody receptacles,in co m'binationf Withasoup'- bowl resting' in one of said receptacles, and

having-an arm exit-ending;` tothelfironztwall of the dish, and subdividing theesaid. receptacle to form a.- cracke r-receptacle, substantially as setl forth.

3. A,V dis-ln, comprisinga receptacle. having an annular wall' notched.; at'. two points in its side, and asoup-bowlwithin said receptacle, having a projection engaging oneV offV said notches, .and an arm projecting fromztheisoupbowl: haw/Ying, a projection engaging*the other notch, substantially assetforth.

4. A dish, divided:by'partitionsintowvarious food-receptacles, a receptacle openingfat'the rimof the dish: and having its-bottom atl this point inclined-,and a. receptacle; forV a glass and a cup, having a drain cavity lin its bottom, in combination with asoupA bowl removably. occupyingionefend ooneof` the receptacles, substantially as. set fort-l1".

Inftest-imony whereof L affix mysignaturefin presence of two witnesses',

WILLIAM C; GASKILL.

Witnesses:

MAUD Flrzrarnion, G. Y. 'FH-oars'.

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