Spill-resistant measuring, mixing, and pouring bowl

Abstract

An improved measuring, mixing, and pouring bowl. The bowl has a gully and wings for tidy pouring. The bowl also has protruding measuring notches coupled to the inner surface of the bowl for easy measuring, and has a groove for stabilizing the bowl upon the rim of another container during pouring.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to a corresponding provisional application U.S. Ser. No. 60 / 636,730, filed Dec. 16, 2004 in the name of the applicant of this application.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates generally to bakeware and cookware and, more specifically, to a bowl that provides for mixing, easier measuring, stability during pouring, and tidiness. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] When cooking or baking, certain ingredients are often mixed in bowls. After the ingredients are thoroughly mixed in the mixing bowl, the ingredients are usually poured into another container for serving, cooking, baking, or further mixing. [0004] It is important that a mixing bowl is large enough and wide enough to allow for broad strokes when stirring the ingredients within it. Many times, however, the other container is smaller in dimension than the mixing bowl. Therefore, the resulting wide mouth of the mixing bowl often makes it ...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] An object of the present invention is to provide an improved mixing, measuring and / or pouring bowl.

[0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a bowl having a gully to smoothly channel its contents during pouring.

[0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide a bowl with a spout having a substantially flat tip for more tidy pouring.

[0012] A still further object of the present invention is to provide a bowl with protruding measuring notches for easier detection when measuring.

[0016] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a method to reduce dripping while pouring is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing an improved bowl comprising a bowl having an inner surface and a base opposite an open end, the open end having a rim, a spout formed from a portion of the open end for pouring ingredients from the bowl, the spout having a substantially flat tip, the substantially flat tip defining an edge proximate the gully, the edge breaking surface tension of ingredients that are being poured out of the bowl and the edge causing a reverse flow of the ingredients back down the gully toward the inner surface of the bowl when the bowl is returned to an upright position after pouring a desired amount of the ingredients from the bowl, a substantially J-shaped grip coupled to and extending substantially outwardly from the rim and positioned substantially opposite from the spout, a gully defined by the inner surface, the gully extending from the base to the spout of the bowl, a first wing coupled to the rim and extending substantially inwardly from the rim, the first wing coupled to the rim proximate a first side of the spout, a second wing coupled to the rim and extending substantially inwardly from the rim, the second wing coupled to the rim proximate a second side of the spout, and at least one protrusion coupled to and extending from an outer surface of the bowl proximate the spout, the at least one protrusion defining a groove dimensioned to receive a portion of a rim of another container during pouring; aligning the groove of the at least one protrusion with a portion of the rim of another container; tilting the bowl toward the another container so that contents of the bowl being poured into the another container; and returning the bowl to an upright position after pouring a desired amount of the ingredients from the bowl.

Problems solved by technology

Therefore, the resulting wide mouth of the mixing bowl often makes it difficult for a user to pour the ingredients out of the mixing bowl into the smaller container.

Furthermore, when returning the mixing bowl to an upright position after pouring, ingredients tend to continue to “spill” over the rim of the mixing bowl, thereby causing a person to use his / her finger or a rag to wipe the spilled ingredients from the rim of the mixing bowl.

However, the curvature of the mixing bowl may cause the mixing bowl to slip from the other container's rim and result in a spill.

But, because of the thickness and opaqueness of most ingredients, it is difficult to view the measuring lines.

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