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The functionality of food products such as stacking two hollowed out cucumbers halves to form a closed container can be covered by design patents.[1] US design patent D527165 S1 is possible the only know patent for the redesign of a whole food. [2][3][4]

US design patent D527165 S1 Cucumber Sandwich, the ornamental design for a cucumber sandwich, inventor Alex Stenzel. The patent protects the trademarked food product Gorilla Sandwich.
  1. ^ "Google Patents". USPO. Aug 29, 2006. USD527165 S1
  2. ^ Wright, Daniel (7 December 2006). "Cucumber Sandwich". I only tip my hat to true innovations—those deemed patentable by the supreme beings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  3. ^ Cucumber Sandwich, 29 August 2006 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |inventor-first= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |inventor-last= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |patent-number= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Wright, Daniel (5 May 2009). Patently Silly: From the Collapsible Walker to the Incinerating Toilet, the Craziest Inventions Ever Devised (Book). The Lyons Press. ISBN 159921573X. Someone very wise once said, "Necessity is the mother of invention." Patently Silly asks, "Who is the father?" {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)