Tray with re-closeable lid
AssigneeBiery Cheese Co.
InventorBenjamin H. Biery
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Abstract
A tray for displaying a product for sale, where the tray includes a re-closeable lid. The tray includes a base having a peripheral side wall with a rim bounding an opening to a cavity which retains the product. A portion of the lid is permanently engaged with a section of the base. The rest of the lid is selectively engageable with the rest of the base and is movable between open and closed positions. When closed, a part of the lid is positioned laterally adjacent the rim and is located in a common plane therewith. The edges of the rim and lid frictionally engage each other to secure the base and lid together. The movable part of the lid, which includes a frame member and flexible film, rotate about a living hinge in the frame member. A latching mechanism is engaged to keep the lid and base engaged.
Claims5
A re-closeable tray comprising:
- a base having a peripheral side wall with a rim, said base defining a cavity adapted to receive an article for sale therein, and wherein the rim defines an opening to the cavity;
- a lid, wherein a portion of the lid is permanently engaged with a section of the base and a rest of the lid is movable between an open position where the cavity is accessible and a closed position where the cavity is not accessible;
- and when the lid is in the closed position, a part of the lid is positioned laterally adjacent the rim;
- and wherein the lid includes a frame member and a film member;
- and the portion of the lid permanently engaged with the section of the base is a portion of the frame member;
- and wherein a rest of the frame member which temporarily engages a rest of the base is a U-shaped member which extends outwardly from the engaged portion of the frame member;
- and wherein the U-shaped member of the frame member bounds and defines a frame opening and the film member extends across the entire frame opening.
A re-closeable tray comprising:
- a base having a peripheral side wall with a rim, said base defining a cavity adapted to receive an article for sale therein, and wherein the rim defines an opening to the cavity;
- a lid, wherein a portion of the lid is permanently engaged with a section of the base and a rest of the lid is movable between an open position where the cavity is accessible and a closed position where the cavity is not accessible;
- and when the lid is in the closed position, a part of the lid is positioned laterally adjacent the rim,
- wherein the lid includes:
- a frame member which defines a frame opening;
- and
- a film member secured to the frame member and extending across the frame opening;
- and wherein the frame member has an interior edge which circumscribes an outermost edge of the rim of the base;
- and wherein the interior edge of the frame member is located laterally outwardly of the outermost edge of the base's rim when the lid is in a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.