Food tray cover
OwnerRaymond K. Williams, CaCin Turnerinventors
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Abstract
A food tray cover comprising a frame, the frame dimensioned to seat atop a food tray, the frame including an upper surface having an outer edge, an inner edge, and a sidewall extending downwardly from the outer edge, the upper surface has an opening, the perimeter of the opening being defined by the inner edge of the upper surface; a lid rotatably attached to the frame over the opening formed therein, the lid being moveable between an open position and a closed position; means for biasing the lid between the closed position and the open position; and means for releasably locking the lid to the frame when in the closed position.
Claims6
A cover for a food tray, the food tray of the type which is seated on a stand having a handle, comprising:
- (a) a frame, the frame dimensioned to seat atop a food tray, the frame including an upper surface having an outer edge and an inner edge, the outer edge having a shoulder defining a ledge, and the perimeter of the inner edge defining a central opening;
- (b) a single lid rotatably attached to the frame and seated in the opening, the lid being moveable between an open position and a closed position;
- (c) means for biasing the lid between the closed position and the open position;
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- (d) means for releasably locking the lid to the frame when in the closed position;
- (e) a heat sealing gasket disposed on the frame to seal the frame on the food tray and
- (f) a plurality of spatially spaced apart cut-outs formed in the side wall for seating the stand handle therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.