Lid for food container

A lid assembly for a food container, the food container defining an interior to store a food product and the food container forming an opening, comprising:

• a stopper, a cap, and a lid;
• the stopper sized to removably close the opening of the container;
• the cap configured to hold the stopper in a closed position over or in the opening of the container, and the cap including a projecting member;
• the lid movably engaged to the cap, the lid configured to move between an open position and a closed position;
• the lid including a receiving member;
• the projecting member engages the receiving member to bias the lid to the open position;
• and
• the projecting member extends upward from an upper surface of the cap, and the receiving member extends downward from an inner surface of the lid, and the receiving member includes a biasing member in a frame with an open interior that receives the projecting member, and wherein, in the closed position, a distal portion of the projecting member enters the open interior of the receiving member.

A lid assembly for a food container, the food container defining an interior to store a food product and the food container forming an opening, comprising:

• a stopper, a cap, and a lid;
• the stopper sized to removably close the opening of the container;
• the cap configured to hold the stopper in a closed position over or in the opening of the container, and the cap including a projecting member;
• the lid movably engaged to the cap, the lid configured to move between an open position and a closed position;
• the lid including a receiving member;
• the projecting member engages the receiving member to bias the lid to the open position;
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• wherein a vent passage passes through the cap and the projecting member enters the receiving member to close the vent passage.

A food container, comprising:

• a container, the container defining an interior to store a food product, the container forming an opening;
• a cap, the cap configured to cover the opening of the container, and the cap including a projecting member;
• a lid movably engaged to the cap, the lid configured to move between an open position and a closed position, such lid and cap each including complementary locking or latching structures that lock or latch to hold the lid in the closed position;
• the lid including a receiving member, the receiving member holding a biasing member in an interior of the receiving member;
• and,
• at least a distal portion of the projecting member configured to enter the receiving member when the lid is moved to the closed position and bias or compress the biasing member such that when the complementary locking or latching structures are unlocked or unlatched, the biasing member urges the lid to the open position.