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US 11,623,795 B2Granted
Food storage container with a reversible lid
AssigneeD6 Inc.
InventorsEdward C. Dominion, Martin L. Troudt, Ben McGregor
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Abstract
Containers for storing food in a storage compartment may include a base portion of the container. The storage compartment is sealed with a film to get the food stored in the storage compartment fresh. The container further includes a reversible lid that is able to attach to the base portion of the container in two different configurations. In a first configuration the reversible lid attaches to the base portion without affecting the seal created by the film. In a second configuration the reversible lid attaches to the base portion when the lid is inverted and the film is removed from the base portion.
Claims18
A container comprising:
- a base portion having a base panel comprising at least one sidewall extending generally upward from a perimeter of the base panel, the at least one sidewall forming an upper rim defining an opening;
- a reversible lid that is configured to couple to the base portion in a first configuration and in a second configuration, wherein an orientation of the lid in the second configuration is inverted from an orientation of the lid in the first configuration, the reversible lid including:
- a panel disposed in a first plane,
- a rim that extends away from the panel, wherein a surface of the rim is disposed in a second plane that is different from the first plane,
- a first shoulder disposed in a third plane, wherein the third plane is different from the first plane and the second plane,
- a second shoulder disposed in the first plane, and
- a third shoulder disposed in a fourth plane different from the first plane, the second plane, and the third plane;
- and
- a film that is removably coupled to the upper rim of the base portion and is configured to seal contents disposed within the base portion,
- wherein the reversible lid is configured to attach to the base portion in the first configuration when the film is coupled to the upper rim and is configured to attach to the base portion in the second configuration when the film is removed from the upper rim, and
- wherein the reversible lid attaches to the base portion in the second configuration such that the rim presses against an internal shoulder of the base portion, a surface of the first shoulder presses against the upper rim of the base portion, and a first wall disposed between the surface of the rim and the first shoulder presses against an inner wall disposed between the internal shoulder and the upper rim of the base portion, creating an airtight seal.
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A container comprising:
- a base portion comprising:
- a base panel;
- a plurality of sidewalls extending generally upward and outward from a perimeter of the base panel;
- an internal shoulder disposed in the plurality of sidewalls that extends laterally outward;
- an inner wall that extends upward and inward from the internal shoulder;
- an upper rim forming an upper surface of the base portion;
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- a lip that extends generally downward and outward away from the upper rim;
- a lid that is configured to couple to the base portion, the lid comprising:
- a panel disposed in a first plane;
- a rim that extends away from the panel, wherein a surface of the rim is disposed in a second plane that is different from the first plane;
- a first shoulder disposed in a third plane, wherein the third plane is different from the first plane and the second plane;
- a second shoulder disposed in the first plane;
- and
- a third shoulder disposed in a fourth plane different from the first plane, the second plane, and the third plane;
- and
- a film that is removably coupled to the upper rim of the base portion and is configured to seal contents disposed within the base portion,
- wherein the lid is configured to attach to the base portion in two different ways, in a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein an orientation of the lid in the second configuration is inverted from an orientation of the lid in the second configuration, and
- wherein the surface of the rim presses against the internal shoulder of the base portion, a surface of the first shoulder presses against the upper rim of the base portion, and a first wall disposed between the surface of the rim and the first shoulder presses against the inner wall disposed between the internal shoulder and the upper rim of the base portion in the second configuration, creating an airtight seal.
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