Expandable pizza container
OwnerTate Koenig, Matt Poeschi +1inventors
InventorsTate Koenig, Matt Poeschi, Jeff Koenig
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Abstract
An expandable triangular pizza storage container with a set of microwaveable triangular trays for the separation, microwaving and serving of individual slices of pizza. The storage container has a series of concentric triangular compartments that are expanded from a flexible polymer, accordion-style container body. The lid also has a triangular configuration with a replaceable compressible gasket, a set of four locking wings extending from each side that frictionally engage a rigid triangular top ring of the container body, and a central vent. The trays may incorporate uniform concave pockets to facilitate crisping of the pizza crust in the microwave and be of a solid or cored design, of microwave and dishwasher friendly material.
Claims12
An expandable pizza storage container, comprising:
- a flexible, generally triangular container body having three sides joined at rounded corners, and a planar bottom face extending perpendicularly from a bottom edge of said sides, wherein said sides are pleat folded so as to form an upper pleat and a lower pleat that are concentrically nested;
- a rigid seal ring bonded to a top edge of said sides;
- a rigid, generally triangular, planar lid with a gasket groove formed about a periphery edge of a bottom side of said lid;
- a compressible, removeable gasket frictionally retained within said gasket groove;
- a triangular tray with a top face and a bottom face;
- a peripheral lip formed there about said top face;
- a finger tab extending from said top face;
- wherein said lid resides upon said container body with said gasket in contact with said seal ring, and said tray resides within said container body.
An expandable pizza storage container, comprising:
- a flexible, generally triangular container body having three sides joined at rounded corners, and a planar bottom face extending perpendicularly from a bottom edge of said sides, wherein said sides are pleat folded so as to form an upper pleat and a lower pleat that are concentrically nested;
- a rigid seal ring bonded to a top edge of said sides;
- a rigid, generally triangular, planar lid with a gasket groove formed about a periphery edge of a bottom side of said lid;
- a compressible, removeable gasket frictionally retained within said gasket groove;
- a triangular tray with a top face and a bottom face, said top face having a series of concave dimples;
- a peripheral lip formed there about said top face;
- a finger tab extending from said top face;
- wherein said lid resides upon said container body with said gasket in contact with said seal ring, and said tray resides within said container body.
An expandable pizza storage container, comprising:
- a flexible, generally triangular container body having three sides joined at rounded corners, and a planar bottom face extending perpendicularly from a bottom edge of said sides, wherein said sides are pleat folded so as to form an upper pleat and a lower pleat that are concentrically nested;
- a rigid seal ring bonded to a top edge of said sides;
- a rigid, generally triangular, planar lid with a gasket groove formed about a periphery edge of a bottom side of said lid;
- a compressible, removeable gasket frictionally retained within said gasket groove;
- a triangular tray with a top face and a bottom face;
- a peripheral lip formed there about said top face;
- a finger tab extending from said top face;
- wherein said lid resides upon said container body with said gasket in contact with said seal ring, said tray resides within said container body, and said tray has a core layer and a coating layer on said core layer.
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