Food receptacle
AssigneeMicrowave Packaging (S) PTE. LTD.
InventorBoon Wee Lau
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Abstract
A food receptacle having a tray with a base, a perimeter wall extending therefrom, and a tongue extending from the perimeter wall along a longitudinal axis and a cover adapted to cover the tray. Cover has an opening adapted to receive the tongue therethrough, such that the tongue is inserted through the opening when the tray is covered by the cover. Tongue may include a protrudable portion adapted to protrude away from the longitudinal axis. When protruded, the protrudable portion is adapted to abut the cover. When the tray is covered by the cover, the protrudable portion may be protruded over the top panel to prevent the tongue from being withdrawn from the opening.
Claims8
A food receptacle comprising:
- a tray comprising a base, a perimeter wall extending therefrom and comprising a perimeter edge, and a tongue extending from the perimeter edge along a longitudinal axis, wherein the perimeter wall comprises a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, a left side wall and a right side wall and the perimeter edge is formed by top edges of the front wall, the rear wall, the left side wall and the right side wall, wherein the front wall and the rear wall are respectively connected to the left side wall and the right side wall from the base to the perimeter edge,
- a cover adapted to cover the tray, the cover comprising a top panel comprising a front edge, a rear edge opposite the front edge, a left edge and a right edge, wherein the top panel of the cover is pivotally connected to the rear wall of the tray via the rear edge, wherein the cover further comprises a front panel extending from the front edge, a left panel extending from the left edge and connected to the front panel and a right panel extending from the right edge and connected to the front panel, wherein the perimeter edge is adapted to abut the front edge, the left edge and the right edge of the top panel, wherein the cover comprises an opening adapted to receive the tongue therethrough, wherein the tongue is inserted through the opening when the tray is covered by the cover,
- wherein the tongue comprises a body and a protrudable portion pivotally connected to the body, wherein the protrudable portion is disposed within the body and adapted to rotate out of the body and is adapted to protrude away from the longitudinal axis, wherein, when protruded, the protrudable portion is adapted to protrude over the top panel of the cover, wherein the perimeter wall comprises a window connected to the tongue, wherein the protrudable portion extends from the tongue and housed within the window, and
- wherein when the tray is covered by the cover, the protrudable portion is protruded to prevent the tongue from being withdrawn from the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.