Tilted cake container system
OwnerTerry Vovaninventor
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Abstract
A food container having a base (12) with a support surface (40) that supports a cardboard plate with a tall cake thereon, and a tall lid (14) that closes and opens over the base. The base has a rear end (22) with a vertical slot (50) and the lid has a rear end with a pivot connector that can be inserted down into the slot when the lid is in the pivoted-up position but that resists removal in the pivoted-down position. The base rear end that forms the slot lies on a raised platform (104) of the base that raises the slot above the level of the base front end (20), by at least ⅓rd the lid height, to cause the lid to move almost vertically as it clears the top front of the cake. The base support surface faces at a forward-upward incline angle to better display the cake through the transparent lid.
Claims14
A food container of deformed plastic sheeting that includes a base and lid that each has a front end, a rear end, and laterally opposite sides, including:
- means for pivotally supporting said lid rear end on said base rear end and preventing lift-up of the lid rear end as the lid is initially pivoted open from a closed position toward an open position by the lid front end moving upward and rearward, and for releasing said lid to be lifted off the base when the lid has been pivoted up by an angle which is at least 150 from said closed position.
A food container of deformed plastic sheeting which has a base with a front, rear, laterally opposite sides, a primarily upwardly facing base support surface, and front and rear base support surface ends, said base being formed of a single piece of plastic sheeting and having a base bottom for resting on a flat horizontal surface with said base sides supporting opposite sides of said base support surface, said container having a transparent lid that covers said base, wherein:
- said base sides each has a progressively greater height at progressively more rearward locations along the side, and holds said base support surface (40) at a rearward-upward incline of a plurality of degrees relative to said flat surface on which said bottom rests, to thereby better display the contents of the container.
A food container of deformed plastic sheeting which has a base with a front, rear, laterally opposite sides, a primarily upwardly facing base support surface, and a horizontal base bottom for resting on a flat horizontal surface, said container having a lid that is connected to said base to pivot between open and closed positions thereon, wherein:
- said base rear has a laterally-extending base rear slot with front and rear slot walls and a primarily horizontal bottom slot wall;
- said lid has a rear end with a lower end that has a pivot connector that lies in said base slot, said pivot connector having front, bottom, and rear connector parts;
- when said lid is in said closed position, said connector front part lies facewise adjacent to said front slot wall and said connector bottom part lies facewise adjacent to said bottom slot wall, and an outer part that connects to said middle part;
- said rear connector part extends at a rearward-upward incline to the horizontal from a rear of said connector bottom part and has a free rear end;
- said rear slot wall has a forward projection formed therein that has an inclined lower projection surface lying in said slot that extends at a forward-upward incline, and said free end of said rear connector part lies below a lower end of said inclined lower projection surface;
- said free end lying under said lower projection resists said outer part free end and said pivot connection portion from lifting so said lower projection resists lift-up of said connector part out of said slot in said lid closed position, but said free end does not lie vertically under with said forward projection when the lid has been pivoted 90° from said closed position so the lid pivot connector portion then can be lifted out of said base rear slot.
A food container of deformed plastic sheeting which has a base with a front, rear, laterally opposite sides, a primarily upwardly facing support surface having front and rear support surface ends, and a bottom forming a horizontal support surface for resting on a flat horizontal surface, said container having a lid that has at least a tall lid portion that lies at least 1.5 inches (38 mm) above said base support surface and that covers said base, wherein:
- said rear of said base has a raised rear projection, and said lid has a rear end that is pivotally connected to said projection about a pivot axis that lies at least 13 mm above the level of said front end of said support surface, whereby the lid front end initially moves forward when the lid is raised from a closed position.
A food container of formed plastic sheeting which has a base with a front, rear, laterally opposite sides, a primarily upwardly facing base support surface, and front and rear base support surface ends, said base having a base bottom for resting on a flat horizontal surface, said container having a lid that covers said base, wherein:
- said base has a rim with a rim slot that extends around said base support surface and said lid has connector walls that lie in said slot when the lid is closed, said rim having a front end with a rim top which lies at a level no higher than said base support surface, to facilitate access to said base support surface through the rim front end.
The food container described in clam 13 wherein:
- said rim of said base has opposite sides that each extends at an upward-rearward incline.
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