Container having a foldable support and lid
AssigneeDopaco, Inc.
InventorsAngela E. Learn, Kyle Karvola
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Abstract
Food container is provided having a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body portion and the second body portion are joined together to define an interior of the container and a mouth to the interior. The first body portion has a first flap moveable between an open position and a closed position, and the first flap includes a foldable support formed therein to hold a receptacle when in the open position. The second body portion has a second flap moveable between an open position and a closed position, and the second flap includes a tab to engage the first flap in the closed position to form a lid across the mouth of the interior. A blank for forming the food container from a sheet of blank material is also provided.
Claims35
A food container comprising:
- a first body portion and a second body portion joined together to define an interior of the container and a mouth to the interior
- the first body portion having a first flap moveable between an open position and a closed position, the first flap including a foldable support formed therein to hold a receptacle when in the open position;
- the second body portion having a second flap moveable between an open position and a closed position, the second flap including a tab to engage the first flap in the closed position to form a lid across the mouth of the interior.
A unitary blank for forming a food container comprising:
- a first body portion and a second body portion aligned along a longitudinal axis, the first body portion and the second body portion each having a base edge, a base portion extending between the first body portion base edge and the second body portion base edge, the first body portion base edge at least partially defined by a first body portion base fold line and the second body portion base edge at least partially defined by a second body portion base fold line;
- the first body portion including a first flap longitudinally opposite the first body portion base edge, the first flap defined by at least one first flap fold line, the second body portion including a second flap longitudinally opposite the second body portion base edge, the second flap defined by at least one second flap fold line;
- the first flap having a foldable support formed therein, the foldable support joined to the first flap by a foldable support flap fold line, the foldable support joined to the first body portion at a foldable support body fold line;
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- the second flap including a tab, the tab defined by a first tab score line and a second tab score line, the first tab score line and the second tab score line extending from a tab flap edge to an inner portion of the second flap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.