Food container with integrated condiment holder
AssigneeMinMor Industries
InventorJacqueline A. Magras-Sinnen
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Abstract
Containers such as food containers with integrated compartments such as for condiments. The container includes a plurality of side walls and a bottom, together surrounding the internal container space, and a condiment compartment configured to hold a condiment or a condiment container and located within the internal container space. The container is constructed of a planar material and has a first configuration in which the entire container is flat and a second configuration in which the container is configured for use with the placement of food within the internal container space.
Claims20
A food container with an integrated condiment compartment, the food container, when configured for use, comprising:
- a first side wall and an opposing second side wall, each of the first and second side walls having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposing side edges;
- a third side wall and an opposing fourth side wall, each of the third and fourth side walls having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposing side edges, the third and fourth sidewalls connected to the first and second side walls along their two side edges;
- a bottom portion, wherein the first, second, third and fourth side walls and the bottom portion surround an internal container space;
- a condiment compartment configured to hold a condiment or a condiment container, the compartment located within the internal container space;
- wherein the food container comprises a planar material having a first configuration in which the entire container is flat and a second configuration in which the container is configured for use with the placement of food within the internal container space.
A food container with an integrated condiment compartment, the container, when configured in an open configuration for use, comprising:
- a first side wall and an opposing second side wall, each of the first and second side walls having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposing side edges;
- a third side wall and an opposing fourth side wall, each of the third and fourth side walls having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposing side edges, the third and fourth sidewalls connected to the first and second side walls along their two side edges;
- a bottom portion, wherein the first, second, third and fourth side walls and the bottom portion surround an internal container space;
- a top flap comprising an outside edge and a bottom edge, the bottom edge of the top flap connected to the upper edge of the first side wall along a flap fold line;
- an aperture within the top flap, wherein the aperture is configured to fit and support a condiment container within it the aperture when the top flap is folded along the bottom edge into a horizontal configuration.
A food container with an integrated condiment compartment, the container, when configured in an open configuration for use, comprising:
- a first side wall and an opposing second side wall, each of the first and second side walls having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposing side edges;
- a third side wall and an opposing fourth side wall, each of the third and fourth side walls having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposing side edges, the third and fourth sidewalls connected to the first and second side walls along their two side edges;
- a bottom portion, wherein the first, second, third and fourth side walls and the bottom portion surround the open container space;
- a condiment compartment within the open container space, wherein the condiment compartment is adjustable between a closed configuration in which the condiment compartment is flat against one or more walls of the container and an open configuration in which the condiment compartment is open and extends into the open container space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.