Food container
AssigneeDoskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorsRyan Paxson, David Veness
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Abstract
A food container includes a body and a lid assembly. The lid assembly includes a rotating part, a base part, and at least one slide part. The rotating part defines a center axis and includes at least one protrusion offset from the center axis. The base part is coupled to the rotating part and defines a curved aperture. The at least one protrusion of the rotating part extends through the base part via the curved aperture. The least one slide part is coupled to the base part and includes a slide aperture. The protrusion of the rotating part extends into the slide aperture and selectively engages with the slide part. A movement of the rotating part is configured to cause a movement of the slide part.
Claims20
A food container comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a lid assembly including:
- a rotating part defining a center axis and including at least one protrusion offset from the center axis,
- a base part coupled to the rotating part, the base part defining a curved aperture, the at least one protrusion of the rotating part extending through the base part via the curved aperture, and
- at least one slide part coupled to the base part, the at least one slide part including a slide aperture,
- the protrusion of the rotating part extending into the slide aperture and selectively engaging with the slide part, wherein a movement of the rotating part is configured to cause a movement of the slide part.
A food container comprising:
- a body;
- and
- a lid assembly including:
- a rotating part configured to rotate around a center axis and including a plurality of protrusions,
- a base part defining a plurality of curved apertures, each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions adapted to selectively extend through the base part via a curved aperture of the plurality of curved apertures,
- a first slide part including a first slide aperture, and
- a second slide part including a second slide aperture,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of protrusions extend into each of the first slide aperture and the second slide aperture, and rotation of the rotating part causes the first slide part and the second slide part to translate.
A lid assembly for a food container, the lid assembly comprising:
- a base part defining at least one aperture;
- a rotating part coupled to the base part and configured to rotate around a center axis with respect to the base part, the rotating part including a protrusion extending from the rotating part through the at least one aperture of the base part, the at least one protrusion being offset from the center axis;
- and
- at least one slide part coupled to the base part and the protrusion of the rotating part, the protrusion of the rotating part to engage the slide part to cause the slide part to translate substantially perpendicular to the center axis of the rotating part with a rotation of the rotating part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.