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US 4,809,868 AGranted
Storage and cooking container with lid release tab
AssigneePlastics, Inc.
InventorJames F. Pomroy
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Abstract
Plastic food storage and cooking container having an airtight seal between the lid and the bowl of the container, with a release tab for lifting the lid away from the bowl with a prying action.
Claims9
In a container for use in the storage and/or cooking of a food product:
- a bowl having a peripheral side wall terminating in an upper rim with a flange having a generally planar upper surface projecting laterally from the side wall below the rim, a lid removably mounted on the bowl with a peripheral portion of the lid in sealing engagement with the rim of the bowl, a tab hingedly connected to the peripheral portion of the lid and projecting laterally therefrom, and a curved cam surface on the underside of the tab in rocking engagement with the planar surface of the flange for lifting the peripheral portion of the lid away from the bowl upon depression of the tab.
In a container:
- a bowl having a peripheral side wall terminating in an upper rim with a flange projecting laterally from the side wall below the rim, a lid removably mounted on the bowl and having a downwardly opening peripheral groove in which the rim of the bowl is received in sealing engagement, with the side walls of the rim and the groove being upwardly and outwardly inclined so that the rim snaps into the groove to secure the lid to the bowl, a tab projecting laterally from the peripheral portion of the lid, and a cam surface on the underside of the tab and engageable with the flange for lifting the lid away from the bowl upon depression of the tab.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.