Food container with grippable portion having sense of touch indicia

A combination of a container and utensil, said combination comprising a container having a side wall surrounding a bottom wall to form a compartment for holding food and having an opening formed by an upper periphery of the side wall for gaining access to the compartment, said side wall extending below the bottom wall to form a skirt;

• lid means covering the opening and having a generally flat upper surface;
• sealing means for sealing the lid means onto the container, said sealing means including an annular ring engaging the upper periphery of the container and a portion of said lid, said ring being provided with a tear-strip containing information readable by a sense of touch;
• an elongated utensil having a handle portion, a food holding portion and a length being less than the cross dimensions of said opening;
• bubble means engaging an upper surface of the lid means and coacting therewith to form an enclosure for receiving and holding the utensil on said lid means entirely within an area defined by the upper periphery of the side wall;
• said lid means coacting with said bubble means to form means for receiving a skirt of another identical container to enable stacking of the two containers;
• and said combination including additional indicating means for enabling a visually impaired person to determine the contents of one of the enclosure and compartment while utilizing a sense other than sight.

A combination food container and utensil, said combination comprising a container having a compartment for holding food and an opening, which is formed by an upper periphery of a side wall of the container and through which the compartment can be accessed, said container having an annular outwardly extending, planar flange surrounding the opening;

• lid means covering the opening, said lid means being a sheet of material secured on said container and having a generally flat upper surface, said lid means being provided with means for removing said lid means to open the container, said means for removing said lid means including a tear-string arrangement disposed between the sheet of material forming the lid means and the flange of said container, said tear-string having a grasping point including an information field readable by touch;
• an elongated utensil having a length less than the cross dimensions of said opening and having a handle portion and a food portion;
• bubble means engaging the upper surface of the lid means and coacting therewith to form an enclosure for receiving and holding the utensil on said lid means entirely within an area being defined by the upper periphery of the side wall;
• and said combination including indicating means for a visually impaired person to determine the contents of both the container and enclosure without utilizing visual senses, the indicating means including the bubble means being formed of a thin pliable sheet of material, which enables determining the type of utensil by utilizing the sense of touch to feel the utensil through the bubble means.

A combination food container and utensil, said combination comprising a container having a compartment for holding food and an opening, which is formed by an upper periphery of a side wall of the container and through which the compartment can be accessed;

• lid means covering the opening, said lid means having a generally flat upper surface;
• sealing means for sealing the lid means on said container, said sealing means including a circular ring element having a tear-strip, said tear-strip being provided with an information field providing information by a sense of touch and said ring element surrounding the periphery of the lid means and engaging an upper surface of the container;
• an elongate utensil having a length less than the cross dimensions of said opening and having a handle portion and a food portion;
• bubble means engaging the upper surface of the lid means and coacting therewith to form an enclosure for receiving and holding the utensil on said lid means entirely within an area being defined by the upper periphery of the side wall;
• and said combination including indicating means for a visually impaired person to determine the contents of both the container and enclosure without utilizing visual senses, the indicating means including the bubble means being formed of a thin pliable sheet of material, which enables determining the type of utensil by utilizing the sense of touch to feel the utensil through the bubble means.