Container for food and condiments
AssigneeWestvaco Corporation
InventorMark Mellon
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Abstract
A combination container for food and condiments is formed from a one piece blank of paperboard material. The finished container includes a first compartment in the shape of a scoop for holding the food product and a second compartment in the form of a pouch which can be extended outwardly from the first compartment for condiments. The second compartment is collapsed against one wall of the first compartment when not in use for easy stacking of the containers.
Claims7
A combination container having two separate compartments formed from a single blank of foldable material for holding two different products comprising,
- (a) a scoop compartment having integral front, rear and bottom walls connected together along fold lines and side walls formed by overlapping side flaps foldably attached to each side of said front and rear walls;
- and,
- (b) a pouch compartment located adjacent to and adapted to be extended outwardly from the front wall of the scoop compartment, said pouch compartment having a front panel, a pair of side panels foldably attached to the front panel and a rear panel, each being formed from auxiliary blank material that is foldably attached to the front wall of the scoop compartment.
A one piece blank of foldable material cut and scored for a combination container having two separate compartments comprising:
- (a) a primary blank portion comprising front, rear and bottom walls connected together along fold lines, side flaps connected to the side edges of the front and rear walls along fold lines and a reinforcing flap of generally rectangular shape cut from said front wall along at least three edges and foldably attached to the front wall along another edge;
- and,
- (b) an auxiliary blank portion comprising a first panel foldably attached to the front wall of the primary blank portion, an intermediate section releasibly attached to the first panel along a perforated cut line including a plurality of nicks, a second panel foldably attached to the intermediate section along a fold line, and a pair of wing flaps, each including stop elements on the ends thereof, foldably attached to the side edges of said intermediate panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.