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US 7,114,630 B2Granted
Tray lid
AssigneeOliver Products Company
InventorsPaul T. Dege, Jim C. Nensewitz
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Abstract
A tray lid for covering a food tray having at least one food pocket therein. The tray lid includes a substantially flat tray covering section including a wall covering portion and at least one pocket covering portion formed thereon. The tray lid can include at least one pocket covering portion having a peripheral channel configured to abut against an associated wall of a food pocket of the food tray to seal food within the at least one food pocket.
Claims19
A tray lid for covering a food tray having at least one food pocket therein, comprising:
- a substantially flat tray covering section including a wall covering portion and at least one pocket covering portion formed thereon;
- the pocket covering portion having a central area and a periphery defined by a channel;
- the channel including a first side wall connected to the wall covering portion, a second side wall connected to the central area of the pocket covering portion and a connection portion connecting the first side wall and the second side wall;
- wherein a portion of a bottom face of the wall covering portion is adapted to overlie a top flat portion of a wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray and the first side wall of the channel is slanted and adapted to abut a slanted portion of the wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray along an entire height of the first side wall, thereby securely maintaining food in the at least one food pocket of the food tray when the tray lid is placed over the food tray;
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- wherein the first side wall and the second side wall extend upwardly from the connecting portion and the first side wall also extends outwardly away from the second side wall whereby a first connection point between the first side wall and the wall covering portion is farther away from the second side wall than a second connection point between the first side wall and the connecting portion;
- wherein the wall covering portion has a border having an elongated ridge located along a side edge of the flat tray covering section for providing strength to the flat tray covering section;
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- the elongated ridge extends upwardly and from the bottom face of the wall covering portion such that the ridge will be above and spaced from the top flat portion of the wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray when the tray lid is connected to the tray.
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A food carrier assembly comprising:
- a food tray including at least one food pocket therein, the food tray further including a wall having a slanted portion defining sides of the at least one food pocket and a top flat portion defining a top of the food tray;
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- a tray lid for covering the food tray, the tray Ed including a substantially flat tray covering section having a wall covering portion and at least one pocket covering portion formed thereon, the pocket covering portion having a central area and a periphery defined by a channel, and the channel having a first side wall connected to the wall covering portion, a second side wall connected to the central area of the pocket covering portion and a connection portion connecting the first side wall and the second side wall;
- wherein a bottom face of the wall covering portion overlies a top flat portion of the wall of the food tray and the first side wall of the channel is slanted and abuts a slanted portion of the wall of the food tray along an entire height of the first side wall when the tray lid is placed over the food tray, thereby securely maintaining food in the at least one food packet of the food tray when the tray lid is placed over the food tray;
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- wherein the first side wall and the second side wall extend upwardly from the connecting portion and the first side wall also extends outwardly away from the second side wall whereby a first connection point between the first side wall and the wall covering portion is farther away from the second side wall than a second connection point between the first side wall and the connecting portion:
- wherein the wall covering portion has a border having an elongated ridge located along a side edge of the flat tray covering section for providing strength to the flat tray covering section;
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- the elongated ridge extends upwardly from the bottom face of the wall covering portion such that the ridge is above and spaced from the top flat portion of the wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray when the tray lid is connected to the tray.
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A tray lid for covering a food tray having at least one food pocket therein, comprising:
- a substantially flat tray covering section including a wall covering portion and at least one pocket covering portion formed thereon;
- the pocket covering portion having a central area and a periphery defined by a channel;
- the central area of the pocket covering portion and the wall covering portion being substantially parallel and co-planar;
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- the channel including a first side wall connected to the wall covering portion, a second side wall connected to the central area of the packet covering portion and a connection portion connecting the first side wall and the second side wall;
- wherein a bottom face of the wall covering portion is adapted to overlie a top flat portion of a wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray and the first side wall of the channel is adapted to partially overlie a slanted portion of the wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray, thereby securely maintaining food in the at least one food pocket of the food tray when the tray lid is placed over the food tray;
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- wherein the wall covering portion has a border having an elongated ridge extending upwardly along a side edge of the flat tray covering section end from the bottom face of the wall covering portion such that the ridge will be spaced from the top flat portion of a wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray when the tray lid is connected to the tray, the ridge for providing strength to the flat tray covering section.
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A food carrier assembly comprising:
- a food fray including at least one food pocket therein, the food tray further including a wall having a slanted portion defining sides of the at least one food pocket and a top flat portion defining a top of the food tray;
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- a tray lid for covering the food tray, the tray lid including a substantially flat tray covering section having a wall covering portion and at least one pocket covering portion formed thereon, the pocket covering portion having a central area and a periphery defined by a channel, the central area of the pocket covering portion and the wall covering portion being substantially parallel and co-planar, and the channel having a first side wall connected to the wall covering portion, a second side wall connected to the central area of the pocket covering portion and a connection portion connecting the first side wall and the second side wall;
- wherein a bottom face of the wall covering portion overlies a top flat portion of the wall of the food tray and the first side wall of the channel partially overlies a slanted portion of the wall of the food tray when the tray lid is placed over the food tray, thereby securely maintaining food in the at least one food pocket of the food tray when the tray lid is placed over the food tray;
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- wherein the wall covering portion has a border having an elongated ridge extending upwardly along a side edge of the flat tray covering section and from the bottom face of the wall covering portion such that the ridge is above and spaced from the top flat portion of a wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray when the tray lid is connected to the tray.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.