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US 7,874,449 B1Granted
Snack tray with dispensing compartment
AssigneePlastic Ingenuity, Inc.
InventorsStephen B. Studee, Robert G. LaMasney
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Abstract
A thermoformed dispensing container comprises a plastic tray with a dispensing cavity having side walls that include a circular radial side wall portion with a gap, and a disc-shaped thermoformed plastic lid positioned for rotation within the circular radial side wall portion of the tray, the lid having side walls that include a door. The dispensing container can be placed in an open condition by rotating the lid to align the door of the lid with the gap of the tray, or in a closed position by moving the door of the lid away from the gap of the tray.
Claims18
A dispensing container, comprising:
- a thermoformed plastic tray that includes a dispensing cavity having a cavity floor with cavity side walls integrally formed with and extending upward from the cavity floor to a dispensing cavity rim top surface, wherein the cavity side walls include a circular radial side wall portion with a gap extending downward from the dispensing cavity rim top surface to a gap floor located at a vertical position substantially above the cavity floor;
- a disc-shaped thermoformed plastic lid positioned for rotation within the circular radial side wall portion of the tray, the lid having a lid floor with lid side walls integrally formed with and extending from the lid floor, wherein the lid floor includes a raised portion that terminates in a lid side wall to form a door in the lid side wall and wherein the gap floor is sloped downward in a direction away from the cavity floor;
- whereby the dispensing container can be placed in an open condition by rotating the lid to align the door of the lid with the gap of the tray, or in a closed position by moving the door of the lid away from the gap of the tray.
A dispensing container kit, comprising:
- a thermoformed plastic tray that includes a dispensing cavity having a cavity floor with cavity side walls integrally formed with and extending from the cavity floor upward to a dispensing cavity rim top surface, wherein the cavity side walls include a circular radial side wall portion with a gap extending from the dispensing cavity rim top surface downward to a gap floor that slopes downward in a direction away from the cavity floor and the gap floor is located at a vertical position substantially above the cavity floor;
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- a disc-shaped thermoformed plastic lid dimensioned and configured to fit for rotation within the circular radial side wall portion of the tray, the lid having a lid floor with lid side walls integrally formed with and extending from the lid floor, wherein the lid floor includes a raised portion that terminates in a lid side wall to form a door in the lid side wall whereby the dispensing container can be placed in an open condition by rotating the lid to align the door of the lid with the gap of the tray, or in a closed position by moving the door of the lid away from the gap of the tray.
A dispensing container, comprising:
- a thermoformed plastic tray that includes a dispensing cavity having a cavity floor with cavity side walls integrally formed with and extending from the cavity floor upward to a dispensing cavity rim top surface, wherein the cavity side walls include a circular radial side wall portion with a gap extending from the dispensing cavity rim top surface downward to a gap floor that slopes downward in a radial direction away from the cavity floor and the gap floor is located at a vertical position substantially above the cavity floor;
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- a disc-shaped thermoformed plastic lid positioned for rotation within the circular radial side wall portion of the tray, the lid having a lid floor with lid side walls integrally formed with and extending from the lid floor, wherein the lid floor includes a raised portion that terminates in a lid side wall to form a door in the lid side wall;
- whereby the dispensing container can be placed in an open condition by rotating the lid to align the door of the lid with the gap of the tray, or in a closed position by moving the door of the lid away from the gap of the tray.
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