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US 9,038,843 B2Granted
Food container
AssigneeLifefactory, Inc.
InventorDaren Edward Joy
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Abstract
A food container includes a glass container, a lid and a protective sleeve. The sleeve covers at least a portion of the side walls and bottom surface of the glass container. The lid has a perimeter that is absent of features directly securing the lid to the container. The lid has a receiving feature which is engaged by a latch on the protective sleeve when the latch is moved from an open position to a locked position.
Claims17
A food container comprising:
- a glass container having a bottom surface, side walls and a top opening;
- a lid capable of covering the top opening of the glass container, wherein the lid has a perimeter that is absent of features directly securing the lid to the container, and wherein the lid has a receiving feature near or on the perimeter, the receiving feature comprising a protrusion;
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- a protective sleeve capable of covering at least a portion of the side walls and at least a portion of the bottom surface of the glass container, and wherein the protective sleeve comprises a latch;
- wherein the latch is configured to move from an open position to a locked position, wherein the latch is uncoupled from the receiving feature in the open position, wherein the latch comprises an aperture configured to engage the protrusion, and wherein the latch engages only the receiving feature of the lid in the locked position;
- wherein the protective sleeve and latch comprise a stretchable first material having a first durometer, wherein the lid comprises a second material having a second durometer, and wherein the second durometer is higher than the first durometer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.