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US 9,167,926 B1Granted
Pizza box having foldable lid
OwnerDennis Helmuth, Kathryn Helmuthinventors
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Abstract
Embodiments may comprise a food container. Food containers according to embodiments of the invention may include at least three sidewalls each adjoining an edge of a base wall bounded by at least three edges. A food container may further include at least one lid comprising at least one leaf, wherein the leaf is adapted to be fixed in an open configuration and function as a handle while in the open configuration.
Claims10
A food container, comprising:
- at least three sidewalls each adjoining an edge of a base wall bounded by at least three edges;
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- a lid comprising a pair of leaves adjoined to opposing sidewalls of the container and adapted to substantially meet along a center line of the container when the lid is in a closed configuration, wherein each of the two leaves are foldable along pre-formed center fold lines of the respective leaves to form a pair of upright handles at opposing sidewalls, and wherein each leaf of the pair of leaves is retained in a folded configuration above a top edge of the sidewalls by a slot having a continuous unbroken perimeter formed in a sidewall of the container adjacent to the sidewall to which the corresponding leaf is adjoined, and a tab formed on a side-facing edge of the corresponding leaf, wherein the slot cooperates with the tab to retain the corresponding leaf in the folded configuration.
A food container, comprising:
- at least four sidewalls each adjoining an edge of a base wall bounded by a corresponding number of edges;
- and
- a lid comprising a pair of leaves adjoined to opposing sidewalls of the container and adapted to substantially meet along a center line of the container when the lid is in a closed configuration, wherein each of the two leaves are foldable along pre-formed center fold lines of the respective leaves to form a pair of upright handles at opposing sidewalls, and wherein each leaf of the pair of leaves is retained in a folded configuration by a slot having a continuous unbroken perimeter formed in a sidewall of the container adjacent to the sidewall to which the corresponding leaf is adjoined, and a tab formed on a side-facing edge of the corresponding leaf, wherein the slot cooperates with the tab to retain the corresponding leaf in the folded configuration.
A food container, comprising:
- at least three sidewalls each adjoining an edge of a base wall bounded by at least three edges, wherein the at least three sidewalls are constructed from a material selected from one or more of card board or corrugated card board;
- a lid comprising a pair of leaves adjoined to opposing sidewalls of the container and adapted to substantially meet along a center line of the container when the lid is in a closed configuration, wherein each of the two leaves are foldable along pre-formed center fold lines of the respective leaves to form a pair of upright handles at opposing sidewalls, and wherein each leaf of the pair of leaves is retained in a folded configuration above a top edge of the sidewalls by a slot having a continuous unbroken perimeter formed in a sidewall of the container adjacent to the sidewall to which the corresponding leaf is adjoined, and a tab formed on a side-facing edge of the corresponding leaf, wherein the slot cooperates with the tab to retain the corresponding leaf in the folded configuration;
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- a lining bonded to an interior surface of the at least three sidewalls and the at least one lid, the lining comprising one or more of a waterproofing layer, or an insulating layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.