Food storage container with quick access lid
AssigneeThermos L.L.C.
InventorMarvin Lane
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Abstract
A food jar has an insulated body with a wide-mouth opening for receiving food. A collar is affixed to the opening of the food jar by affixing a throat member to the collar and threading the throat into the wide-mouth body. The throat member includes a gasket at the lower end to seal the throat to the body. A lid is affixed to the collar by a hinge. The lid includes a central projection that extends into sealing contact with the gasket on the throat member to seal the lid to the throat member. A button is mounted in a channel in the lid and biased by a spring to move into an engaging position to engage the collar at an opening in the collar to secure the lid to the collar. A wire loop is provided to engage the button in an embodiment.
Claims13
A food container, comprising:
- a container body having a generally cylindrical wall and defining an interior space;
- a collar affixed to the container body;
- a lid selectively securable in a closed position to close the interior space of the container body and movable into an open position to uncover the interior space of the container body, the lid including a central projection positioned to extend into an opening in the container body when the lid is in a closed position, the central projection having a curved shape to avoid binding as the lid is pivoted between the closed position and the open position;
- a hinge pivotally connecting the lid to the collar;
- a latch operable between an engaged position and a released position, the latch being mounted in the lid, the engaged position of the latch engaging the collar;
- a throat portion having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end mounted in the collar and the lower end extending into the container body;
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- a gasket mounted at the lower end of the throat portion, wherein the gasket includes a first gasket membrane extending from the throat portion outwardly into contact with the container body to form a sealing contact between the throat portion and the container body, and a second gasket membrane extending from the throat portion inwardly into contact with the lower end of the central projection of the lid when the lid is in a closed position to form a seal between the throat portion and the lid when the lid is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.