Butter dish with rotatable lid

A butter dish with a rotatable lid comprising:

• a base having a bottom surface for supporting the butter dish on a support surface and a top surface spaced away from the bottom surface, the top surface having a planar region for supporting butter and a recessed region for supporting a butter spreader;
• a rear wall mounted to the base located near the rear of the base, the rear wall having a back panel extending at a generally perpendicular angle from the base, two side panels extending forward at a generally perpendicular angle from the back panel and having two openings for defining a rotational axis, the rotational axis being spaced from the top surface of the base and located near to the rear of the base;
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• a lid mounted to the two side panels of the rear wall and forming with the rear wall an enclosure over the base and over any butter on the planar region of the top surface of the base, the lid having a front panel, two side panels and an upper panel with a rear bumper, the front panel and the two side panels forming a lower edge for contacting the planar region of the top surface of the base and the two side panels and the top panel with the bumper forming a rear opening bordered by a rear edge, wherein the lid is rotatable around the rotational axis between a first position where the lower edge of the lid is supported by the planar region of the top surface of the base and a second position where the lower edge of the lid is disposed at an obtuse angle relative to the planar surface of the top surface of the base, the lid being dimensioned and structured such that the rotational movement of the bumper between the first and second positions of the lid is generally identical to the rotational movement of the lower edge of the lid between the first and second positions of the lid.

A method for making a butter dish comprising the steps of:

• forming a base having a top surface and a spaced apart bottom surface;
• forming a rear wall extending from the top surface of the base;
• forming an axis of rotation on the rear wall above the top surface of the base and near a rear of the base;
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• connecting a lid to the rear wall, the lid being movable around the axis of rotation between a closed position where the lid, the rear wall and the top surface of the base form an enclosure for butter on the top surface of the base and an opened position where a lower edge of the lid rotates to an obtuse angle and a rear edge of the lid moves away from the rear wall wherein the lid rests on a butter dish support surface to enable easy access to the butter.