Receptacles – Compartmented container – Closure for compartment
Patent
1996-09-24
1998-03-24
Pascua, Jes F.
Receptacles
Compartmented container
Closure for compartment
B65D 2102
Patent
active
057303134
ABSTRACT:
A plastic food container includes a lid and a base. The lid includes a continuous first body portion and a continuous first rim encompassing and projecting laterally outwardly from the first body portion. The first body portion includes at least one lid partition dividing the first body portion into at least two lid compartments. The lid partition includes, in cross-section, a generally inverted trough-shaped female partition member. The first rim includes, in cross-section, a generally inverted trough-shaped female peripheral member. The base includes a continuous second body portion and a continuous second rim encompassing and projecting laterally outwardly from the second body portion. Like the first body portion of the lid, the second body portion includes at least one base partition dividing the second body portion into at least two base compartments. The base partition includes, in cross-section, a generally inverted trough-shaped male partition member. The second rim includes, in cross-section, a generally inverted trough-shaped male peripheral member. When the lid is connected to the base, the male and female partition members are engaged to each other to form an intercompartmental splash guard that minimizes passage of food juices between the base compartments. Also, the male and female peripheral members are latched to each other to both hold the lid and base together and form a peripheral splash guard that minimizes escape of food juices from the periphery of the container.
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Gomoll James N.
Hayes Thomas J.
Sagan Michael J. A.
Pascua Jes F.
Tenneco Packaging Inc.
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