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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7387231 | Container insert An insert including a support panel, a first tab, and a second tab. The support panel defining a front edge, a back edge opposite the front edge, a first side edge extending between the front edge and the back edge, and a second side edge extending between the front... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380702 | Serving box The invention is directed to a box, namely a pizza box having a bottom wall; a peripheral side wall attached to a periphery of the bottom wall; a top cover including a rear edge hingedly attached to the side wall, a front edge, and two side edges between the front e... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7325718 | Portable food dispenser A portable food dispenser includes one or more containers. A first container is capable of being only partially opened to provide access to food or a second container. The second container includes a cover that can be opened to provide access to food. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7273162 | Fry and food scoop with condiment cells A fry scoop with one or two cells store food and condiments within a folded container. The fry scoop starts as a single blank with a rear panel, a rear wall, a bottom, a front wall with flanking side panels, and a front panel. The panels fold onto their respective w... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7240797 | Packaging and dispensing system for sandwich food products A sealed dispensing apparatus suitable for packaging and dispensing a single service portion of a food product. The food product is contained within an inner container cavity formed by an outer cover and a center member. Draw means are provided for transferring a fo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232054 | Carton structure and sheet material product with indicia keys A closable type container for packaging items is constructed of a one piece flat sheet of carton material which is cut and scored to facilitate erection into a box like structure. The closable or clam shell type structure includes an ergonomic toggle action tab havi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7204405 | Container for foodstuffs A container for foodstuffs including a carton, tray and pad, each formed from a cut and creased blank of foldable sheet material. The carton is substantially a tubular element having end panels for enclosing the carton. A plurality of corner locks are provided to ma... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7159760 | Package for delicacies and method for packaging delicacies A package for several delicacies comprising compartments, which are pivotally connected to the sides of a polygonal bottom part. The package includes a closed position wherein the bottom part forms a portion of a flat bottom of a container for the delicacies, each c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143930 | Cartons for sandwiches or like foodstuff The disclosure relates to a carton for a diagonally cut sandwich or like foodstuff formed from a blank of card and having triangular end walls connected by rectangular side walls to form a triangular prism-shaped container. One side wall of the container is hinged t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143931 | Container for foodstuffs A container for foodstuffs including a carton and pad, each formed from a cut and creased blank of foldable sheet material. The carton is a substantially tubular element having end panels for enclosing the carton. A plurality of corner locks are provided to maintain... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7021526 | Packaging case A packaging case 1 is formed of a unitary blank 1a of paper material. The unitary blank 1a has at least two fold lines 2a, 2b between which a back side wall 6a is formed and both sides of w... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6758390 | Disposable cup with fold-down lid The cup has a lid portion extending up from one side of the cup, configured to flip down into the body of the cup, along a first score line, going from convex to concave, so as to close the otherwise open top of the cup. Flaps extend preferably from the lid portion ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6639199 | Seafood microwave cooker The present invention is directed to a microwavable container for cooking various food article, particularly seafood such as shrimp, lobsters, king crab legs, mussels, clams, and fillets of fish. The container is made of a single piece of molded plastic h... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6612485 | Food container with condiment container support and method for making food container with condiment container support A food container with an integral loop member for securely holding a condiment container, allowing the two to be transported as one item. The container is formed from a first portion of a blank and has a continuous lip. The loop member is formed from a se... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6602528 | Food packaging device for multilayer food items in separate layers Food packaging for packaging a food item in separate layers. The package includes a retaining member with openings to receive separating sheets between layers of food Separating sheets are removed while retaining layers of the food item from moving, just ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601758 | Container for transporting heated food, particularly pizza and the like Container for transporting heated food, particularly pizza and the like, comprising in combination an outer vessel and a tray of heat-formed plastic material. The tray has a base wall formed with ribs projecting from its upper face and from its lower face... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6588652 | Food tray with condiment compartment A foldable food tray with an integrally formed condiment pocket coextensive with one wall of the tray and defined by a movable partition panel pivotal between a first closed position for foldable collapsing of the pocket with the tray, and a second open p... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6523739 | Carton for food products and carton blank for such a carton A carton for food products comprising a bottom, a top and four side faces. This carton is such that at least a portion of each of two first opposite side faces is foldable about a generally horizontal fold line and is movable with regard to second opposit... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6478216 | Packaging suitable for food products and cut-out blank for forming it Packaging suitable for food products has at least one wall which is formed in a semi-rigid material such as cardboard and has at least one edge defining an opening for inserting articles, in particular foods, and at least one first flap articulated to tha... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6422453 | Foldable paper container having a top opening A foldable open container formed of a sheet of irregularly shaped hard paper. The container comprises a main board comprising four sectors each having a substantially trapezoidal side board and substantially trapezoidal four bottom boards; and an integral... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6336584 | Multiple use carton box The present invention is a carton carrying packaging box such as the ones used to carry multiple aluminum cans of soft drinks and the like, that is, after this initial usage, transformed and modified by disposing of certain portions of the carton blank an... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6299059 | Mechanical lock for paper carton A triangular paperboard container for fast foods, particularly pizza slices, is fashioned from two triangular tray halves. The upper tray half is provided with a plurality of manually actuable over center toggle locking tabs which are pushed down and pass... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6227441 | Tubular container having an outer sleeve and an inner storage bag A food storage container has a generally rigid tubular sleeve with a generally constant cross-sectional shape along the length thereof and with first and second open ends. A flexible inner storage bag is located within the generally rigid tubular sleeve f... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6196448 | Heat-retaining food carton A hot food carton having a heat-retention structure comprising a unitary plurality of hingedly connected heat-retention panels disposed interior to the walls, cover, and bottom panel of the carton. Also included with the carton is a cover closure retentio... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6176420 | Disposable cup with spill resistant lid The disposable cup has a bottom insert, and a substantially truncated conical body having an integral lid and a cup opening. The lid is movable between a raised position and a closed position, possibly via a semi-closed position. The lid has a free edge, ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6152362 | Food server and condiment holder A combination food server and condiment holder, the food server having a sidewall enclosing a food-holding volume, the sidewall having at least one slit therein; the condiment holder comprising a cup for holding at least one condiment, and a tab, connecte... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6138905 | Meal kit with improved graphics display The invention provides a food packaging system for a meal kit that includes a novel outer carton with a moveable cover that provides a high impact display when opened. The cover includes a breakaway panel that is initially a part of the front wall, and pr... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6092664 | Food package including a tray The present invention is a food package comprising, in combination, a tray, a collar, and an anchor to resist slideable displacement of the collar relative to the tray. The tray has a plurality of open top food compartments, and, in plan view, is substant... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6093460 | Paper receptacle A paperboard material 101 is mainly composed of a paperboard having a weight of 200 to 450 g/m2, a density of 0.65 to 0.82 and a gas permeability of 50 to 200 sec. A first resin layer having liquid-impermeability and thermal resistance is forme... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6047881 | Contest container blank A device for use in participating in a contest wherein the device has a first layer integral with and superposed over a second layer having an outer surface on which spaced apart contest indicia are illustrated and a third layer superposed over and secure... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6041997 | Paperboard clamshell construction A clamshell type container is formed from a unitary blank (10) of paperboard, the top or crown of the container including two side wall panels (32) which extend slantingly downwardly and whose free edges extend beneath the upper edges of the lower contain... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5921466 | Stackable, foldable food container A food container formed from a foldable blank of corrugated cardboard into a box-like configuration for transport of a food product therein such as pizza. The food container includes upper and lower portions which are swingable towards and away from one a... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5890648 | Carton with sauce holder The tray of the carton is divided into larger and smaller compartments by a transverse intermediate wall. The tray outer end wall at the smaller compartment is integrally formed with a lid panel folded to overlie the smaller compartment and extend lateral... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5888599 | Multi-layer lidding film having improved heat seal properties and methods relating thereto The present invention relates generally to a multi-layer lidding film and a package with the lidding film heat-sealed thereto as a cover. The multi-layer film comprises: 1) a support layer, such as polyester, 2) a non-crosslinked amorphous acrylic interfa... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5860530 | Container with a corner latch closure A disposable food container comprises a lid and a base optionally connected to each other along a resilient hinge. The lid includes a top wall, a continuous lid side wall, and a plurality of lid corners. The lid side wall encompasses the top wall and exte... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5826781 | Identification button for paperboard container An identification button construction for a paperboard clamshell carton or container. An edge of the carton lid, such as a horizontal edge, is provided with a plurality of cuts or scores which form the periphery of individual identification buttons. Such ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826784 | Fast food box tray A new fast food box tray for preventing spills when placed on a user's lap. The inventive device includes a bottom tray. A top tray is foldably secured to an upper edge of the bottom tray. A rigidifying member is extendable between the top tray and the bo... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5743402 | Food package including a tray and a sleeve A food package for containing a food product. The food package includes a tray having a base with an outer surface and an inner surface and a sidewall extending from the base. The sidewall has outer surface and an inner surface and defines a tray opening.... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5669505 | Disposable serving tray A disposable food serving tray is formed of a single sheet of flat stock material, cut and folded to provide a tray with four upstanding walls for the containment of an article of food therein. The folding pattern provides leakproof corners, precluding le... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5655707 | Paperboard carton with cohesive closure A carton formed from a unitary blank of paperboard, the carton exhibiting particular utility as a wrapper or container for food products, such as sandwiches. A sandwich may be formed on the wrapper before folding and forming the wrapper into a carton. Or ... | 08/12/1997 |
