Patent ID: 9352877
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A47J,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A food storage container comprising: a base having a bottom, a continuous side wall extending up from the bottom and terminating at an upper end, a storage space within the side wall above the bottom, and an open top bounded by the upper end; a lid having a main panel section and a perimeter skirt around the main panel section, the lid configured to close off the open top near the upper end of the side wall; a tray having a perforate panel, a perimeter wall surrounding the perforate panel, and a tray foot extending downwardly from the perforate panel, the tray sized to fit within the storage space with the tray foot resting on the bottom of the base and the perforate panel elevated above the bottom of the base; and a connecting structure having a first lid component carried on the lid, a base component carried on the base, and a first tray component carried on the tray, the first tray component defined by one or more radially extending portions comprising one of (i) one or more protrusions extending radially inwardly from the perimeter wall, or (ii) one or more projections extending radially outwardly from the tray foot, the one or more radially extending portions configured to matingly engage the first lid component so that the lid and the tray can be connected to one another and to the bottom under the base, wherein when the one or more radially extending portions of the first tray component comprises the one or more protrusions extending radially inwardly from the perimeter wall, the first lid component is defined by one or more first portions of the lid, and when the one or more radially extending portions of the first tray component comprises the one or more projections extending radially outwardly from the tray foot, the first lid component is defined by one or more second portions of the lid different from the first portions.