Patent ID: 7228986
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A base for a food container, comprising: a bottom having a periphery; and a side wall upwardly extending around the periphery of the bottom, the side wall defining an interior of the base, the side wall including a plurality of first rib units formed in the side wall upwardly extending from the bottom, each of the plurality of first rib units including a first outward projecting rib extending away from the interior and a first inward projecting rib extending towards the interior, the first inward projecting rib being shorter than the first outward projecting rib, the first inward projecting rib being narrower than the first outward projecting rib; and a plurality of second rib units formed in the side wall upwardly extending from the bottom, at least one of the plurality of second rib units being disposed adjacent one of the plurality of first rib units, each of the plurality of second rib units including a second inward projecting rib extending towards the interior, the second inward projecting rib being shorter than the first inward projecting rib.