Patent ID: 8286823
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A plastic storage container comprising: a thermoformed plastic rectangular base having a front wall, a rear wall, end walls, a bottom wall, and an open top for receiving and removing a material to be stored in the container, each of said front wall and said rear wall oppose each other and said end walls oppose each other, with each of said front wall, said rear wall and said end walls including an upper rim at the open top of the base wherein the upper rim of each of the front wall and the rear wall has an arched configuration which together are sufficient to balance the load force substantially evenly over the front wall, the rear wall and the end walls to prevent buckling of the front wall and the upper rim of each of the end walls is not arched and are in a common plane; and the rear wall, and a plastic rectangular lid having front and rear portions and end portions constructed and arranged for mating respectively with the first wall, the rear wall and the end walls of the base to provide a closure for said open top of said base, wherein a mating surface of the front and rear portions which provides said closure has an arched configuration same as the arched configuration of the front wall and the rear wall, and a mating surface of the end portions which provides said closure is in said common plane of the end walls; wherein said storage container is constructed to be a disposable container.