Patent ID: 9145233
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A multiple-compartment container comprising: an upper rim defining an upper plane; a lower rim defining a lower plane; a perimeter wall connecting the upper rim to the lower rim and forming an outer surface of the container; at least one internal wall dividing the container into at least a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein an upper edge of the at least one internal wall is an uppermost feature of the container and wherein an upper portion of the at least one internal wall is deformable to present a widened sealing surface during a sealing operation; a first bottom surface defining a lower boundary of the first compartment, wherein the first bottom surface is substantially coplanar with the lower plane; and a second bottom surface offset from the first bottom surface and defining a lower boundary of the second compartment, wherein the second bottom surface defines a middle plane between the upper plane and the lower plane and divides the second compartment into a top compartment and a bottom compartment; wherein the top compartment has an open face coplanar with the upper plane and the bottom compartment has an open face coplanar with the lower plane.