Patent ID: 6733852
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B32B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
A sealable food container comprising:(a) a base serving member having a substantially planar central portion, a sidewall extending generally upwardly and outwardly therefrom and a base outer flange portion extending outwardly from said sidewall; (i) said sidewall defining a sealing sidewall recess disposed between said substantially planar central portion of said base serving member and said base outer flange portion, the recess having an inwardly projecting base stop ridge at its upper edge, a shelf at its lower edge and between the base stop ridge and shelf an inwardly facing annular sealing surface at an outer wall of the sidewall recess; wherein the inwardly facing sealing surface of the sealing recess is a frustal sealing surface, extending upwardly and outwardly with respect to the substantially planar central portion of the base; and (b) a sealing lid provided with a dome portion and a flexible sidewall extending downwardly from said dome portion as well as a lid flange portion extending outwardly with respect to said downwardly extending sidewall; (i) said lid flange portion defining a sealing area with an annular sealing surface extending upwardly with respect to said downwardly extending sidewall of said sealing lid; (ii) said flange portion further defining a lid stop ridge; wherein said base serving member and said sealing lid are configured such that when said sealing lid is forced downwardly on said base serving member, said sealing surface of said sealing lid is urged into surface-to-surface contact with said frustal sealing surface of said base serving member by way of the inwardly disposed configuration of the lid with respect to the seal and the lid and base are secured by cooperation of said base stop ridge of said base serving member and said lid stop ridge of said sealing lid.