Patent ID: 7661528
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A plastic food container that has a vertical axis and that includes a base element ( 14 ) with a base cavity for holding food and a base rim portion ( 26 ) that surrounds a top of said base cavity, and a cover element ( 16 ) with a middle part that lies over a middle of said cavity and a cover rim portion ( 34 ) with said cover element being closeable on said base, wherein the rim portion of a first of said elements has radially inner and outer rim parts ( 60 , 62 , FIG. 7 ) and radially opposite sides forming a pair of connectors ( 64 ) that each connects to said radially inner rim parts, said connector having opposite ends that each forms a pivot joint ( 90 , 92 ), and said radially outer rim part forming a pair of handle sections ( 80 , 82 ) that each extends horizontally between a pair of said pivot joints that lie at radially opposite sides of said first element rim portion when said handle sections are not in use, said handle sections being pivotal to extend upward when said handle sections are used to carry said first element, wherein: said pivot joints of said connectors are formed by loops (