Patent ID: 7451889
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A carry-out food container, comprising: (a) a food compartment tray adapted for holding a food item, and comprising four raised side edges defining an upper open end; (b) a lid for removably covering the food item contained in said tray, and said lid comprising four side edges corresponding to the side edges of said tray, and one of the lid side edges being joined to one of the tray side edges; (c) an integrally-formed hinge located at the joined side edges of said tray and said lid, and enabling pivoting movement of said lid relative to said tray between an open position and a closed position; (d) a flexible sheet with a rear edge, said rear edge attached to said food container adjacent the joined side edges of said tray and said lid, and said flexible sheet adapted for residing between said tray and said lid, and said flexible sheet being unsealed at all times to said tray along a remaining three of the tray side edges, such that said flexible sheet may be readily removed at its rear edge from said tray, whereby the attachment of said flexible sheet to said food container is sufficiently strong to prevent inadvertent removal of said sheet when folding over to cover the food item, but sufficiently weak to allow intentional removal of said sheet from said food container without tearing; and (e) wherein said flexible sheet has a length and width dimension greater than a length and width dimension of said upper open end of said food compartment tray.