Patent ID: 8967408
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A food container system comprising: a plastic container, comprising a lid and a base for holding a main course food item; a vessel, the vessel being separate from both the lid and the base and having a vessel bottom, a vessel sidewall and a vessel top rim; the base having a floor, a base sidewall and a base rim formed atop the base sidewall; the lid having an upper portion, a lid sidewall and a lid rim formed at the end of the lid sidewall; the lid rim adapted for sealing engagement with the base rim; the base floor having a first vessel-receiving mechanism formed therein, the first vessel-receiving mechanism being sized and shaped to receive the bottom of the vessel; the lid upper portion having a second vessel-receiving mechanism formed therein, the second vessel-receiving mechanism being sized and shaped to frictionally engage the top rim of the vessel when the vessel is received by the first vessel-receiving mechanism and when the lid and base are in sealed engagement; and when the lid and base are in sealed engagement with the vessel received by the first vessel-receiving mechanism and frictionally engaged by the second-vessel receiving mechanism, the vessel is restrained from lateral and vertical movement within the sealingly engaged lid and base and the upper portion of the lid exerts downward pressure on the vessel rim.