Patent ID: 6772904
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A container capable of receiving a food product and which facilitates the removal of the food product for consumption, the container comprising:a bottom wall; a pair of sidewalls having flat lower portions, each sidewall having a brow ridge protruding near the top of the sidewall, the brow ridge being curved upward between its ends; a pair of end walls, the bottom, sidewalls and end walls forming an interior of the container; and a hinged lid; the side walls and end walls being stepped or flared outward near their upper ends to form an upper end flared portion which has an enlarged internal volume and which flared portion has at least one peripheral circumference which is greater than the peripheral circumference of the bottom wall, upper end flared portion terminating in a top lip and defining a top opening in the container, the flared portion effective for providing access and removal of food; a wiper edge in the upper end flared portion extending inwardly into the interior of the container such that the wiper blade overhangs the interior of the container, the wiper blade in a plane which is over and parallel to the bottom wall; and a snap lock effective for holding the lid over the top opening; wherein the sidewalls are generally flat and the end walls generally semicircular, and wherein said hinged lid is effective for covering the top opening.