Patent ID: 6688469
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A food container in the form of a moulded plastic material pot having a base and a side wall upstanding from the base, in combination with a moulded plastics utensil to assist the consumption of the food contents of the container when sold, the container being of generally circular cross-sectional shape and having an integrally moulded outwardly-projecting rim, and the utensil being moulded integrally with the container and connected at one end thereof to the rim of the container, the length of the utensil substantially corresponding to the height of the container and the external surface of the container side wall having an inwardly-directed depression moulded therein to extend substantially from the rim of the container to the base wall of the container, the shape of which depression generally corresponds to that of said utensil so that prior to use the utensil may be located in the depression, and there being a covering for the depression which covering serves to retain the utensil in the depression.