Patent ID: 8857615
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A thermoformed container system comprising: a forward container and a rear container, each container made of thermoformed plastic and comprising a tray and a lid mounted on the tray, the container having a bottom edge; wherein the tray of the forward container has a bottom wall, a rear wall, and a top wall, wherein the bottom wall and the rear wall meet at a tray bottom rear corner, and the top wall and the rear wall meet at a tray top rear corner; wherein the lid of the rear container has a lid bottom edge, a bottom sealing rim portion adjacent to the lid bottom edge with a bottom sealing rim inside wall adjoining a central portion of the lid of the rear container, a lid top edge, and a top sealing rim portion adjacent to the lid top edge with a top sealing rim inside wall adjoining the central portion; and wherein the tray of the forward container includes a first engagement structure that exerts a downward force met by an upward force from a second engagement structure on the lid of the rear container when the forward container and the rear container are nested together with the first engagement structure engaged with the second engagement structure; whereby the forward container and the rear container are adapted to stand on their bottom edges when nested together; and wherein the first engagement structure is an inverted shelf located on the tray bottom rear corner.