Patent ID: 6036085
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A portable food container comprising:a box having of a bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall respectively erected from a front and a rear side of the bottom wall, and a right side wall and a left side wall respectively erected from a right side and a left side of the bottom wall;two handle members respectively protruding upwardly from the front wall and the rear wall, said two handle members combined to be a handle for carrying the box; a side cover and a top cover respectively hingedly secured to said two side walls and operatively folded for closing an opening of the box for storing foods in said box;the improvement which comprises:said side cover including: a side-wall portion hingedly secured to the right side wall of the box along a hinge line formed on a boundary between the side-wall portion and the side wall, and a top lid hingedly secured to the side-wall portion along a right folding line parallel and opposite to the hinge line of the side-wall portion, said top lid having an inner edge formed on a free edge of the top lid, whereby upon an inward folding of the top lid to be frictionally clamped between the two handle members when interlocked together and allowing matching of the inner edge of the top lid with an edge of the top cover hingedly secured to the left side wall along a left folding line horizontally defined between the front wall and the rear wall, when said box is in a closed position, said side cover operatively pulled sidewardly for opening said box for an easy access into the interior of said box.