Patent ID: 6354456
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A sealable multicompartment container having a first inner compartment surrounded by a second outer compartment each compartment having perimeter walls with upper edges of the walls of each compartment terminating in a closure plane with sealing regions on the upper edges for engaging with a closure lid to provide sealing of the container and isolation of each of the compartments, an outer perimeter wall of the first compartment and an inner perimeter wall of the outer compartment being formed by a folded wall member which is pliable to permit unfolding by pulling the inner compartment relative to the outer compartment when the lid is removed, in a direction away from said upper edges so as to extend the container depth and cause the outer and inner compartments to merge into a single compartment, the inner perimeter wall of the outer compartment having increased flexibility relative to the outer perimeter wall of the inner compartment so that when the folded wall member is unfolded, a fold line between the outer perimeter wall of the inner compartment and the inner perimeter wall of the outer compartment, progressively moves down the inner perimeter wall of the outer compartment.