Patent ID: 7597242
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container for preparing, shipping and serving food items, the container comprising: a) a bottom wall; b) a pair of opposed side walls each joined to the bottom wall at one end; c) a pair of opposed end walls extending between the pair of opposed side walls, each end wall joined to the bottom wall at one end and movable between a retaining position and a dispensing position wherein each of the pair of end walls comprises an inner portion secured to the bottom wall and an outer portion having a pair of opposed edges and connected to the inner portion opposite the bottom wall and defining a channel between the inner portion and the outer portion; and d) a heat-resistant material present on an interior surface of each of the bottom wall, the side walls and the end walls, wherein each of the pair of side walls includes a pair of opposed tabs at each end engageable within the channel defined in each end wall, wherein each tab includes a line of weakness extending across each tab, defining a first part disposed between the side wall and the line of weakness, and a second part disposed between the line of weakness and the end of the tab, and wherein the line of weakness extends across each tab in alignment with the opposed edges of the outer portion of each of the pair of end walls.