Patent ID: 7364048
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: A47G,B65D

Abstract:
1. A container for the preservation and serving of a food product, said container comprising a base tray, an upwardly extending dome-shaped cover is mounted over said tray to define a product receiving chamber, said dome-shaped cover defining an interior surface facing said tray and an exterior surface facing away from said tray, a vent opening in said cover, and a vent panel mountable to said cover exterior surface over said vent opening for control of atmospheric conditions within said chamber relative to ambient conditions, said vent opening being defined by a peripheral rim formed by the surrounding cover, said vent panel having a peripheral edge portion coextensive with said opening rim, wherein said vent panel is perforated with multiple holes over substantially the full extent of said panel to define a venting area, said venting area being coextensive with a substantial area of said cover, a foil of predetermined vapor permeability fixed between said vent opening and said panel in overlying relation to and coextensive with said venting area for a venting of vapors from said chamber to the ambient, and cooperating means on said panel edge portion and said rim for releasably snap locking said panel to said cover with said panel overlying and closing said opening.