Patent ID: 7114630

Claim:
A tray lid for covering a food tray having at least one food pocket therein, comprising: a substantially flat tray covering section including a wall covering portion and at least one pocket covering portion formed thereon; the pocket covering portion having a central area and a periphery defined by a channel; the channel including a first side wall connected to the wall covering portion, a second side wall connected to the central area of the pocket covering portion and a connection portion connecting the first side wall and the second side wall; wherein a portion of a bottom face of the wall covering portion is adapted to overlie a top flat portion of a wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray and the first side wall of the channel is slanted and adapted to abut a slanted portion of the wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray along an entire height of the first side wall, thereby securely maintaining food in the at least one food pocket of the food tray when the tray lid is placed over the food tray; and wherein the first side wall and the second side wall extend upwardly from the connecting portion and the first side wall also extends outwardly away from the second side wall whereby a first connection point between the first side wall and the wall covering portion is farther away from the second side wall than a second connection point between the first side wall and the connecting portion; wherein the wall covering portion has a border having an elongated ridge located along a side edge of the flat tray covering section for providing strength to the flat tray covering section; and the elongated ridge extends upwardly and from the bottom face of the wall covering portion such that the ridge will be above and spaced from the top flat portion of the wall of the at least one food pocket of the tray when the tray lid is connected to the tray.