Patent ID: 7661528

Claim:
A plastic food container that has a vertical axis and that includes a base element ( 14 ) with a base cavity for holding food and a base rim portion ( 26 ) that surrounds a top of said base cavity, and a cover element ( 16 ) with a middle part that lies over a middle of said cavity and a cover rim portion ( 34 ) with said cover element being closeable on said base, wherein the rim portion of a first of said elements has radially inner and outer rim parts ( 60 , 62 , FIG. 7 ) and radially opposite sides forming a pair of connectors ( 64 ) that each connects to said radially inner rim parts, said connector having opposite ends that each forms a pivot joint ( 90 , 92 ), and said radially outer rim part forming a pair of handle sections ( 80 , 82 ) that each extends horizontally between a pair of said pivot joints that lie at radially opposite sides of said first element rim portion when said handle sections are not in use, said handle sections being pivotal to extend upward when said handle sections are used to carry said first element, wherein: said pivot joints of said connectors are formed by loops ( 100 , FIG. 11A ) of said plastic that each has a length of at least 1.5 millimeters, with one end of the loop integral with the rest of the connector and with the rest of the loop being separated along one of said separation lines from an adjacent one of said radially inner rim parts, to allow the loop to bend as the handle section is pivoted, and as seen in an end view of each loop the loop has a pair of downward-extending loop ends and a horizontal loop middle when said handle sections extend horizontally and are not in use to hold said first element.