Patent ID: 8651311

Claim:
An insert for a container, the container having an interior where a product may be stored and an opening therein for providing access to the product, the opening defined by a peripheral rim having an internal sidewall, the insert comprising: a body defining an outer periphery and an internal open area, the outer periphery having a dimension defined for receipt within the internal sidewall of the container rim, the body is formed as a ring, the ring having an outside sidewall defining the outer periphery and having an inside wall the internal open area defined there between, a utensil frangibly connected to the inside wall of the ring within the internal open area of the body, the utensil initially extending across at least a portion of the open area, and a receiving tab projecting from the inside wall of the ring and projecting, inwardly into the open area, frictional engagement means formed on the utensil and on the receiving tab, the engagement means for removably securing the utensil to the receiving tab, wherein the utensil is initially frangibly connected to the inside wall of the ring of the body within the open area and the frangible connection accommodates a structural rupture of the connection between the body and the utensil in response to application of a sufficient force to the utensil for removal of the utensil from the body, and wherein the utensil is secondarily secured within the open area defined by the body to the receiving tab by the frictional engagement means and the utensil is removably secured to the inside wall of the ring and stored in the open area defined by the body after removing the frangible connection of the utensil and the body.