Patent ID: 7882974

Claim:
A food container assembly, comprising: a first container base and a second container base; said first container base comprising a first peripheral rim, a first hinge flap and a first locking area; said second container base comprising a second peripheral rim, a second hinge flap and a second locking area; said first hinge flap, said first locking area and said first peripheral rim of said first container base being structurally identical respectively to said second hinge flap, said second locking area, and said second peripheral rim of said second container base; said first hinge flap being engageable with said second locking area, thereby hingedly attaching said first container base to said second container base; said first and second container bases being rotatable about said first hinge flap over a range of at least about 180 degrees between an open position and a closed position; said first peripheral rim of said first container base being engageable with said second peripheral rim of said second container base in said closed position; and said first locking area being engageable with said second hinge flap so as to latch said food container assembly in said closed position; said latched food container assembly being openable from said closed position by disengagement of one of said first hinge flap from said second locking area and said second hinge flap from said first locking area; and rotation of one of said first container base and said second container base; said food container assembly when in said open position being substantially nestable within an open second food container assembly of identical construction; and said food container assembly being separable by disengagement of said first and second hinge flaps from said second and first locking areas respectively into a first container base and a second container base.