Patent ID: 8360262

Claim:
A plastic food packaging system which includes a cup with upper and lower portions and with a cup top that has a periphery, said packaging system including a cover, said cup and cover each made of a polymer material, wherein said cover is moveable to a closed position to cover said cup top and is moveable to an open position to uncover said cup top, wherein: said packaging system includes at least one container moveable into said cup upper portion to lie below said cover when said cover is in said cover closed position; said cover having a cover region pivotally connected to said cup top periphery about a first horizontal axis, and said at least one container having a container periphery pivotally connected to said cup top periphery about a different second horizontal axis; the cover closes the at least one container to form at least one container cavity when the at least one container is in the cup upper portion and the cover is in the cover closed position; said cup, said cover, and said at least one container are all formed from a single sheet of sheet plastic; and said sheet of plastic forms a first tear line that extends along said first axis and forms at least one cover lift tab for tearing the cover apart from said cup along said first tear line, and said sheet of plastic forms a second tear line that extends along said second axis and forms at least one lift tab for tearing the at least one container apart from said cup along said second tear line.