Patent ID: 7243813

Claim:
A food container comprising: a lid member, the lid member including an upper surface and including a retaining mechanism formed in the upper surface of the lid member; the lid member retaining mechanism including one or more steam escape mechanisms; a base member having a base bottom, the base member including a base member retaining mechanism formed into the base bottom and including one or more steam escape mechanism engaging portions; the base member retaining mechanism being complementary with the lid member retaining mechanism, whereby at least one of the steam escape mechanisms is complementary with one of the steam escape mechanism engaging portions; the lid member and base member being capable of interlocking arrangement such that the lid member can be removably secured to cover the base member; and wherein when the container is arranged in stacked formation below an identical container, at least one of the steam escape mechanisms of the lid member retaining mechanism engages one of the steam escape mechanism engaging portions of the base member retaining mechanism on the container above it and steam can escape the food container through an engaged steam escape mechanism.