Patent ID: 8226999

Claim:
A microwavable container system comprising: a base container, having a pair of sides and having a pair of substantially rounded shaped diametrically opposed ends for defining a base interior cavity, the base container further having a continuous outwardly turned edge extending from an inner periphery of the base container, the inner periphery defined along a top portion of the pair of sides and rounded shaped ends; a tray disposed within a first portion of the base interior cavity of the base container, the tray having a pair of tray sides and a pair of diametrically opposed tray ends positioned between the tray sides for defining a tray interior cavity, and wherein one of the opposed tray ends has an inwardly bowed profile; wherein the base container further includes an indented ledge defined in the inner periphery about only one of the rounded shaped ends in the base container, the ledge extends along the, inner periphery away from the rounded shaped end and continues along the inner periphery about the pair of sides to a pair of terminals, the terminals ending along the pair of sides prior to a mid-point defined between the pair of rounded shaped diametrically opposed ends, and wherein the tray includes an upper outwardly turned edge sized complementary to rest on the ledge when the tray is disposed within the first portion of the base interior cavity of the base container, and the outwardly turned edge includes ends substantially abutting the terminals of the ledge, wherein the inwardly bowed profile of the opposed tray end is positioned prior to and towards the mid-point in the base container; and wherein a second portion of the base interior cavity not occupied by the tray includes a first food component, and wherein the tray interior cavity includes a second food component, that are combinable after microwave cooking by removing the tray from the base interior cavity and adding the second food component with the first food component in the base interior cavity which becomes larger with the removal of the tray.