Patent ID: 8887918

Claim:
A food tray, comprising: a lower tray containing a first food product, the lower tray having a lower peripheral wall with an upward facing shoulder extending around the lower peripheral wall; an upper tray containing a second food product, the upper tray having a rim and a lower peripheral wall extending downward from the rim, the lower peripheral wall providing a downward facing shoulder extending around the lower peripheral wall and spaced apart from the rim so that the downward facing shoulder rests on the upward facing shoulder when the upper tray is nested in the lower tray, the downward facing shoulder being discontinuous; a first indent in a first side of the lower tray; a first indent in a first side of the upper tray, the first indent of the upper tray positioned over the first indent of the lower tray when the upper tray is nested within the lower tray; a second indent in a second side of the lower tray, the second side of the lower tray being located opposite the first side of the lower tray; a second indent in a second side of the upper tray, the second side of the upper tray being located opposite the first side of the upper tray, the second indent of the upper tray positioned over the second indent of the lower tray when the upper tray is nested within the lower tray; a third indent in a third side of the upper tray; a fourth indent in a fourth side of the upper tray, the fourth side located opposite the third side, the third and fourth indents of the upper tray providing first and second air channels respectively for facilitating venting of steam from the lower tray and to facilitate removal of the upper tray from the lower tray; a fifth indent in the upper tray, the fifth indent of the upper tray being formed by the discontinuous downward facing shoulder of the upper tray and being formed between the first and third indents of the upper tray; a third indent in the lower tray, the fifth indent of the upper tray being positioned over the third indent of the lower tray when the upper tray is nested within the lower tray, wherein the first, second and third indents of the lower tray are configured to cooperate with the first, second and fifth indents of the upper tray, respectively, to provide third, fourth and fifth air channels for facilitating venting of steam from the lower tray and to facilitate removal of the upper tray from the lower tray.