Food holder

• US 20100044422A1
• Filed: 03/13/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shahriar K. Shamsnobari
• Original Assignee: Shahriar K. Shamsnobari
• Inventors: Shamsnobari, Shahriar K.
• Application Number:
  US12/381,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20100044422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 229/165
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/001 Holders or wrappers as eating aids for fast food, e.g. hamburgers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/18 by folding a single blank to U-shape to form the base of the container and opposite sides of the body portion, the remaining sides being formed primarily by extensions of one or more of these opposite sides, e.g. flaps hinged thereto B65D5/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/14 in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed

Abstract

A food tray is disclosed that prevents direct contact of the food items with the hands of a consumer and prevents the food to spill on the consumer clothes. In some embodiments, the food tray includes a back panel, three side panels, four flaps, and an apron. During the consumption of the food item, the apron is placed under the chin of the consumer to prevent the food from spilling on the consumer cloths. In some embodiments, the food tray is stackable for the ease of storage and transportation. In some embodiments, a notch on a side panel provides easy grip for the food tray.

Claims

1. A food container comprising:

a. back panel;

b. a first and second side panels hingedly connected to the back panel;

c. a third and fourth side panels hingedly connected to the second side panel, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth side panels are at an upright position in relationship with the back panel forming a cavity for receiving a food item;

d. a first flap hingedly connected to the third side panel, said first flap connected to the first side panel;

e. a second flap hingedly connected to the fourth side panel, said second flap connected to the outside of the first side panel;

f. a mid panel hingedly connected to the second side panel; and

g. an apron hingedly connected to the mid panel, said apron for extending to under the chin of a consumer of said food item.

2. The food container of claim 1, wherein the back panel comprises an arcuate cut for pushing the food item outside the cavity during consumption of the food item.

3. The food container of claim 1, wherein the first and second flaps are glued to the first panel.

4. The food container of claim 1 further comprising:

a. a third flap hingedly connected to the third side panel; and

b. a fourth flap hingedly connected to the fourth side panel.

5. The food container of claim 4, wherein the third and fourth flaps are glued to the back panel.

6. The food container of claim 4, wherein the back panel, the first, second, third, and fourth side panels, the mid section, the first, second, third, and fourth flaps, and the apron are formed from a one piece blank.

7. The food container of claim 1, wherein the back panel, the first, second, third, and fourth side panels, the mid section, the first and second flaps, and the apron are formed from a one piece blank.

8. The food container of claim 1, wherein the cavity is further for stacking up the food container against similar food containers by placing the cavity of one food container inside the cavity of a next food container prior to placing a food item in said food container.

9. A food container for preventing spillage during consumption of a food item, the food container comprising:

a. a receptacle formed by a back panel and a first, second, third, and fourth side panels, the first and second side panels connected to the back panel along first and second fold lines respectively, the third and fourth side panels connected to the second side panel along third and fourth fold lines respectively, the cavity for holding a food item for human consumption;

b. a first flap connected the third side panel along a fifth fold line, wherein the first flap is adhered to the first side panel;

c. a second flap connected to the fourth side panel along a sixth fold line, wherein the second flap is adhered to the first side panel;

d. a mid section hingedly connected to the second side panel along a seventh fold line, the mid section for moving relative to the cavity along the seventh fold line; and

e. an apron hingedly connected to the mid panel along an eight fold line, the apron for moving relative to the mid panel and the receptacle along the eight fold line, the apron for extending under the chin of a human during consumption of the food item.

10. The food container of claim 9, wherein the back panel comprises an arcuate cut for pushing the food item outside the receptacle during consumption of the food item.

11. The food container of claim 9, wherein the first and second flaps are glued to the first panel.

12. The food container of claim 9 further comprising:

a. a third flap connected to the third side panel along a ninth fold line; and

b. a fourth flap connected to the fourth side panel along a tenth fold line.

13. The food container of claim 12, wherein the third and fourth flaps are glued to the back panel.

14. The food container of claim 13, wherein the back panel, the first, second, third, and fourth side panels, the mid section, the first, second, third, and fourth flaps, and the apron are formed from a one piece blank.

15. The food container of claim 9, wherein the back panel, the first, second, third, and fourth side panels, the mid section, the first and second flaps, and the apron are formed from a one piece blank.

16. The food container of claim 9, wherein the receptacle is further for stacking up the food container against similar food containers by placing the receptacle of one food container inside the receptacle of a next food container prior to placing a food item in said food container.