BENTO BOX AND ITS FOOD COMPARTMENT DIVIDER
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1. food compartment divider, comprising:
- a folded board blank having three spaced apart flat regions, one of the three spaced apart flat regions being separated from a remaining two of the three spaced apart regions by respective folded portions, each of the respective folded portions having a respective tab and slot that are aligned with the respective tab inserted into the respective slot, one of the respective folded portions having a further tab, a remaining one of the respective folded portions having a pair of slots aligned with each other, the further tab being aligned with the pair of slots and inserted into the pair of slots so as to form an assembled food compartment divider.
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Abstract
A divider for a bento box—the divider has three flat food compartment regions and two folded portions. One of the regions is separated from the two remaining regions by the folded portions. The two folded portions each have three fold lines with a respective tab at one of the fold lines inserted into a respective slot at another of the fold lines. One of the two folded portions has a pair of aligned slots and the other of the two folded portions has a further tab inserted into the pair of slots. The lid of the bento box may be folded closed and has flaps that engage each other and leave room underneath to retain chopsticks in position.
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17 Claims
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1. food compartment divider, comprising:
a folded board blank having three spaced apart flat regions, one of the three spaced apart flat regions being separated from a remaining two of the three spaced apart regions by respective folded portions, each of the respective folded portions having a respective tab and slot that are aligned with the respective tab inserted into the respective slot, one of the respective folded portions having a further tab, a remaining one of the respective folded portions having a pair of slots aligned with each other, the further tab being aligned with the pair of slots and inserted into the pair of slots so as to form an assembled food compartment divider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16)
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12. A method of assembly of a food compartment divider, comprising the steps of:
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providing a board blank that has fold lines; folding the fold lines to form two respective folded regions and leaving three spaced apart flat regions, one of the three spaced apart flat regions being separated from a remaining two of the three spaced apart regions by the respective folded portions, the respective folded portions each having a respective tab and slot, one of the respective folded portions having a further tab, a remaining one of the respective folded portions having a pair of slots; aligning the further tab with the pair of slots and inserting the further tab into the pair of slots; and aligning the respective tab with the respective slot for each of the respective folded portions and inserting the respective tab into the respective slot for each of the respective folded portions, whereby an assembled bento box divider arises after completion of all of the steps. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 17)
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