Disposable package

• US 5,364,018 A
• Filed: 07/16/1992
• Issued: 11/15/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eson Pac AB
• Original Assignee: Eson Pac AB
• Inventors: Carlsson, Ingmar
• Primary Examiner(s): Elkins, Gary E.
• Application Number:
  US08/066,019
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 229/114, 229/2.5 R, 229/117.19, 229/117.24, 229/120.08, 229/120.09, 229/120.17, 229/120.01, 229/901, 229/902, 229/906, 229/240, 229/243
• US Class Current: 229/120.17
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 11/188 the container being formed by two mating halves
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2251/1025 Integral locking elements penetrating in an opening, e.g. a flap through a slit, a hook in an opening
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/162 the container, the lid and the hinge being made of one piece B65D43/161 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 229/901 Box structure alternatively useable as a container or a lid
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 229/906 Baked goods

Abstract

A disposable package for fast food has two bowl-shaped sections which are interconnected along the common edge of a pair of adjacent end walls. The opposite end walls have tabs defining male and female connectors whereby the sections can be joined when folded together. Also, the side walls of at least one of the sections is provided with fold-in tabs which can be used to grip an item of food contained within the package.

Claims

1. A disposable package comprising two deep bowl-shaped sections having an adjacent pair of end walls with a common edge along which the sections are interconnected, the sections further having opposite end walls and side walls each with an edge in a plane containing said common edge, the package being foldable along said common edge to bring the sections together, the opposite end walls having outwardly extending tongues providing respective male and female connectors for securing the sections when brought together and for attachment thereon of another identical upside down package when the sections are opened out, wherein the side walls of at least one of the package sections are each provided with a pair of spaced separation lines extending downwardly from the edge of the respective side wall to define a fold-in flap therebetween.

2. A package as defined in claim 1, wherein the separation lines comprise respective slots.

3. A package as defined in claim 1, wherein the separation lines comprise respective tear lines.