Food container with flip-out condiment pocket
First Claim
1. A food container with flip-out pocket, comprising:
- a front panel spaced apart from a rear panel and connected thereto by a bottom and first and second side walls, to form a container with an open upper end; and
an operable pocket formed at an upper end of the first side wall, operable between a storage position flush against the side wall, and an operable position open at an upper end to receive a condiment therein;
said pocket including a pocket panel having opposing first and second side edges and top and bottom edges;
said panel first side edge being hinged to the front panel;
said panel second side edge being hinged to the back panel;
said panel bottom edge being mounted to the first side panel;
whereby the hinges permit pivotal movement of the pocket panel from the storage position, flush against the side panel, to the operable position, with the pocket panel upper edge spaced from the side wall upper edge.
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Abstract
The food container of the present invention includes a paperboard container with front and rear panels and collapsible side walls and collapsible bottom, permitting the container to be flattened to a nestable storage position. A flip-out pocket is operably mounted within the container, with a pocket panel having a forward edge mounted to the front panel, a rearward edge mounted to the rear panel, and a bottom edge mounted to the side wall. A central hinge extending from the top to the bottom of the pocket panel, and hinged connections of the edges of the pocket permit the pocket panel to be moved from a storage position flush against the side wall to an operable position with the upper edge spaced away from the upper edge of the side wall.
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11 Claims
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1. A food container with flip-out pocket, comprising:
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a front panel spaced apart from a rear panel and connected thereto by a bottom and first and second side walls, to form a container with an open upper end; and an operable pocket formed at an upper end of the first side wall, operable between a storage position flush against the side wall, and an operable position open at an upper end to receive a condiment therein; said pocket including a pocket panel having opposing first and second side edges and top and bottom edges; said panel first side edge being hinged to the front panel; said panel second side edge being hinged to the back panel; said panel bottom edge being mounted to the first side panel; whereby the hinges permit pivotal movement of the pocket panel from the storage position, flush against the side panel, to the operable position, with the pocket panel upper edge spaced from the side wall upper edge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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