Tamper-resistant container for freshly baked food products
First Claim
1. A shallow container having an obscured manner of venting to help protect freshly baked food contents during such time when said container has a tamper-resistant securing means, said obscured manner of venting preventing contaminates from being easily injected through said venting without leaving evidence of said contaminates on an inner surface area of said container, said container being formed from a prescored containerboard container blank, comprising:
- a) a bottom panel comprising a front peripheral wall being folded upwardly, a back peripheral wall being folded upwardly and two opposed side peripheral walls being folded upwardly;
b) front edge portion of each of said side peripheral walls comprising a front flap being folded inwardly, each of said front flaps comprising a bottom portion with each said bottom portion being folded outwardly toward said front peripheral wall, said bottom portions being braced against said bottom panel and said front peripheral wall with said bottom portion positioning each of said front flaps away from said front peripheral wall, said positioning creating a gap between said front peripheral wall and each of said front flaps with each said gap serving as a venting passageway;
c) said front peripheral wall comprising an outer portion being folded downwardly over each of said front flaps;
d) a top panel being folded downwardly from a top edge portion of said back peripheral wall with said top panel covering a contents area of said container, said top panel comprising two opposed side peripheral walls being folded downwardly and a front peripheral wall being folded downwardly; and
e) a first concealed opening formed in said front peripheral wall of said top panel, said first concealed opening being aligned with a second concealed opening formed in said outer portion of said front peripheral wall of said bottom panel, said concealed openings allowing heated air of said contents area to escape into each said venting passageway.
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Abstract
A container embodiment helping to protect freshly baked pizza pie and the like against extremely disgruntled delivery drivers while in a totally unsupervised environment. The container embodiment having tamper-resistant ventilation to enhance the overall effectiveness of a supplemental tamper-resistant securing means which is added just before the delivery process begins. The tamper-resistant ventilation prevents contaminates from being easily injected through the ventilation by a contaminate delivery means without leaving evidence of the contaminates on an inner surface area of the container embodiment.
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20 Claims
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1. A shallow container having an obscured manner of venting to help protect freshly baked food contents during such time when said container has a tamper-resistant securing means, said obscured manner of venting preventing contaminates from being easily injected through said venting without leaving evidence of said contaminates on an inner surface area of said container, said container being formed from a prescored containerboard container blank, comprising:
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a) a bottom panel comprising a front peripheral wall being folded upwardly, a back peripheral wall being folded upwardly and two opposed side peripheral walls being folded upwardly; b) front edge portion of each of said side peripheral walls comprising a front flap being folded inwardly, each of said front flaps comprising a bottom portion with each said bottom portion being folded outwardly toward said front peripheral wall, said bottom portions being braced against said bottom panel and said front peripheral wall with said bottom portion positioning each of said front flaps away from said front peripheral wall, said positioning creating a gap between said front peripheral wall and each of said front flaps with each said gap serving as a venting passageway; c) said front peripheral wall comprising an outer portion being folded downwardly over each of said front flaps; d) a top panel being folded downwardly from a top edge portion of said back peripheral wall with said top panel covering a contents area of said container, said top panel comprising two opposed side peripheral walls being folded downwardly and a front peripheral wall being folded downwardly; and e) a first concealed opening formed in said front peripheral wall of said top panel, said first concealed opening being aligned with a second concealed opening formed in said outer portion of said front peripheral wall of said bottom panel, said concealed openings allowing heated air of said contents area to escape into each said venting passageway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A shallow container having an obscured manner of venting to help protect freshly baked food contents during such time when said container has a tamper-resistant securing means, said obscured manner of venting preventing contaminates from being easily injected through said venting without leaving evidence of said contaminates on an inner surface area of said container, said container being formed from a prescored containerboard container blank, comprising:
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a) a bottom panel comprising a front peripheral wall being folded upwardly, a back peripheral wall being folded upwardly and two opposed side peripheral walls being folded upwardly; b) said front peripheral wall comprising an outer portion, a horizontal score located between said outer portion and a bottom edge portion of said front peripheral wall to form a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein the height of said lower and upper portions of said front peripheral wall before folding being greater than the height of said outer portion; c) front edge portion of each of said side peripheral walls comprising a front flap being folded inwardly, said outer portion of said front peripheral wall being folded downwardly over each of said front flaps, said lower and upper portions of said front peripheral wall being angled at said horizontal score outwardly away from each of said front flaps, thereby reducing said height of said lower and outer portions of said front peripheral wall to said height of said outer portion and also creating a gap between said front peripheral wall and each of said front flaps with each said gap serving as a venting passageway; d) a top panel being folded downwardly from a top edge portion of said back peripheral wall with said top panel covering a contents area of said container, said top panel comprising two opposed side peripheral walls being folded downwardly and a front peripheral wall being folded downwardly; and e) a first concealed opening formed in said front peripheral wall of said top panel, said first concealed opening being aligned with a second concealed opening formed in said outer portion of said front peripheral wall of said bottom panel, said concealed openings allowing heated air of said contents area to escape into each said venting passageway. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A shallow container having an obscured manner of venting to help protect freshly baked food contents, said obscured manner of venting preventing contaminates from being easily injected through said venting without leaving evidence of said contaminates on an inner surface area of said container, said container being formed from a prescored containerboard container blank, comprising:
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a) a bottom panel comprising a front peripheral wall being folded upwardly, a back peripheral wall being folded upwardly and two opposed side peripheral walls being folded upwardly; b) front edge portion of each of said side peripheral walls comprising a front flap being folded inwardly, each of said front flaps comprising a bottom portion with each said bottom portion being folded outwardly toward said front peripheral wall, said bottom portions being braced against said bottom panel and said front peripheral wall with said bottom portion positioning each of said front flaps away from said front peripheral wall, said positioning creating a gap between said front peripheral wall and each of said front flaps with each said gap serving as a venting passageway; c) said front peripheral wall comprising an outer portion being folded downwardly over each of said front flaps; d) means of securing said front flaps, said outer portion, said front peripheral wall and each of said side peripheral walls into a standing position; e) a top panel being folded downwardly from a top edge portion of said back peripheral wall with said top panel covering contents area of said container, said top panel comprising two opposed side peripheral walls being folded downwardly and a front peripheral wall being folded downwardly; f) said front peripheral wall and each of said side peripheral walls of said top panel being inner peripheral walls, said front peripheral wall and each of said side peripheral walls of said bottom panel being outer peripheral walls; and g) a first concealed opening formed in said front peripheral wall of said top panel, said first concealed opening being aligned with a second concealed opening formed in said outer portion of said front peripheral wall of said bottom panel, said concealed openings allowing heated air of said contents area to escape into each said venting passageway. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A shallow container having an obscured manner of venting to help protect freshly baked food contents, said obscured manner of venting preventing contaminates from being easily injected through said venting without leaving evidence of said contaminates on an inner surface area of said container, said container being formed from a prescored containerboard container blank, comprising:
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a) a bottom panel comprising a front peripheral wall being folded upwardly, a back peripheral wall being folded upwardly and two opposed side peripheral walls being folded upwardly; b) said front peripheral wall having an outer portion attached thereto, a horizontal score located between said outer portion and a bottom edge portion of said front peripheral wall to form a lower portion and an upper portion, height of said lower and upper portions of said front peripheral wall before folding being greater than height of said outer portion; c) front edge portion of each of said side peripheral walls comprising a front flap being folded inwardly, said outer portion of said front peripheral wall being folded downwardly over each of said front flaps, said front peripheral wall angled at said horizontal score outwardly away from each of said front flaps, thereby reducing said height of said lower and upper portions of said front peripheral wall to said height of said outer portion, and also creating a gap between said front peripheral wall and each of said front flaps with each said gap serving as a venting passageway; d) means of securing said front flaps, said outer portion, said front peripheral wall and each of said side peripheral walls into a standing position; e) a top panel being folded downwardly from a top edge portion of said back peripheral wall with said top panel covering contents area of said container, said top panel comprising two opposed side peripheral walls being folded downwardly and a front peripheral wall being folded downwardly; f) said front peripheral wall and each of said side peripheral walls of said top panel being inner peripheral walls, said front peripheral wall and each of said side peripheral walls of said bottom panel being outer peripheral walls; and g) a first concealed opening formed in said front peripheral wall of said top panel, said first concealed opening being aligned with a second concealed opening formed in said outer portion of said front peripheral wall of said bottom panel, said concealed openings allowing heated air of said contents area to escape into each said venting passageway. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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