Portable food dispenser

• US 7,325,718 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2004
• Issued: 02/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sabert Corporation
• Original Assignee: LBP Manufacturing Incorporated
• Inventors: Cook, Matthew R., Wolf, Kurt
• Primary Examiner(s): Elkins; Gary E
• Application Number:
  US10/808,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20040226989A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,413 Days
• Field of Search: 229/117.15, 229/114, 229/125, 229/131, 229/902, 229/906, 229/148, 229/117.14, 206/565, 206/45.29, 220/23.87, 220/826, 220/831
• US Class Current: 229/117.15
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/06 with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages with slidable spouts B65D47/26
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/12 having removable closures
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/008 the container body having a pyramidal shape
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/103 one of the self-locking flaps having a tongue engaging into an opening of an opposite flap
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/3607 formed by folding or erecting a single blank
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/3628 collapsed along median lines of two opposite sides of the rectangular tubular body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/46096 two opposite closure flaps being provided with handle elements which are in contact with each other
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/46112 either the handle elements being formed with lugs which engage with the other side walls or closure flaps, or the other closure flaps folding over a part of the handle to maintain the handle in position
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/6605 the lid being formed by two mating halves joined to opposite edges of the container body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/6614 with means for retaining the lid in open position
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/0433 the inner container being a tray or like shallow container, not formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks B65D81/3862 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 229/902 Box for prepared or processed food

Abstract

A portable food dispenser includes one or more containers. A first container is capable of being only partially opened to provide access to food or a second container. The second container includes a cover that can be opened to provide access to food.

Claims

1. A portable food dispenser comprising:

a. a first container, the first container having a pair of container slots and a pair of container tabs;

b. a lid that covers a top opening of the first container, the lid operational between a first position and a second position, wherein the lid is integral with the first container, such that when the lid is in the first position it covers substantially all of the top opening of the first container, and when the lid is in the second position it covers only a portion of the top opening of the first container;

c. a handle on the lid, wherein the handle includes a pair of handle tabs positionable to fit into the pair of container slots to secure the lid in the first position, and a pair of handle slots configured to connect with the pair of container tabs to secure the entire lid in the second position; and

d. a second container, wherein the second container is capable of fitting inside the first container.

2. The portable food dispenser of claim 1, further comprising a cover for the second container.

3. The portable food dispenser of claim 2, wherein the cover contains an opening.

4. The portable food dispenser of claim 2, wherein a portion of the cover can be removed to create an opening in the cover.

5. The portable food dispenser of claim 3, wherein the cover includes a removable cap that covers the opening in the cover.

6. The portable food dispenser of claim 1, wherein the first container is formed from a unitary blank of corrugated cardboard.

7. The portable food dispenser of claim 1, wherein the second container is formed from thermoformed polyethylene.

8. The portable food dispenser of claim 1, wherein the first slot comprises an inverted T shape.

9. The portable food dispenser of claim 1, wherein the handle includes fold lines to accommodate folding the handle flat to the lid.