Food holder

• US 8,056,145 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2009
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Behzad Bahadori, Shahriar K. Shamsnobari
• Original Assignee: Behzad Bahadori, Shahriar K. Shamsnobari
• Inventors: Shamsnobari, Shahriar K., Bahadori, Behzad
• Primary Examiner(s): VANATTA, AMY B
• Application Number:
  US12/590,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20100163610A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 2 4/8, 2 491- 495, 2 5/1, 2 5/2, 2 4/6, 2 5/0, 2 9/2, 229/165, 229/164, 229/164.1, 229/800, 229/904, 229/172, 206/541, 206/542, 206/546, 206/548, 206/549, 383/105, 383/111, 383/114, 383/4, 383/104, 383/902, 224/148.1, 224/148.5, 224/148.4, 224/575, 224/576, 224/906, 224/600, 224/607, 224/270
• US Class Current: 2/46
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/001 Holders or wrappers as eating aids for fast food, e.g. hamburgers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/18 by folding a single blank to U-shape to form the base of the container and opposite sides of the body portion, the remaining sides being formed primarily by extensions of one or more of these opposite sides, e.g. flaps hinged thereto B65D5/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/14 in sheets or blanks folded-up around all sides of the contents from a portion on which the contents are placed

Abstract

A food tray is disclosed that prevents direct contact of the food items with the hands of a consumer and prevents the food to spill on the consumer clothes. In some embodiments, the food tray includes a back panel, two side panels, four flaps, and a midsection. During the consumption of the food item, the two side panels and the midsection form an apron which is placed under the chin of the consumer to prevent the food from spilling on the consumer cloths. In some embodiments, the midsection includes a chin curve that facilitates placing the apron under the chin of the consumer.

Claims

1. A food container comprising:

a. a back panel;

b. a midsection hingedly connected to the back panel;

c. a first side panel and a second side panel, each side panel hingedly connected to the midsection;

d. a first flap hingedly connected to the first side panel;

e. a second flap hingedly connected to the second side panel;

f. a third flap hingedly connected to the first flap and hingedly connected to the back panel; and

g. a fourth flap hingedly connected to the second flap and hingedly connected to the back panel,

wherein the back panel, the first and second side panels, the midsection, and the first, second, third, and fourth flaps form a cavity to receive a food item,

wherein the midsection, the first side panel, and the second side panel form an apron to place under the chin of a consumer of the food item during consumption of the food item.

2. The food container of claim 1 further comprising a wrapping paper glued to the back panel.

3. The food container of claim 1, wherein the back panel, the first and second side panels, the midsection, and the first, second, third, and fourth flaps are formed from a one piece blank.

4. The food container of claim 1, wherein the midsection comprises an arcuate cut for placing under the chin of the consumer during consumption of the food item.

5. The food container of claim 1 further comprising a tape for connecting the first and second side panels together when said side panels are folded towards each other to form said cavity.

6. The food container of claim 1 further comprising a paper lock for connecting the first and second side panels together when said side panels are folded towards each other to form said cavity.

7. The food container of claim 6, wherein the paper lock comprises a latch on the first side panel and a fissure on the second side panel, wherein when the side panels are folded towards each other, the latch passes through the fissure, wherein the fissure is narrower than a high width of the latch.

8. The food container of claim 6, wherein the paper lock comprises a first fissure on the first side panel and a second fissure and a third fissure on the second side panel, wherein the first fissure goes inside the second fissure and slides into the third fissure in order to lock the first and second side panels together when the side panels are folded towards each other.

9. A food container for preventing spillage during consumption of a food item, the food container comprising:

a. a receptacle formed by a back panel, a midsection, and first and second side panels, the first and second side panels connected to the midsection along first and second fold lines respectively, the midsection connected to the back panel along a third fold line, forming a cavity for holding a food item for human consumption;

b. a first flap connected to the first side panel along a fourth fold line;

c. a second flap connected to the second side panel along a fifth fold line;

d. a third flap connected to the first flap along a sixth fold line and connected to the back panel along a seventh fold line; and

e. a fourth flap connected to the second flap along an eighth fold line and connected to the back panel along a ninth fold line;

f. the midsection, the first side panel and the second side panel for forming an apron during consumption of the food item, the apron being placed under the chin of a human during consumption of the food item.

10. The food container of claim 9 further comprising a wrapping paper glued to the back panel.

11. The food container of claim 9, wherein the back panel, the first and second side panels, the midsection, and the first, second, third, and fourth flaps are formed from a one piece blank.

12. The food container of claim 9, wherein the midsection comprises an arcuate cut for placing under the chin of the consumer during consumption of the food item.

13. The food container of claim 9 further comprising a tape for connecting the first and second side panels together when said side panels are folded towards each other to form said receptacle.

14. The food container of claim 9 further comprising a paper lock for connecting the first and second side panels together when said side panels are folded towards each other to form said cavity.

15. The food container of claim 14, wherein the paper lock comprises a latch on the first side panel and a fissure on the second side panel, wherein when the side panels are folded towards each other, the latch passes through the fissure, wherein the fissure is narrower than a high width of the latch.

16. The food container of claim 14, wherein the paper lock comprises a first fissure on the first side panel and a second fissure and a third fissure on the second side panel, wherein the first fissure goes inside the second fissure and slides into the third fissure in order to lock the first and second side panels together when the side panels are folded towards each other.