Lunch box

• US 8,814,032 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2012
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hsin-Chieh Li
• Original Assignee: Hsin-Chieh Li
• Inventors: Li, Hsin-Chieh
• Primary Examiner(s): ELKINS, GARY E
• Application Number:
  US13/533,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20130161379A1
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 229/113, 229/114, 229/117.01, 229/117.07, 229/117.08, 229/145
• US Class Current: 229/114
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/24 with adjacent sides interconnected by gusset folds
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/6667 and connected to one another in order to form an uninterrupted telescoping flange B65D5/667 takes precedence

Abstract

A lunch box includes a main body having a bottom portion, two side portions, a front portion and a back portion to define a receiving space, and a cover that covers upper portion of the main body extending from the back portion. Two side portions extend from bottom part of the junction of the front portion and back portion to form first shaping lines, and a retracting portion is formed between two side portions and two first shaping lines, and an expanding portion is formed at the junction of first shaping lines and the front portion. When the cover is bended down to cover the main body, the front portion is restored when the retracting portion rebounds, and the expanding portion is outwardly against the junction of the front cover and side covers to form a restricting position, so the box can be closed securely without external securing components.

Claims

1. A lunch box comprising a main body having a bottom portion, two side portions, a front portion and a back portion to define a receiving space, and a cover that is used to cover an upper portion of the main body connecting with and extending from the back portion of the lunch box, a method of closing the lunch box comprising steps of:

holding the lunch box and the receiving space facing upwards;

dividing each of the side portions into a retracting portion, an expanding portion and first shaping lines;

dividing the cover into an upper unit, two side units and one front unit; and

pressing the front portion toward the back portion to enable the retracting portions to inwardly move to further bring down the cover, wherein the front unit of the cover is configured to be disposed outside of the front portion of the lunch box;

two side units of the cover are configured to be disposed outside the side portions of the lunch box; and

the upper unit is configured to be disposed on top of the receiving space of the lunch box.

2. The method of closing the lunch box of claim 1, further comprising s step of the front unit forming a retracting tilted shape corresponding to the front portion of the main body.

3. The method of closing the lunch box of claim 1, further comprising steps of forming two second shaping lines on the front unit and the forming a lifting portion to lift the cover between two second shaping lines.

4. The method of closing the lunch box of claim 1, wherein the first shaping lines are used to squeeze the side portions of the lunch box to enable the retracting portions to move inwardly.

5. The method of closing the lunch box of claim 1, further comprising a step of releasing the front portion to enable the front portion of the lunch box to be restricted by the front unit of the cover, and two side portions of the lunch box be restricted by two side units of the cover.