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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
May. 07, 1991
Steven R Hutcheson, Reading, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The portable meal container includes a base member for containing food having a substantially rectangular bottom wall and four integral perpendicular side walls of equal height terminating in a unitary top rim and a detachable cover member having top and bottom surfaces adapted to form a tight seal with the top rim portion of the base member. The meal container includes a thermally insulated container member for receiving and disbursing liquid releasably attached to a portion of the top surface of the cover member and a compartment member for containing at least one eating utensil within the compartment member which is also attached to a portion of the top surface of the cover member. The utensil compartment member includes a cover detachable sealed to the upper surface of the compartment member for providing access to the compartment member and the utensils contained therein. In a preferred embodiment, the base member includes one or more vertical dividers so as to divide the base member into two or more spaces for separation of food or the like. Additionally in an alternate embodiment, the walls of the base and cover members are constructed and arranged to contain a thermal insulating material to provide a thermally insulated meal container.