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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Bulcher, Powell, OH (US);
Assignee:
Pressware International, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
229 / ; 229 / ; 22912517 ; 22912527 ;
Abstract
In a paperboard food container, especially the clamshell type used in the fast food industry, a releasably interlocking means between the container and a lid. The interlocking means includes a slot formed in the container which not only leaves a continuous, coplanar shoulder around the circumference of the container which allows complete sealing with a lid structure, but additionally provides a tab which extends above the slot, allowing the lid structure to have either a flange extending under the container tab or, in addition to the flange, a tab inserting into the slot.