Lunch box

Abstract

A lunch box comprising: a receptacle and a cover able to cover the receptacle. The receptacle is provided therein with partitions to divide the receptacle into a plurality of receiving spaces; in which a receiving space is used to store therein soup, and the remaining spaces are used to store therein cooked rice or repast. And in which the cover is formed thereon downwardly recessed areas in corresponding to and in opposition respectively to the receiving spaces of the receptacle; the bottoms or peripheries of the receiving spaces of the cover and the partitions of the receiving spaces of the receptacle at the positions opposite respectively to those of the bottoms or peripheries are provided with engaging means for mutual engaging, so that the cover and the receptacle can be tightly engaging with each other to prevent spilling of soup or food juices.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a lunch box, and more particularly to a lunch box for storing therein soup and cooked food. The soup or food juices therein will not spill or mingle, the lunch box can be a lunch box used in our daily life or the like. [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0004] Lunch boxes are one kind of utensils necessary for meals. The conventional structure of lunch box is only a container for storing therein food and it has a cover able to cover the container. The lunch box mostly is made of metal (such as stainless steel). However, due to various requirements, the structure of a lunch box has been variant; for example, a dual layer lunch box has a first layer that is a deeper container to be used for receiving staple food (rice or noodle), and has a second layer that is a shallower container to be hung on the periphery of the first layer, the second layer is divided into several receiving ar...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a lunch box provided at least with a space for storing therein soup, and the soup will not spill after storing.

[0009] The secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a lunch box in which repast and food juices will not spill or mingle.

[0010] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a lunch box that can have heat therein maintained, have coldness therein maintained, and have freshness of soup and repast therein maintained too.

[0011] A further objective of the present invention is to provide a lunch box that can be formed a set of handle for easy carrying in a simple way.

[0012] Therefore, in order to achieve the above objectives, the lunch box structure of the present invention comprises: a receptacle and a cover able to cover the receptacle. The receptacle is provided therein with partitions to divide the receptacle into a plurality of receiving spaces. In which a receiving space is used to store therein soup and the remaining spaces are used to store therein cooked rice or repast. The cover is formed thereon downwardly recessed areas in corresponding to and in opposition respectively to the receiving spaces of the receptacle; the bottoms or peripheries of the cover and the partitions of the receiving spaces of the receptacle at the positions opposite respectively to those of the bottoms or peripheries are provided with engaging means for mutual engaging, so that the cover and the receptacle can be tightly engaged with each other to prevent spilling of soup.

Problems solved by technology

Although providing cups for storing therein soups increases the vendibility of lunch boxes, it also increases the cost of production of the lunch boxes, if including the costs of soup cups, cup covers, and the time for covering the covers on the soup cups.

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