Two-piece food-serving apparatus with separable and optionally re-attachable hinge

US20070012755A1Inactive Publication Date: 2007-01-18METCALF DARRELL JAY
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
METCALF DARRELL JAY
Publication Date
2007-01-18
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The present invention is a separable two-piece food-serving apparatus with a quick-fit releasable and re-attachable hinge, comprised of an upper carton lid which is rotatably positionable over a lower carton food-serving tray to form a food-enclosing container. The tray has a bottom wall sized, shaped and having sufficient rigidity to be self-supporting when accommodating the weight, shape and typical bottom area of one or more food-items. The bottom wall has one or more adjoining tray side wall extending upward therefrom in a manner which provides a cantilevering support. Preferably the tray is made of a flexible material which accommodates a plurality of bending or flexing cycles and thereby facilitates the eating of food. The tray has hinge-portion tab(s) which, when brought into engagement with the hinge-portion aperture(s) of the lid provide a quick-fit releasable and re-attachable complete hinge. Exterior surfaces of the separable apparatus optionally display discernible content.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention pertains to the field of food-serving apparatus and more particularly relates to two-piece food-serving apparatus comprising a food-serving tray or plate which, when fitted with a quick-fit releasable lid, forms a food-enclosing carton. The invention also pertains to methods for facilitating the rapid assembly, disassembly and option re-assembly of two-piece hinged food-serving cartons. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Numerous efforts have been made to improve food-serving apparatus that enclose one or more food items, such as the paperboard or plastic apparatus commonly referred to as a “clamshell” which consists of an upper casing and a lower casing each having a wall sharing a common hinge. When using such apparatus, the user receives one or more items of a served food in the clamshell and, when seated at an eating location such as a table, then opens the apparatus by rotating the upper casing away from the lower casing via t...

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