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Lunch box transforming into a placemat

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-02-07
LEBEL CAROLINE +1
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Benefits of technology

[0007]To provide for a lunch container or lunch box which can be easily unfolded to create a practical placemat.
[0009]To provide for a lunch container that can easily be carried about by hand or on a bicycle rack or such racks.
[0011]To provide for a lunch container wherein the placemat configuration presents a useable surface that is easy to clean.

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There does not appear to be a practical way to provide for a lunch box that also acts as a placemat.

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[0031]A lunch box (10) transforming into a placemat (20). The placemat (20) is located on the interior side of a structure (22). The structure (22) is preferably made out of a flexible material having insulating properties and which consists of material that is easy to clean, hard to soil, impermeable as well as having other suitable characteristics for acting as placemat material.

[0032]The structure (22) has a first and a second zipper (12, 12′) wherein the first zipper (12) runs along at least three but preferably four sides defined as b, c, d and e (or just c, d and e) while the second zipper (12′) runs along sides a, b′, c′, d′ and e′ (or b, a, b′, c′, d′ and e′).

[0033]A lid handle (14) is located on a lid (16). Besides the lid (16), the lunch box (10) has a front (24), a back (26), a first side (28) and a second side (28′), and a bottom (30). A secondary handle (15) is located on the first side (28).

[0034]In an alternate embodiment an end strap (29) is located on the second sid...

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Abstract

A lunch box transforming into a placemat has at least two zippers with one of the two zippers running along at least three but preferably four sides while the second zipper runs along the remaining sides so as to allow, when all unzipped, to open the lunch box so that it lays falt and becomes a placemat.

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[0001]This application claims priority based on provisional application 60 / 835,974 filed Aug. 7, 2006FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates generally to the field of food serving and containers but more particularly to a lunch box that can unfold into a placemat.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]There are several inventions in the field of food serving that present products that have two uses. Most have to do with combining utensils with placemats. Others are more like trays with predefined cavities that act like bowls or plates.[0004]There are of course a variety of boxes which can be unfolded into flat pieces of cardboards designed for single use but these patents are generally for the manufacturing process or to disclose means for storage of boxes which are made out of flat sheets of cardboard.[0005]There does not appear to be a practical way to provide for a lunch box that also acts as a placemat.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0006]In view of the foregoing disadvantages inhe...

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IPC IPC(8): A45C11/20B65D77/00
CPCA45C9/00A47G23/0303A45C11/20
Inventor LEBEL, CAROLINELEBEL, DENIS
Owner LEBEL CAROLINE