Tilted cake container system

a container system and tilting technology, applied in the field of tilting cake container system, can solve the problem of the lid smearing the delicate cake frosting, and achieve the effect of convenient opening the tall lid

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-22
PWP INDS
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[0003]In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a food container is provided that facilitates opening a tall lid without brushing it against frosting on a tall cake that is supported on a base, and that better displays the top of the cake in a store. The base has a rear end with a laterally-extending slot, and the lid has a lid pivot connector that pivots in the slot. When the lid is first opened from a fully closed position it is pivotally supported on the base so its

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[0029]FIG. 1 illustrates a container 10 that includes a base 12 and a lid 14. The base has front and rear ends 20, 22 spaced in front and rear directions F, R, and has opposite sides 24, 26 spaced in lateral L directions. The lid has opposite front and rear ends 30, 32 and laterally opposite sides 34, 36. The particular container 10 is designed to hold a tall cake, such as a rectangular cake having a lateral width of 12 inches, a front-to-rear length of 8 inches, and a height in up and down U, D directions of 3 inches. Often, the cake is decorated with frosting, and the lid is of transparent plastic sheeting that has been deformed (by heat, vacuum, etc.) to its final shape so the decoration can be seen. The base may be transparent or opaque and of any color, the particular base 12 being opaque. The cake lies on a cake board that has a slightly larger width and length than the cake.

[0030]The base has a base support surface 40 that is interrupted by numerous depressions 42 that add st...

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A food container having a base (12) with a support surface (40) that supports a cardboard plate with a tall cake thereon, and a tall lid (14) that closes and opens over the base. The base has a rear end (22) with a vertical slot (50) and the lid has a rear end with a pivot connector that can be inserted down into the slot when the lid is in the pivoted-up position but that resists removal in the pivoted-down position. The base rear end that forms the slot lies on a raised platform (104) of the base that raises the slot above the level of the base front end (20), by at least ⅓rd the lid height, to cause the lid to move almost vertically as it clears the top front of the cake. The base support surface faces at a forward-upward incline angle to better display the cake through the transparent lid.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]Food such as a tall cake, is often packaged in a container formed of deformed plastic sheeting that forms a base and a transparent lid. The cake generally lies on a cardboard cake board that is, in turn, supported on a support surface of the base. In prior containers, the consumer removed the lid by carefully moving the lid upward, with care taken to not turn the lid or shift it horizontally. Any such unwanted movement might cause the lid to smear the delicately applied cake frosting. After the lid was removed, it was set down on another surface so a person would be free to cut the cake. A low cost container that pivotally supported the lid on the base until the lid had been pivoted up, and then allowed the lid to be removed, would be of value. The lid should be supported so it does not contact the tall cake during upward pivoting of the lid.[0002]When a cake is displayed in a store, it would be desirable if the cake were held so its top, which might...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G19/00B65D6/28B65D41/02B65D45/00
CPCA47G19/26
Inventor VOVAN, TERRY
Owner PWP INDS
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