Portable Food Container

Abstract

A portable food container has a plate-shaped base part and a cover to be positioned on the base part. Locking elements are provided on the base part and are movable in each case via a fixed pivot pin connected to the base part. Contact surfaces are configured on the locking elements and the locking elements are non-positively and/or positively in engagement with corresponding contact surfaces on the cover in the locked position. With a lowering movement into the base part and through downwardly facing actuating lugs, the cover actuates the locking elements which move at the same time out of the open position into their locked position.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a portable food container having a plate-shaped base part and a cover which is able to be positioned onto the base part, locking elements which are movable in each case via a fixed pivot pin being connected to the base part, the base part and the cover being able to be connected together by the locking elements, wherein the locking elements are pivotable to and fro about the associated pivot pin between an open position and a locked position, the respective pivot pin being located between the ends of the associated locking element, a first end of one respective locking element remote from the pivot pin being configured as an actuating surface and the opposing second end being configured as a locking body, the locking elements in their locked position with the locking body configured on the second end blocking a lift-off movement of the cover from the base part and, via contact surfaces configured on the locking elemen...

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Benefits of technology

[0016]According to one embodiment of the invention, the receiving space is also configured for receiving the projection outside the extent of the locking elements on the base part, in the locked position of the cover the support projection in this region bearing with its front surface against the inner face of the wall of the receiving space and in the locked position of the cover the projection in this region bearing with its lower face against the base of the receiving space. Since the cover is also supported outside the regions in which the cover is connected via the locking elements to the base part, via the projection and the support projection on the base part, this results in a very rigid connection in which the transport container only twists slightly, even in the case of loads acting unevenly thereon. Also, in this case the projection and the support projection act in different force directions in order to receive acting loads. If the receiving space externally surrounds a substantial part of the base part or the entire base part, liquids which escape from the food transported in the transport container, such as for example cream or liquid from a cake, may also be collected easily therein. The projection and the support projection then form a ...

Problems solved by technology

Some of these foods are very sensitive to the acting forces and therefore have to be correctly and carefully shielded in the transport container.

This does not always work at the first attempt, so that several attempts are required in order to lock a cover securely.

Since a...

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