The present invention relates to lids for disposable containers, and particularly to a new and novel lid system with a food container.
This application claims priority as the non-provisional of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 62/005,862 filed on May 30, 2014, the contents of which are fully incorporated herein by reference.
This application is also related to U.S. Pat. No. 8,596,491 entitled “CUP LID WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER” issued on Dec. 3, 2013; U.S. Pat. No. 8,695,845 entitled “TOP MOUNTING CAN CONTAINER” issued on Apr. 15, 2014; U.S. Pat. No. 8,381,935 entitled “CUP LID WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER” issued on Feb. 26, 2013; U.S. Pat. No. 8,714,393 entitled “CUP LID WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER” issued on May 6, 2014; U.S. Pat. No. 8,590,730 entitled “TOP MOUNTING CAN CONTAINER” issued on Nov. 26, 2013; U.S. Pat. No. 8,708,181 entitled “LID WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER” issued on Apr. 29, 2014; U.S. Pat. No. 8,701,914 entitled “TWO-PART RECYCLABLE CUP” issued on Apr. 22, 2014; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/412,602 entitled “TOP MOUNTING BOTTLE CONTAINER” filed on Mar. 5, 2012; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/680,011 entitled “CUP LID WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER” filed on Nov. 17, 2012; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/680,049 entitled “CUP LID WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER” filed on Nov. 17, 2012; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/733,153 entitled “CUP LID WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER” filed on Jan. 3, 2013; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/263,993 entitled “LID WITH INTEGRATED CONTAINER” filed on Apr. 28, 2014; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/269,016 entitled “A CONTAINER LID WITH ONE OR MORE CAVITIES” filed on May 2, 2014; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/274,576 entitled “A CONTAINER LID WITH A FOOD COMPARTMENT AND A SIP-HOLE” filed on May 9, 2014, all of which are by the same inventor of the present application. Each of these applications is incorporated herein by reference.
The increased popularity of fast food establishments, coupled with the popularity for consumption of food on-the-go has led to the need for more convenient food packaging.
Billions of disposable beverage containers are used every year. Often those containers are part of a larger meal, and current technology dictates placing a lid on the beverage container, and packing the food in a separate and detached container. This may be satisfactory for a consumer seated at a table. However, when the consumer must eat on-the-go, use of the current technology is problematic. Consider, for example, a consumer that is drinking the beverage and would like to access a breakfast sandwich. The consumer must set aside a beverage, and then use one hand to hold the bag and the other hand to access the sandwich, then set aside the bag and use both hands to open the sandwich packaging. As shown in this example, current technology does not allow for convenient on-the-go eating.
To address some of these problems, yogurt manufactures have placed a small food container on the lid of a yogurt cup. The food container (often holding nuts or granola) must be removed from the yogurt cup and then flipped over and opened, then the contents are poured into the yogurt cup. It is therefore not possible to simultaneously access the contents of the yogurt cup and the contents of the food container; rather the food container must be completely disengaged from the cup to access either contents of the yogurt cup or the contents of the food container. The food container that attaches to the yogurt cup in an upside-down position has a limited food-volume capacity because its walls taper as they proceed upward toward the bottom of the upside down container. Without this tapering, the yogurt cup/food container complex would become top-heavy and cumbersome.
What is therefore needed is a lid that overcomes these shortcomings, and fosters convenient on-the-go eating.
The present invention provides an elegant solution to the needs described above and provides numerous additional benefits and advantages as will be apparent to persons of skill in the art. One aspect provides a container lid system that has two parts: a lid portion and food container portion. The lid portion has a coupling trough for attachment to the rim a beverage container and to form a liquid-tight seal with the beverage container. The lid portion also has an outer lid portion riser wall connected to the coupling trough, the outer lid portion riser wall extends away from the coupling trough and defines a first lid portion surface that is generally orthogonal to the outer lid portion riser wall. The lid portion also has an inner lid portion riser wall connected to the first lid portion surface that extends generally orthogonally away from the first lid potion surface and defines a second lid portion surface that is generally orthogonal to the inner lid portion riser wall. The food container portion has a first food container surface connected to an inner food container riser wall. The inner food container riser wall extends generally orthogonally away from the first food container surface and defines a second food container surface that is generally orthogonal to the inner food container riser wall. The food container portion also has an outer food container riser wall connected to the second food container surface that extends generally orthogonally away from the second food container surface and defines a food container cavity. The first food container also has a condiment receiver structure. The cross section of the lid portion and the cross section of the food container portion are substantially complementary to each other, such that the food container portion may snuggly mate with the lid portion.
In another aspect, the food container portion may include a hinge connected to a top cover that covers the food container cavity. The food container portion and the cover may have latch structures that mate with each other when the top cover is closed, and the cover may have a grip handle. The outer food container riser wall may have a cover coupling structure and a top cover may have a cover complementary coupling structure that detachably mates with the cover coupling structure. Also, the food container portion may have an alignment structure that restricts the position of the food container portion relative to the lid portion when the food container portion mates to the lid portion. The food container may also have a leg post.
In another aspect, the lid portion may have a sip/gulp hole or a straw hole. The lid portion may also have at least one secure fastening indent. Also, the lid portion may have an alignment structure that restricts the position of the food container portion relative to the lid portion when the food container portion mates to the lid portion.
In yet another aspect, the condiment receiver structure includes an outer condiment receiver riser wall that extends generally orthogonally away from the first food container surface and defines an upper condiment receiver surface that is generally orthogonal to the outer condiment receiver wall. The upper condiment receiver surface may have a hole to receive a condiment package. The condiment receiver structure may also have an inner condiment receiver riser wall connected to the upper condiment receiver surface that extends generally orthogonally away from the upper condiment receiver surface and connects to a condiment receiver bottom. The inner condiment receiver riser wall and the condiment receiver bottom may define a condiment cavity that can receive a condiment package/container or an unpackaged condiment.
The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not meant to be exhaustive. Other aspects, objects, and advantages of this invention will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the drawings, the disclosure, and the appended claims.
The invention can be better understood with reference to the following figures. The components within the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed on clearly illustrating example aspects of the invention. In the figures, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the different views and/or embodiments. It will be understood that certain components and details may not appear in the figures to assist in more clearly describing the invention.
Following is a non-limiting written description of example embodiments illustrating various aspects of the invention. These examples are provided to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to practice the full scope of the invention without having to engage in an undue amount of experimentation. As will be apparent to persons skilled in the art, further modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is limited only by the claims.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. Particular example embodiments of the present invention may be implemented without some or all of these features or specific details. In other instances, components well known to persons of skill in the art have not been described in detail in order not to obscure unnecessarily the present invention.
Referring to
In
Extending away from the coupling trough 90 is an outer lid portion riser wall 110, shown in
Turning to the food container portion 30 of
To assist in the snug mating of the lid portion 20 to the food container portion 30, the inner lid portion riser wall 130 may include an inner lid portion riser wall coupling structure 190. The inner food container riser wall 160 may also include an inner food container riser wall coupling structure 200 that is constructed to detachably mate with the inner lid portion riser wall coupling structure 190. Because the inner food container riser wall coupling structure 200 and the inner lid portion riser wall coupling structure 190 are constructed of a semi-compliant material, these structures would slightly flex when the lid portion 20 is mated with the food container portion 30 and that flexing would cause the inner lid portion riser wall coupling structure 190 to exert pressure on the inner food container riser wall coupling structure 200, thereby securing the union. (shown in the right side of
The lid portion cross section 210 (which may include the inner lid portion riser wall 130, the first lid portion surface 120 and the outer lid portion riser wall 110) is substantially complementary to food container cross section 220 (which may include the inner food container riser wall 160, the first food container surface 150, the second food container surface 170 and the leg posts 60). The complementary nature of these portions allows the food container portion 30 to snuggly mate with the lid portion 20 as shown in the right side of
Turning to
Turning briefly to
The lid portion 20 in
Again returning to
Securing the top cover 40 to the food container portion 30 not only assists in securing the food in the food container cavity, but also inhibits the transfer of heat into and out of the food container cavity. This help keep the food at the optimal temperature until the user consumes it.
The top cover 40 may also have a secondary latch structure 350 at the front leading edge (i.e. adjacent to the straw/sip hole) of the top cover 40 that is located opposite to the hinge 325. Likewise, the food container portion may have a secondary complementary latch structure 360 at the front leading edge (i.e. adjacent to the straw/sip hole) of the food container portion 30 that is located opposite to the hinge 325. When the top cover 40 is closed, the secondary latch structure 350 mates with the secondary complementary latch structure 360, securing the top cover 40 closed.
Shown in greater detail in
In the
The lid portion 20, the food container portion 30 and the top cover 40 can be manufactured using a variety of conventional techniques, including but not limited to thermoforming. Thermoforming is a manufacturing process where a plastic sheet is heated to a pliable forming temperature, formed to a specific shape via a mold, and trimmed to create a usable product. The sheet is heated in an oven-type structure to a high-enough temperature that it can be formed via a mold at which point the formed part is cooled, thereby retaining its finished shape. Thermoforming is a reliable and inexpensive manufacturing process that is utilized for many conventional single-use food packaging containers.
Each of the three pieces—i.e., lid portion 20, the food container portion 20 and the top cover 40 of FIGS. 1-5D—are monolithic, meaning that they are created by a single and uniform sheet of plastic. In the second and third embodiments described with reference to
This also allows these pieces to be made from different materials. For example, the lid portion 20 may be an opaque black so as to visually mask the flow of the beverage (like coffee). The food container portion 30 may be an opaque white which provides a more visually appealing presentation of the food within the food container cavity 70. And the top cover 40 may be constructed of transparent plastic, allowing the user to visually verify that the food contained in the food container cavity 70 is indeed what was ordered.
The types of material would be apparent to one of skill in the art and may include by non-limiting example PP (polypropylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate), CPET, RPET Polyethylene (HDPE/LDPE), styrene, HIPS, HMWPE, PP/PE blends, custom blends of thermoplastics (which may or may not include post-consumer or post-industrial content) and other proprietary blends of thermoplastics.
The invention has been described in connection with specific embodiments that illustrate examples of the invention but do not limit its scope. Various example systems have been shown and described having various aspects and elements. Unless indicated otherwise, any feature, aspect or element of any of these systems may be removed from, added to, combined with or modified by any other feature, aspect or element of any of the systems. As will be apparent to persons skilled in the art, modifications and adaptations to the above-described systems and methods can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined only by the following claims. Moreover, the applicant expressly does not intend that the following claims “and the embodiments in the specification to be strictly coextensive.” Phillips v. AHW Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc).
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