A package for retaining a food item includes a tray with a base connected to at least one sidewall. The sidewall extends away from the base to a rim to define an inner chamber. The tray is made of a fluid impermeable material to retain fluids in the inner chamber. The package also includes a shelf made of the fluid impermeable material that is removably supported in the inner chamber such that the shelf is spaced apart from the base of the tray to permit an absorbent pad to be positioned therebetween. The shelf is configured to support the food item in the inner chamber separated from the absorbent pad.

A container lid is provided herein having structurally reinforcing ribs therein. The ribs increase the strength of the lid across a central region thereof. Specifically, the lid can have an outer perimeter and the ribs can be spaced inwardly from the outer perimeter. The inwardly spaced ribs can provide a distinct look for consumer differentiation. Additionally, the ribs can be arcuate so that they generally follow a curvature of the outer perimeter of the lid. As such, a label region within the lid central region is preserved, while the lid is still strengthened by the ribs.

Systems and methods for providing compostable food containers, which preserve the quality of a food product for an extended duration of time, and which optionally, allow for cooking of the food product therein. In some implementations, the food containers are sturdy, stackable, insulating, and require minimal or no manual labor to assemble. In some implementations, the food container includes a base and a cover, which cooperate to form a closed chamber for supporting, protecting, insulating and optionally cooking a food product, such as a pizza. The base and cover may each be formed of a single layer of material including, but not limited to, molded sugarcane fiber (“bagasse”), molded wood fiber, molded bamboo fiber, molded paper or plastic.

There is provided a container, which can be made of plastic, be tamper-evident and/or reclosable, including a receptacle and a lid engageable together. The lid can include a lid lip superposable against a receptacle lip in a closed configuration of the container. The lid lip can include one or more tear line segments and an opening tab. The container is configurable into an open configuration by pulling the opening tab to tear the lid lip along the tear line segment(s) with an outer lip region of the lid lip remaining bonded to the receptacle lip in the open configuration. The container can also include catch assemblies formed in corners of the container, each one including a receptacle-engagement bulge protruding inwardly from a peripheral wall of the receptacle and a lid engagement bulge protruding outwardly in the at least two of the corners of the lid, the receptacle-engagement bulge releasably interlocking with a corresponding one of the lid-engagement bulges in the closed configuration.

A heat insulating container includes a bottom box and an surrounding wall surrounding the bottom box. A top portion of the bottom box is open and connected with the surrounding wall. An inner space of the surrounding wall is connected with an inner space of the bottom box, an opening is defined by a top edge of the surrounding wall, a handle portion is downward extended from an external surface of a junction between the bottom box and the surrounding wall, the handle portion and the bottom box are arranged at interval and a rubber strip is arranged wrapping the handle portion. Thereby the user is avoided from directly contacting with the bottom box. Therefore, the heat insulating container could be immediately taken out of a microwave oven after heater by the microwave oven.

A lid for a container is described. The lid has a basin that is designed to enhance the user's olfactory experience when drinking a beverage from the container and lid. As the user tilts the container and lid to take a drink, the beverage pours through an opening on the basin valley and flows across a sipping surface area to the user's mouth, thus allowing the beverage to aerate, evaporate, and cool. The basin is sized and dimensioned to channel and concentrate the vapor rising from the beverage towards the user's nose as the user sips the beverage. The basin and the opening are sized and dimensioned to provide a comfortable and secure feeling when drinking hot beverages. In this manner, the lid enhances the drinker's olfactory experience and provides better controllability of the flow of a hot beverage to prevent burn injuries.

A container is described comprising: a base comprising a mouth, a first edge obtained around the mouth and a second edge connected to the first edge by a lower wall; a cover capable of being closed again on the base, the cover comprising a base wall and an edge connected to the base wall and adapted to be assembled with interference on the first edge of the base; the lower wall further comprising a breaking line along which the separation of the second edge from the first edge and from the base is adapted to occur to allow opening the container providing evidence of the occurred opening, the first upper wall of the first edge having sizes greater than those of the opening of the edge, to assemble with interference the first edge of the base inside the edge of the cover when the cover is closed on the base.

The present invention provides a container having multiple compartments, the container comprising: a first container having a first interior volume; a second container having a bowl, a second interior volume defined by the bowl, and a lid, and inserted into and occupied a part of the first interior volume, wherein the second container includes a first engaging mean located along an inner edge of the bowl, and a second engaging mean located along an outer edge of the bowl; wherein the first engaging mean engages with a third engaging mean located along an edge of the lid, and wherein the second engaging mean engages with a fourth engaging mean located along an upper edge of the first container.

Systems and methods for nesting product packaging with strainer inserts are provided. Product packaging systems may include, for example, a product container with a lid and with a strainer insert disposed within the container. In some embodiments, the strainer inserts may be snapped into place in a channel, groove, or other retention feature of the parent container, thus permitting coupling without the use of adhesives or fasteners. The strainer inserts, when coupled within the parent containers, may define a drainage volume in which product fluids may drain to maintain the product separately from the fluids, e.g., to prolong shelf-life of the product.

A lid for a bucket comprises a center portion and at least one side portion. In some embodiments, the side portion is removably coupled to the center portion. In some embodiments, the side portion is hingedly connected to the center portion and includes at least one cutout suitable for receiving a bail mount of the bucket. The hinged connection between the center portion and the side portion may be on an axis substantially perpendicular to an axis on which plural bail mounts of the bucket lie.