LUNCH BOX CONTAINER USABLE ON INDUCTION COOKTOP

Abstract

A lunch box container includes: a main container; and an auxiliary container configured to be accommodated in the main container, wherein the auxiliary container is made of a material heatable on an induction cooktop.

Claims

1. A lunch box container usable on an induction cooktop, comprising: a main container; and an auxiliary container configured to be accommodated in the main container, wherein the auxiliary container is made of a material heatable on an induction cooktop.

2. The lunch box container of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary container comprises a plurality of containers.

3. The lunch box container of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary container is an aluminum container or a container made of an aluminum film deposition paper.

4. A lunch box container usable on an induction cooktop, comprising: a main container; and a plurality of auxiliary containers configured to be accommodated in the main container, wherein the plurality of auxiliary containers comprises a first auxiliary container and a second auxiliary container, and the first auxiliary container is made of a first material, wherein the first material is heatable on the induction cooktop; and the second auxiliary container is made of a second material, wherein the second material is not heatable on the induction cooktop.

5. The lunch box container of claim 4, wherein the first auxiliary container is an aluminum container or a container made of an aluminum film deposition paper.

6. The lunch box container of claim 4, wherein the second auxiliary container is one selected from the group consisting of a paper container, a PET container, and a PET-deposition paper container.

7. The lunch box container of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary container is an aluminum container or a container made of an aluminum film deposition paper.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0061] The above and other objectives, features, and other advantages of the present disclosure will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0062] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main container and an auxiliary container of a separable and heatable lunch box container set of the related art.

[0063] FIG. 2 is a side view showing the separable and heatable lunch box container set of FIG. 1.

[0064] FIG. 3 is a front view showing a pouch of the separable and heatable lunch box container set.

[0065] FIGS. 4 and 5 are use-state views of the separable and heatable lunch box container set.

[0066] FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a lunch box container of the present disclosure, wherein the lunch box container is configured to be heated at a desired portion thereof.

[0067] FIG. 7 is a view showing the lunch box container opened of FIG. 6.

[0068] FIG. 8 is a view showing auxiliary containers.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0069] Hereinbelow, the present disclosure will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8.

[0070] A lunch box container of the present disclosure includes: a main container 10; and an auxiliary container 22 configured to be accommodated in the main container 10, and the auxiliary container 22 is made of a material heatable on an induction cooktop.

[0071] The lunch box container may consist of only the auxiliary container heatable on the induction cooktop.

[0072] The auxiliary container 22, 23 may include a plurality of auxiliary containers and may store heatable food 2 and 3.

[0073] The heatable auxiliary containers 22 and 23 are preferably an aluminum container or a container made of an aluminum film deposition paper.

[0074] Frozen food may be defrosted and heated by being heated on the induction cooktop in an unwrapped lunch box, so a user can eat the food in the lunch box conveniently and use time may be shortened.

[0075] In general, many people order lunch boxes at one time.

[0076] Since the orders come at one time, the food should be stored in a frozen state in order to prepare the orders at regular times.

[0077] However, when the user eats the frozen food, the frozen food must be defrosted and heated, and in order to heat the food, it is inevitable that a wrapping of the lunch box is removed and the food that needs to be heated is separately heated.

[0078] When the user takes a frozen pizza home and heats the pizza, the user heats the pizza after removing a wrapping thereof, so the food does not taste good and may be cooked for a long time.

[0079] However, the lunch box container of the present disclosure is usable on the induction cooktop without removing a wrapping thereof so that the user can enjoy authentic taste of the food and does not cause fine dust.

[0080] When an induction cooktop is not in user's home, at a luncher, the lunch box may be sold after being immediately heated for 3 to 5 minutes, so the user can save the time and expensive.

[0081] A lunch box container according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to store heatable food and heatless food together.

[0082] The main container 10 is configured to partition the inside thereof with a plurality of auxiliary containers 22, 23, 25, 26, and 27.

[0083] The plurality of auxiliary containers 22, 23, 25, 26, and 27 includes first auxiliary containers 22 and 23 and the second auxiliary containers 25, 26, and 27.

[0084] The first auxiliary containers 22 and 23 are made of a material heatable on the induction cooktop and the second auxiliary containers 25, 26, and 27 are made of a material that is not heatable on the induction cooktop.

[0085] The first auxiliary containers 22 and 23 heatable on the induction cooktop consist of aluminum containers or containers formed of an aluminum film deposition paper.

[0086] However, any material heatable on the induction cooktop may be used as first auxiliary containers.

[0087] The second auxiliary containers 25, 26, and 27, which should not be heated on the induction cooktop, are one selected from a paper container, a PET container, and a PET-deposition paper container.

[0088] Most side dishes and fruits, such as kimchi and a fruit, lose the taste thereof when the food is heated.

[0089] The present disclosure is intended to provide the lunch box container is configured to allow heatable food and heatless food therein to be selective heated without removing a wrapping thereof.

[0090] To produce food, transport the food, and deliver the food to customers, a producer that produces lunch boxes, pizzas, or the like on a large scale incurs substantial labor and transportation costs.

[0091] The present disclosure is provided to solve the problems.

[0092] For example, assuming that daily consumption of a lunch box or pizza in a market is 100, the large scale food producer must provide 100 products to the market every day.

[0093] However, according to the present disclosure, depending on the capacity of a freezer, thousands of lunch boxes are delivered at one time and stored in the freezer, and when the lunch boxes are provided to consumers, the lunch box may be provided to consumers after being defrosted and heated without unwrapping. Therefore, there are advantages of reducing the labor cost due to unwrapping and repacking and reducing the transport cost due to frequent transporting of the lunch boxes.

[0094] Even when the market has many orders of lunch boxes at one time, lunch boxes that are stored in the freezer in advance may be defrosted and heated without unwrapping, so there is an advantage that the lunch boxes may be provided on time without the taste of the food being lost.

[0095] The present disclosure is invaluable for providing food that needs heating in addition to application to a lunch box for the user to eat the food.

[0096] Currently, the user takes packed food that is cooked already, heats the food secondarily, and then eats the food. However, the present disclosure can allow the user to heat a lunch box of which cooking is not finished on the induction cooktop and to eat the heated lunch box, thereby widening the range of the lunch box market.

[0097] The configuration as described above is eco-friendly because the present disclosure is disposed by waste separation.

[0098] When aluminum foil is used in the auxiliary container, the aluminum foil may be separated from the auxiliary container, so the lunch box container of the present disclosure is eco-friendly.

[0099] With the conventional lunch box, after purchasing the lunch box, the consumer needs to remove a wrapping vinyl of food in the lunch box, to defrost frozen foods, and then to heat the foods after putting the foods on a microwave-safe container, so heating and cooking the whole food takes a lot of time.

[0100] The present disclosure is simple, because the lunch box container of the present disclosure is heated while being placed on the induction cooktop without unwrapping. Therefore, the lunch box container of the present disclosure allows small requirements in manpower.

[0101] According to the present disclosure, the food is heated in the closed container, so that heating time is further shortened and moisture evaporation is prevented so that the taste of the food is preserved. Heat loss is prevented because the food is heated in the closed container, a box that is an external wrapping is made of a non-heating element so that an outer portion of the lunch box container is not heated to prevent a burn accident.

[0102] Furthermore, the lunch box container is eco-friendly because the lunch box container is disposed by waste separation.

[0103] The present disclosure has an effect of providing food at low cost because a large cost is reduced from the transport and labor costs.

[0104] Terms or words used in the specification and claims are not limited to meaning that is commonly understood by people or is defined in dictionaries, and should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with meaning in the context of the relevant art.

[0105] Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.