ES1068602U - Container for foods of a single use (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Single-use food container, comprising a main container containing a food product, such as salad or the like, container incorporating a hollow body and a closure lid, characterized in that the lid (3) of the main container (1) incorporates means of fixing an additional container (4) consisting of a tongue and groove coupling. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Single-use food container.

Object of the invention

The present invention, as expressed in the set forth in this specification, refers to a container for single-use foods intended primarily for salads and / or Fresh food preparations for intake in a period of relatively short time since placement or pouring into said container.

Background of the invention

At present different types are known of packaging, among which it is worth mentioning, those destined for harbor single-use foods that comprise a hollow body and a lid to close that hollow body.

When it comes to salads and the like dressing is already incorporated, so that due to the incorporation of  that dressing, the space of time that elapses since the packaging Even its consumption is very short.

In other cases, the salad dressing is performs in the place where the food is going to be consumed, with which, it is necessary to consume it in a place where you can provide the dressing.

Description of the invention

In order to achieve the objectives and avoid the drawbacks mentioned in the previous sections, the invention proposes a single-use food container that it comprises in principle a main container formed by a main body and a lid, characterized in that this lid incorporates connection means for coupling and fixing a container additional where a dressing, sauce or others is housed, to spray a salad or other food preparations contained in the main vessel

Said secondary vessel has the particularity of having an easy connection with the container main, and the possibility of hosting a complement or dressing for the food contained in said main container, so that in this way the dressing or sauce will be sprinkled on the food in the moment of consumption by the user as we have referred to above.

It should be noted that to facilitate the withdrawal of the lids of the containers are planned to place some tabs (one in each of the caps and another in each of the containers themselves); although we consider that technical facets are already known today in the sector of This type of packaging.

It is normally expected that the settings geometric of both packages are analogous, in order to contribute to an aesthetic uniformity of the whole.

The connection means of the additional container they can be by snap fit, threaded or any other means, medium.

Next to facilitate a better understanding of this descriptive report and being an integral part of the same accompany some figures in which with character illustrative and not limiting the object of the invention.

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1.- Shows a perspective view exploded of the single-use food container, object of invention.

Figure 2.- Shows a sectional view of the container of the invention.

Description of the preferred embodiment

Considering the numbering adopted in the figures, the single-use food container is determined to from a main container 1 comprising a hollow body 2 and a layer 3, as well as a second additional container 4 which It also comprises a hollow body 5 and a lid 6.

The main container 1 contains a product food, such as a salad or others, while the Additional container 4 contains a dressing or sauce to sprinkle the food product of the main container 1 at the time of its consumption.

The lid 3 of the main container 1 incorporates a central recess 7 where a lower portion 8 of the hollow body 5 of the additional container 4, so that thanks to this tongue and groove coupling it ensures fixing the additional container 4 on the container main 1, thus ensuring the union between both vessels.

With this provision described, at the time of consume the food product, previously the hollow body 5 of the additional container 4, then pouring its content (dressing, sauces or the like) about the food product of the main container 1, also previously uncovering the respective containers dismantling their lids 3 and 6, disengaging the same with the help of a couple of small tabs 9 and 10 that They incorporate both the containers and the lids.

Claims (5)

1. Single-use food container, comprising a main container containing a food product, such as salad or the like, container incorporating a hollow body and a closing lid, is characterized in that the lid (3) of the main container (1) incorporates fixing means of an additional container (4) consisting of a tongue and groove coupling. 2. A single-use food container according to claim 1, characterized in that the tongue and groove coupling consists of at least one projecting portion 8 that forms part of the hollow body (5) of the additional container (4) and a recess (7) established in the lid (3) of the main container (1), the protruding portion (8) of the additional container (4) being embedded in said recess (7). 3. Single-use food container according to claim 1, characterized in that the tongue and groove coupling consists of at least one protruding portion that forms part of the lid (3) of the main container (1) and a recess established in the hollow body 5 of the additional container (4). 4. Single-use food container according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tongue and groove coupling between both containers incorporates a thread. 5. Single-use food container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the coupling between both containers is carried out by means of a bayonet system.