TW200714526A - Bowl-type food container - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bowl-type food container for containing instant noodles etc., and provides a folding bowl that is convenient for storage/transportation by folding it compactly while the noodles contained therein and the capacity thereof can be enlarged by extension at the time of pouring hot water. Between upper and lower circumference of the side of the bowl are provided two pressure traces for folding, i.e. an upper and a lower pressure trace that are parallel to the circumferences, four longitudinal pressure traces for partitioning the upper part of the side of the bowl into uniform blocks are provided between the lower pressure trace and the circumference of opening portion of the bowl, reverse Y-shape pressure traces are provided within at least one pair of the blocks facing oppositely with each other, and one vertical line of the reverse Y-shape pressure traces intersects the upper pressure trace. The height of the lower pressure trace from the bowl bottom is in the range of one-third to a half of that of the side of the bowl. The volume of this folding bowl becomes at least one half compared with that of the instant noodles bowl currently used, enabling to reduce transportation cost as well as storage cost and also to decrease the required space to carry when customers go out. Folding the upper half of the bowl after usage makes it possible to be flattened completely, whereby it becomes smaller in volume, easier to handle for disposal without flowing out remained soup, which is advantageous in the protection of the environment. Contents of the folding bowl are not limited to the instant noodles, but suitable for packing other instant foods and medicine such as instant rice gruel, instant soup, and infusion of herbal medicine.