Abstract: An apparatus and method for supplying, storing and cooking a dinner in a microwave oven including assembling the meal in upside-down fashion in a compartmentalized lid, equipped with vent holes sealed with adhesive tape to prevent escape of the food with a foil covering over the lid to protect the frozen meal during the storage which when the meal is ready to be cooked, the lid is inverted over a reusable microwavable dish with such that the food drops into the dish, the sealing tape is removed from the vents and the unit placed in a microwave oven.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an article which can be used as a basket for carrying items such as food and drink on a picnic and also used for carrying cloths and shoes and at the picnic can be spread out or stretched out and used as a tablecloth or a picnic cloth.

Abstract: A food container having a peripheral rim with a recess to enable the lid of the container to be easily removed, a bottle adapted to be held in the container and a divider to divide the container into a number of distinct zones.

Abstract: A temperature resistant molded plastic device is described for use in boxes or packages such as pizza boxes where there is a tendency of large cover portions to sag downwardly to damage the soft pizza or other packaged products. In use, the saver is positioned near the center of the package to support the box cover for protecting the contents.

Abstract: A compact self-contained travel kit for brewing a beverage, such as tea, coffee, or the like, includes an open top container which is adapted to receive a small quantity of water to be heated by means of an electric heater element contained in the bottom of the container. A removable insert assembly is received within the container through the open top and provides upwardly open storage compartments for containing the ingredients for making tea or coffee, such as sugar, powdered cream material, coffee, tea or the like, which compartments are closable by lids so that either individual packets or bulk material may be stored. The insert includes a downwardly depending semi-conical portion which is proportioned and adapted to be telescopically received in the uppermost one of a pair of nested drinking cups storable within the container. The nested drinking cups are thus retained in place in a compact manner and are accessible by removal of the insert from the container.

Abstract: A portable container for food and miscellany capable of protecting and preserving its contents in the rough handling environment of the construction worker. The container comprises an insulated hollow body with a compartmented, covered tray therein and a hinged, insulated lid for closing the body and for holding the tray in place within the body. The body also has a permanent magnet in the bottom thereof for holding the container in place on a magnetically attractable surface.

Abstract: Compact collapsible containers wherein front and rear end plates having a semi-circular upper half and flexible right and left side plates having transverse grooves and long slots over the middle and upper parts, are hinged to a bottom box via flexible fold parts, wherein the front and the rear ends of the side plates are adapted to be fitted into grooves formed in the peripheries of the end plates, and wherein the top ends of the side plates and the central tops of the end plates are adapted to be connected in the top by means of a connection member by engaging engage pieces formed in the top ends of the side plates and engage projections attached to the central tops of the ends plates with engage cutouts and engage holes which are formed in the sides and the ends of the connection member.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multiple compartment, multiple seal container particularly adapted for packaging plural portions of foods or the like. The device comprises a first container formed of polymeric material or the like and a second container adapted to nest within the first container. A lid member having a skirt extending into the second container provides a seal therefor. The lid and first container, and preferably also the second container, include flange portions disposed in coplanar alignment. A membrane, such as a cellophane membrane, is disposed in registry with the first container and is sealed to the lid and to the first container, and optionally also to the second container, along continuous seal lines, to provide a composite package including discrete compartments having multiple seals.

Abstract: A cooler is divided by an insulated partition into at least two separate compartments and a coolant container is positioned on the partition so that one surface of the coolant container is in direct communication with one of said compartments and a separate surface of the coolant container is in direct communication with at least one other of the compartments. Preferably the coolant container forms a removable closure for said one compartment.

Abstract: A small portable cooler for carrying cylindrical type beverage containers and foodstuff. A handle is integrally molded with the body of the cooler so that it can be carried by one hand. A cold pack is supported in a coolant chamber which distributes cold air to the cylindrical container compartments within the cooler body. A food container is removably secured to a back wall of the container body. The back wall also serves as a support surface for the beverage containers about the food container.

Abstract: An ice chest included in a container which is suitable for mounting upon a rear rack or carrier on a motorcycle. The container includes a second, separate compartment for containing dry goods which is positioned adjacent the ice compartment for maintaining such goods in a cooled condition. The ice compartment houses a removable tray which supports beverage containers adapted to be kept cold within the chest. The ice compartment and dry compartment include separate covers and locking or closure means. A fresh water compartment is also provided within the ice compartment and has an externally accessible faucet extending through the side wall of the chest. Drainage for the water resulting from melting ice is also provided for, and the rear of the chest has a padded back rest mounted thereon for the rider of the motorcycle.

Abstract: The lunch box comprises a generally square base container and a correspondingly shaped cover each being integrally formed from the same polymeric material. The base container has an integral handle extending forwardly from one side and integrally formed hinge tabs extending rearwardly from an opposite side. The cover, in turn, has integrally formed hinge blocks with slots for receiving the hinge tabs. The arrangement is such that in open position, the top of the cover is coplanar with the bottom of the base container so that both cover and container can engage a flat surface and function as serving trays for contents in the box. In a second position, wherein the box is closed, the cover is simply swung by flexing of the hinge tabs over the top of the container to close the upper opening. The container and cover openings include cooperating lip and step structures providing an hermetic seal and also frictionally holding the cover in place on the container.

Abstract: An ice chest included in a container which is suitable for mounting upon a rear rack or carrier on a motorcycle. The container includes a second, separate compartment for containing dry goods which is positioned adjacent the ice compartment for maintaining such goods in a cooled condition. The ice compartment houses a removable tray which supports beverage containers adapted to be kept cold within the chest. The ice compartment and dry compartment include separate covers and locking or closure means. A fresh water compartment is also provided within the ice compartment and has an externally accessible faucet extending through the side wall of the chest. Drainage for the water resulting from melting ice is also provided for, and the rear of the chest has a padded back rest mounted thereon for the rider of the motorcycle.

Abstract: A complete prefrozen meal is placed in a combination heating-serving container. The meal is composed of a plurality of different food items which require different quantities of heat in order to bring each of them to their intended serving temperature. The combination heating-serving container includes self-contained means associated with each food item to be heated to apply the desired quantity of heat to the food items within the same time interval. The container also includes means for isolating each of the food items from each other during the heating process. The container is thermally insulated and also includes means operable by the user to begin the heating cycle when he so desires.

Abstract: A tray assembly for the delivery and service of foods, such assembly including base and cover sections having a plurality of opposing recesses for enclosing a number of dishes, cups, and other utensils needed for a complete meal service. Proper vertical alignment of the two sections as they are fitted together is facilitated by corresponding lateral indentations in the side walls of both parts which serve in manual guiding of the cover into position upon the base, and by arcuate shoulders spaced circumferentially about a generally central recess in one of the sections, such shoulders being received in a complementary channel in the other section. Lugs disposed within the channel are received in notches between the arcuate shoulders only when the cover and base sections are in precise rotational alignment.