Sauce tray and lid system for food container

US8770431B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• KFC Corporation · US

Inventors

• Paul Glaser · Floyds Knobs, US
• Susan E. Miles · Notre Dame, US
• Rodney T. Stephenson · Lady Lake, US
• Chris Roeder · Collierville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 8, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2543/00805
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sauce tray defines one or more openings through a base surface to receive and retain one or more containers of dipping sauce, and the sauce tray is further configured to be positioned in either a first orientation or second orientation on top of a food container. In some embodiments, the sauce tray is part of a lid system that also creates a separate cavity within the interior volume of the food container to store another food product.