US 12,258,184 B2
Food container
Ryan Paxson, Elk Rapids, MI (US); and David Veness, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc., Arlington, TX (US)
Filed by Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc., Arlington, TX (US)
Filed on May 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/748,598.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,936, filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371790 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 45/32 (2006.01); B65D 53/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 45/32 (2013.01) [B65D 53/02 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00101 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00972 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food container comprising:
a body having an interior space; and
a lid assembly including:
a rotating part having a center axis and including at least one protrusion offset from the center axis,
a base part, the at least one protrusion extending through the base part, and
at least one slide part including at least one aperture offset from the center axis, the at least one aperture extending from a first end to a second end, the first end located closer to the center axis than the second end,
the at least one protrusion of the rotating part projecting into the at least one aperture of the at least one slide part and configured to move back and forth from the first end to the second end of the at least one aperture of the at least one slide part to cause the at least one slide part to translate linearly when the rotating part is rotated to cause the interior space to be sealed or unsealed.