CA1051835A - Inner lid of a receptacle for instant-cooking food - Google Patents
Inner lid of a receptacle for instant-cooking foodInfo
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- CA1051835A CA1051835A CA239,983A CA239983A CA1051835A CA 1051835 A CA1051835 A CA 1051835A CA 239983 A CA239983 A CA 239983A CA 1051835 A CA1051835 A CA 1051835A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
- B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
- B65D85/816—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package into which liquid is added and the resulting preparation is retained, e.g. cups preloaded with powder or dehydrated food
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
- B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
- B65D51/28—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
- B65D81/3216—Rigid containers disposed one within the other
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The invention relates to a lid to be fitted in the top of a receptacle filled with instant-cooking food. The lid has a bottom and a circumferential wall made in a unitary construc-tion. The wall has upright grooves to form passages connecting the interior of the receptacle with the exterior of the recepta-cle, and the grooves are disposed between the walls of the lid and the walls of said receptacle when the lid is fitted in said receptacle. The bottom may be provided with small bores or slots.
The invention relates to a lid to be fitted in the top of a receptacle filled with instant-cooking food. The lid has a bottom and a circumferential wall made in a unitary construc-tion. The wall has upright grooves to form passages connecting the interior of the receptacle with the exterior of the recepta-cle, and the grooves are disposed between the walls of the lid and the walls of said receptacle when the lid is fitted in said receptacle. The bottom may be provided with small bores or slots.
Description
iO51835 This invention relates to an inner lid or more precisely a supporting partition or plate to be fitted to the top of a receptacle filled with instant-cooking food Pre-cooked food for the widely used instant-cooking food, is placed in an adiabatic or heat-insulating receptacle after being dried. To prepare for consumption, hot water is poured over the food in the receptacle to reconstitute it into a food preparation.
In the case of such a kind of instant-cooking food that a principal food and several kinds of subsidiary foods are packed together in the receptacle and are restored by pouring hot water therein, and the poured water is sipped as soup after restoration, a top cover may be required merely to stick to the periphery of the top of the receptacle so as to be easily peeled off therefrom, and normally formed of flexible material, such as a single sheet of paper, synthetic resin film, or aluminium foil, or a laminated layer in which above materials are suitably com-bined.
On the other hand, in the case of such a kind of ins-tant-cooking food that several kinds of subsidiary foods are packed separately from the principal food in the receptacle and that the subsidiary foods and seasoning are adapted to be mixed with the principal food after or upon restoration thereof, the pre-cooked subsidiary foods as separately packed are normally contained in the space between the principal food and a top cover or lid within the receptacle.
Upon preparation for consumption, a part of the lid is peeled off and hot water ispoured into the receptacle after re-moving the separately packed subsidiary foods which will be un-packed and mixed with the hot food preparation. The removal istroublesome. Furthermore, some instant-cooking foods, such as chow-mein, pilaf, curried rice or "chicken and rice" etc. require - 1 - ~
1051~35 hot water only for restoration and are prepared for consurnption after the poured hot water is removed as much as possible In this case, in order to remove only the hot water from the re-constituted food preparation throuyh an opening which has been provided to pour the hot water by partially peeling off a part of the lid from the periphery of the opening of the receptacle, it is required to provide a small gap between the peeled part of the lid and the periphery of the top of the receptacle by suitably pressing the peeled part of the lid when tilting the receptacle so that no food, but only the water, may flow out therefrom. Otherwise, small bores must be provided in the lid itself, through which the hot water is removed Both keeping such gap open with fingers and boring are not convenient but labourious.
This invention provides, in addition to or separately from the lid stuck to the periphery of the top of a receptacle, - an inner lid fitted in the receptacle, on which lid season-ing and other subsidiary foods are placed, and through which hot - water may be poured and removed after such foods are taken out upon consumption.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an inner lid which permits subsidiary foods to be conveniently handled or packed, since the inner lid forms the boundary in the receptacle between the principal food contained in the receptacle and several kinds of subsidiary foods to be added to the prin-cipal food.
It is another object of the present invention to pro-vide an inner lid through which hot water is easily poured into the receptacle and also removed therefrom It is still another object of the prevent invention to provide an inner lid which may be economically manufactured in a unitary construction without requiring any special processings In accordance with the invention, a lid to be fitted ~(~S1835 in the top of a receptacle for instant-cooking food, comprises, a bottom and a circumferential wall in a unitary construction, said wall having upright grooves to form passages connecting the interior of said receptacle with the exterior of said re-ceptacle, said grooves being disposed between the walls of said lid and the walls of said receptacle when the lid is fitted in said receptacle.
The bottom may be provided with small bores or slots.
Some of said grooves may be larger in diameter than others.
In one aspect of the present invention there is provided in combination with a pre-cooked food receptacle having a top lid o~ cover, an inner lid for removably fitting within the receptacle and the top thereof below the top lid or cover, said inner lid comprising a bottom and a circumferential wall surrounding and extending upward from said bottom, said inner lid further having external grooves in its wall giving access from the exterior to the interior of the receptacle when the lid or cover is removed at least partially, wherein when fluid is poured into the receptacle through at least one of the grooves, the remaining grooves provide for the escape of air from the receptacle as the fluid enters, at least some of said grooves being sized so as to prevent said food from passing therethrough.
Other objects and further understanding of the present invention will be evident from the following detailed description of the invention and the scope of the claim when taken in con-junction with accompanying drawings in which:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment ofan inner lid in accordance with the present invention' Figure 2 is a vertical section of the inner lid as fitted in the receptacle, Figure 3 is a top plan view of a second embodiment in accordance with the present invention Figure 4 is a vertical section of the second embodiment as fitted in the receptacle, taken on line IV-IV, Figure 5 is a top plan view of a third embodiment in accordance with the present invention, Figure 6 is a vertical section of the third embodiment as fitted in the receptacle, taken on line VI-VI, Figure 7 is a section of the inner lid of the third embodiment partially broken away, illustrating the manner in which hot water is being removed from the receptacle.
The lid in accordance with the present invention may be formed in a unitary construction of synthetic resin material with upright grooves on the circumferential wall in contact with the receptacle, thereby forming a space to hold the subsidiary foods. The lid is also formed with holes through which hot water is poured into the receptacle and removed therefrom upon prepa-ration for consumption.
An inner lid 1, preferably of plastic, in the fi-rst embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2 is provided with a number of small bores 3 at the whole bottom 2 thereof and with a plurality of upright grooves S on the circumferential wall 4 thereof.
The inner lid 1 may also be provided with a projection 6 on the bottom 2, a flange 7 at the top edge of the circumferential wall 4, and reinforcing step 8 at the circumferential wall 4. As the inner lid 1 is fitted in the receptacle 9, passages 10 leading to the interior and exterior of the receptacle are formed bet-ween the inner wall surface of the receptacle 9 and grooves 5 An inner lid 12, preferably of plastic, in the second embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4 is provided on the circum-ferential wall 13 with a plurality of grooves, some of which 14 are larger in diameter than the others 15, As the inner lid 12 is fitted in the receptacle 9a, two differently sized passa-ges 17 and 18 leading to the interior and exterior of the receptacle are formed.
An inner lid 20, preferably of plastic, in the third embodiment shown in Figures 5 and 6 is provided with recesses 22 in the bottom 21 which has slots 23 in the form of parts of a circle. Each recess 22 has a slot 24, and the circumferential wall 25 is provided with grooves 26 As the inner lid 20 is fit-ted in the receptacle 9b, passages 27 leading to the interior and exterior of the receptacle are formed, Lid 5, 12 or 20 is fitted on the top of the receptacle 9, 9a or 9b filled with a dried principal food A, and holds, subsidiary foods B as they are or as suitably packed, and an outer lid 11 is also adhered to the periphery of the top of the receptacle so as to cover them.
As preparation for consump-tion in the first embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2, the outer lid 11 is wholly or partially peeled off from the top of the receptacle 9, subsidiary foods B
are then removed from the inner lid 1, and hot water is poured into the receptacle 9 through the small bores 3 of the inner lid 1. Passages 10 serve for exhausting air within the receptacle 9, permitting the poured hot water to quickly enter the recepta-cle 9. After the principal food A is reconstituted, the hot wa-ter is completely removed through the passages 10 and the small bores 3, by tilting the receptacle 9 as shown in Figure 7, the inner lid 1 is then removed and the subsidiary foods B are suit-ably added to the principal food before eating. When the outer lid 11 is wholly peeled off from the receptacle, the inner lid 1 may come out from the receptacle 9 as tilted to remove the hot water. To prevent this, a projection 6 may be provided, which is adapted to be pressed by a finger tip while removing hot water.
The projection 6 may also serve to be grasped to remove the inner lid 1 from the receptacle. Flange 7 engages the top of recepta-cle 9 to prevent the lid from falling into the receptacle. In addition, when the hot water is removed in the manner which the outer lid 11 is partially peeled off from the top of the recepta-cle 9 as shown in Figure 7, the major portion of the flange 7 is held between and by the outer lid 11 and the top of the receptacle 9 so that the water may not take away the inner lid 1 which then need not be pressed by a finger tip during removal of the hot water. The reinforcing steps 8 may further be provided to reduce deformation of the inner lid due to external pressure.
In the second embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4, lid 12 is provided with no openings or slots through the bottom but with a cover 19 of a water-proof material same or equivalent to the plastic lid 12, to hermetically seal the lid containing ~.
~05~835 liquidous subsidiary food such as soup or source, or granulated subsidiary food as it is. Container 9 is sealed hermetically with a cover lla. Cover lla is sealed over the cover 19 and closes passages 15 and 16. To prepare for consumption, top cover lla is partially peeled off so that some of passages 17 and 16 will present openings. Hot water is poured through large channels 17 and the air escapes through small channels 16.
After reconstituting the principal food A, the hot water is removed through small passages 16 to prevent the food from coming out. After removing hot water, lids 12 and lla are removed from the receptacle 9a and then cover 19 is peeled off to take out the additive Ba which is added to the principal food A before eating. Passages 14 are large enough to receive a consumer's fingers to easily pick up lid 12 from the receptacle.
In the third embodiment shown in Figures 5 and 6, hot water is poured through slots 23 and 24, while passages 27 serve as outlets for exhausting the air. As they are located in a higher position than the slots 24, the slots 23 may sometime serve as outlet for exhausting the air, while the hot water is poured. me hot water is removed through the slots 23, 24 and 27. Recesses 22 reduce the degree of deformation due to the external pressure just as steps 8 do in the first embodiment.
Upon storage where a plurality of lids 20~are piled up, each lid is placed on the other with recesses 22 of the upper lid in disengagement from those of the lower lid so that an upper lid can easily be picked up from the next.
As apparent from the above description, the inner lid in accordance with the present invention has openings adapted for pouring hot water for restoring instant-cooking food packed in a receptacle and for removing the hot water after restoration, whereby openings or bores for pouring and removing hot water may easily be provided by peeling off the outer lid partially or - 6 ~
io~835 wholly, In addition, in the case of instant-cooking food in which subsidiary foods are separated from the principal food, the inner lid may be used for containing such foods Preferred embodiments of the present invention which have been described are shown just by way of example, and it will be possible to suitably modify the shape, size and/or number of the grooves smali bores and/or slots of the inner lid, unless such modifications will cause the principal food A to flow out from the receptacle 9. The projection 6, reinforcing steps 8, and recesses 22 may be provided in any embodiment. Flange 7 is defined by no peculiar shape thereof if capable to engage the periphery of the top of the receptacle 9, Reinforcing steps 8 and recesses 22 may suitably be modified in shape, size,and/or number thereof, It will be evident that the shape, size and/or material of the inner lid may be modified without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
In the case of such a kind of instant-cooking food that a principal food and several kinds of subsidiary foods are packed together in the receptacle and are restored by pouring hot water therein, and the poured water is sipped as soup after restoration, a top cover may be required merely to stick to the periphery of the top of the receptacle so as to be easily peeled off therefrom, and normally formed of flexible material, such as a single sheet of paper, synthetic resin film, or aluminium foil, or a laminated layer in which above materials are suitably com-bined.
On the other hand, in the case of such a kind of ins-tant-cooking food that several kinds of subsidiary foods are packed separately from the principal food in the receptacle and that the subsidiary foods and seasoning are adapted to be mixed with the principal food after or upon restoration thereof, the pre-cooked subsidiary foods as separately packed are normally contained in the space between the principal food and a top cover or lid within the receptacle.
Upon preparation for consumption, a part of the lid is peeled off and hot water ispoured into the receptacle after re-moving the separately packed subsidiary foods which will be un-packed and mixed with the hot food preparation. The removal istroublesome. Furthermore, some instant-cooking foods, such as chow-mein, pilaf, curried rice or "chicken and rice" etc. require - 1 - ~
1051~35 hot water only for restoration and are prepared for consurnption after the poured hot water is removed as much as possible In this case, in order to remove only the hot water from the re-constituted food preparation throuyh an opening which has been provided to pour the hot water by partially peeling off a part of the lid from the periphery of the opening of the receptacle, it is required to provide a small gap between the peeled part of the lid and the periphery of the top of the receptacle by suitably pressing the peeled part of the lid when tilting the receptacle so that no food, but only the water, may flow out therefrom. Otherwise, small bores must be provided in the lid itself, through which the hot water is removed Both keeping such gap open with fingers and boring are not convenient but labourious.
This invention provides, in addition to or separately from the lid stuck to the periphery of the top of a receptacle, - an inner lid fitted in the receptacle, on which lid season-ing and other subsidiary foods are placed, and through which hot - water may be poured and removed after such foods are taken out upon consumption.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an inner lid which permits subsidiary foods to be conveniently handled or packed, since the inner lid forms the boundary in the receptacle between the principal food contained in the receptacle and several kinds of subsidiary foods to be added to the prin-cipal food.
It is another object of the present invention to pro-vide an inner lid through which hot water is easily poured into the receptacle and also removed therefrom It is still another object of the prevent invention to provide an inner lid which may be economically manufactured in a unitary construction without requiring any special processings In accordance with the invention, a lid to be fitted ~(~S1835 in the top of a receptacle for instant-cooking food, comprises, a bottom and a circumferential wall in a unitary construction, said wall having upright grooves to form passages connecting the interior of said receptacle with the exterior of said re-ceptacle, said grooves being disposed between the walls of said lid and the walls of said receptacle when the lid is fitted in said receptacle.
The bottom may be provided with small bores or slots.
Some of said grooves may be larger in diameter than others.
In one aspect of the present invention there is provided in combination with a pre-cooked food receptacle having a top lid o~ cover, an inner lid for removably fitting within the receptacle and the top thereof below the top lid or cover, said inner lid comprising a bottom and a circumferential wall surrounding and extending upward from said bottom, said inner lid further having external grooves in its wall giving access from the exterior to the interior of the receptacle when the lid or cover is removed at least partially, wherein when fluid is poured into the receptacle through at least one of the grooves, the remaining grooves provide for the escape of air from the receptacle as the fluid enters, at least some of said grooves being sized so as to prevent said food from passing therethrough.
Other objects and further understanding of the present invention will be evident from the following detailed description of the invention and the scope of the claim when taken in con-junction with accompanying drawings in which:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment ofan inner lid in accordance with the present invention' Figure 2 is a vertical section of the inner lid as fitted in the receptacle, Figure 3 is a top plan view of a second embodiment in accordance with the present invention Figure 4 is a vertical section of the second embodiment as fitted in the receptacle, taken on line IV-IV, Figure 5 is a top plan view of a third embodiment in accordance with the present invention, Figure 6 is a vertical section of the third embodiment as fitted in the receptacle, taken on line VI-VI, Figure 7 is a section of the inner lid of the third embodiment partially broken away, illustrating the manner in which hot water is being removed from the receptacle.
The lid in accordance with the present invention may be formed in a unitary construction of synthetic resin material with upright grooves on the circumferential wall in contact with the receptacle, thereby forming a space to hold the subsidiary foods. The lid is also formed with holes through which hot water is poured into the receptacle and removed therefrom upon prepa-ration for consumption.
An inner lid 1, preferably of plastic, in the fi-rst embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2 is provided with a number of small bores 3 at the whole bottom 2 thereof and with a plurality of upright grooves S on the circumferential wall 4 thereof.
The inner lid 1 may also be provided with a projection 6 on the bottom 2, a flange 7 at the top edge of the circumferential wall 4, and reinforcing step 8 at the circumferential wall 4. As the inner lid 1 is fitted in the receptacle 9, passages 10 leading to the interior and exterior of the receptacle are formed bet-ween the inner wall surface of the receptacle 9 and grooves 5 An inner lid 12, preferably of plastic, in the second embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4 is provided on the circum-ferential wall 13 with a plurality of grooves, some of which 14 are larger in diameter than the others 15, As the inner lid 12 is fitted in the receptacle 9a, two differently sized passa-ges 17 and 18 leading to the interior and exterior of the receptacle are formed.
An inner lid 20, preferably of plastic, in the third embodiment shown in Figures 5 and 6 is provided with recesses 22 in the bottom 21 which has slots 23 in the form of parts of a circle. Each recess 22 has a slot 24, and the circumferential wall 25 is provided with grooves 26 As the inner lid 20 is fit-ted in the receptacle 9b, passages 27 leading to the interior and exterior of the receptacle are formed, Lid 5, 12 or 20 is fitted on the top of the receptacle 9, 9a or 9b filled with a dried principal food A, and holds, subsidiary foods B as they are or as suitably packed, and an outer lid 11 is also adhered to the periphery of the top of the receptacle so as to cover them.
As preparation for consump-tion in the first embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2, the outer lid 11 is wholly or partially peeled off from the top of the receptacle 9, subsidiary foods B
are then removed from the inner lid 1, and hot water is poured into the receptacle 9 through the small bores 3 of the inner lid 1. Passages 10 serve for exhausting air within the receptacle 9, permitting the poured hot water to quickly enter the recepta-cle 9. After the principal food A is reconstituted, the hot wa-ter is completely removed through the passages 10 and the small bores 3, by tilting the receptacle 9 as shown in Figure 7, the inner lid 1 is then removed and the subsidiary foods B are suit-ably added to the principal food before eating. When the outer lid 11 is wholly peeled off from the receptacle, the inner lid 1 may come out from the receptacle 9 as tilted to remove the hot water. To prevent this, a projection 6 may be provided, which is adapted to be pressed by a finger tip while removing hot water.
The projection 6 may also serve to be grasped to remove the inner lid 1 from the receptacle. Flange 7 engages the top of recepta-cle 9 to prevent the lid from falling into the receptacle. In addition, when the hot water is removed in the manner which the outer lid 11 is partially peeled off from the top of the recepta-cle 9 as shown in Figure 7, the major portion of the flange 7 is held between and by the outer lid 11 and the top of the receptacle 9 so that the water may not take away the inner lid 1 which then need not be pressed by a finger tip during removal of the hot water. The reinforcing steps 8 may further be provided to reduce deformation of the inner lid due to external pressure.
In the second embodiment shown in Figures 3 and 4, lid 12 is provided with no openings or slots through the bottom but with a cover 19 of a water-proof material same or equivalent to the plastic lid 12, to hermetically seal the lid containing ~.
~05~835 liquidous subsidiary food such as soup or source, or granulated subsidiary food as it is. Container 9 is sealed hermetically with a cover lla. Cover lla is sealed over the cover 19 and closes passages 15 and 16. To prepare for consumption, top cover lla is partially peeled off so that some of passages 17 and 16 will present openings. Hot water is poured through large channels 17 and the air escapes through small channels 16.
After reconstituting the principal food A, the hot water is removed through small passages 16 to prevent the food from coming out. After removing hot water, lids 12 and lla are removed from the receptacle 9a and then cover 19 is peeled off to take out the additive Ba which is added to the principal food A before eating. Passages 14 are large enough to receive a consumer's fingers to easily pick up lid 12 from the receptacle.
In the third embodiment shown in Figures 5 and 6, hot water is poured through slots 23 and 24, while passages 27 serve as outlets for exhausting the air. As they are located in a higher position than the slots 24, the slots 23 may sometime serve as outlet for exhausting the air, while the hot water is poured. me hot water is removed through the slots 23, 24 and 27. Recesses 22 reduce the degree of deformation due to the external pressure just as steps 8 do in the first embodiment.
Upon storage where a plurality of lids 20~are piled up, each lid is placed on the other with recesses 22 of the upper lid in disengagement from those of the lower lid so that an upper lid can easily be picked up from the next.
As apparent from the above description, the inner lid in accordance with the present invention has openings adapted for pouring hot water for restoring instant-cooking food packed in a receptacle and for removing the hot water after restoration, whereby openings or bores for pouring and removing hot water may easily be provided by peeling off the outer lid partially or - 6 ~
io~835 wholly, In addition, in the case of instant-cooking food in which subsidiary foods are separated from the principal food, the inner lid may be used for containing such foods Preferred embodiments of the present invention which have been described are shown just by way of example, and it will be possible to suitably modify the shape, size and/or number of the grooves smali bores and/or slots of the inner lid, unless such modifications will cause the principal food A to flow out from the receptacle 9. The projection 6, reinforcing steps 8, and recesses 22 may be provided in any embodiment. Flange 7 is defined by no peculiar shape thereof if capable to engage the periphery of the top of the receptacle 9, Reinforcing steps 8 and recesses 22 may suitably be modified in shape, size,and/or number thereof, It will be evident that the shape, size and/or material of the inner lid may be modified without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
Claims (9)
1. In combination with a pre-cooked food receptacle having a top lid or cover, an inner lid for removably fitting within the receptacle and the top thereof below the top lid or cover, said inner lid comprising a bottom and a circumferential wall surround-ing and extending upward from said bottom, said inner lid further having external grooves in its wall giving access from the exterior to the interior of the receptacle when the lid or cover is re-moved at least partially, wherein when fluid is poured into the receptacle through at least one of the grooves, the remaining grooves provide for the escape of air from the receptacle as the fluid enters, at least some of said grooves being sized so as to prevent said food from passing therethrough.
2. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the cir-cumferential wall of the inner lid has external grooves of different sizes extending up the height of the wall at separated positions around the circumference, one size being sufficient to allow the insertion of a finger thereinto and the remaining grooves being sufficiently small to prevent solid contents intended to be contained in said receptacle from passing therethrough.
3. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said inner lid comprises a container for liquidous or granular material and a top closure is provided on the inner lid to enclose such material.
4. The combination according to claim 2, wherein said inner lid comprises a container for liquidous or granular material and a top closure is provided on the inner lid to enclose such material.
5. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the inner lid has openings in its bottom thereby providing alterna-tive access through which fluid may be poured into said receptacle.
6. The combination according to claim 2, wherein the inner lid has openings in its bottom thereby providing alterna-tive access through which fluid may be poured into said receptacle.
7. The combination according to claim 5, wherein the bottom of the inner lid is recessed so as to provide two different floor levels, the lower of which has openings therethrough.
8. The combination according to claim 6, wherein the bottom of the inner lid is recessed so as to provide two different floor levels, the lower of which has openings therethrough.
9. The combination according to claims 7 or 8, wherein both floor levels of the inner lid bottom have openings there-through.
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