Combination food container and implement for extracting the contents

Claim 1

In combination, a container having two opposed generally rectangular walls lying in mutually parallel planes, one wall of said two walls having a groove therein extending along a diagonal thereof and terminating in end walls spaced from the extremities of said diagonal, an implement for extracting the contents of the container nesting wholly within said groove, said one wall having a recess extending transversely on either side and of the same depth as the groove communicating with the groove, said recess having a length along said diagonal substantially less than the length of said groove and being positioned substantially intermediate the length of said groove, said recess enabling insertion of a finger to dislodge said implement, the opposed longitudinal edges of said groove being mutually parallel throughout their length except for the deformation in said edges provided by said recess, and a tearable sealing strip covering said groove and said recess and having at one end thereof a graspable tip extending beyond the perimeter of the corner walls, and the other end of said strip terminating at the opposing corner walls, and one of the corners spaced from said groove and tearable strip having a portion thereof adapted to be torn outward therefrom to provide an entrance for insertion of said implement into the container.