Abstract A package, preferably constructed of a plastic or like material, composed of a rigid, somewhat resilient, flat base with a peripheral bead that is snapped into a groove in the bottom edge of an upstanding rolled wall formed from a flat strip of somewhat flexible material. An iced cake or a like food product is constructed in the package which is then covered and quick frozen for transport to where the food product within the container is sold. The upstanding wall has longitudinal grooves formed therein through which icing or coating material can flow to cover the sides of cake layers placed therein. The upstanding wall has a tab at one end that is spot welded or bonded to the other end of the wall so then when the tab is pulled by a purchaser it breaks from the other end, thereby allowing the wall to spring from the container base, and leaving the top and the periphery of a cake on the base fully exposed.
A cake container comprising a substantially rigid flat base having a curved bead formed around an upper peripheral edge thereof and an outwardly flared ridge formed around a lower peripheral edge thereof and with a groove formed peripherally around the base between the bead and the ridge; a wall, formed from a strip of flexible, somewhat resilient material, and having a lower edge wrapped around the base, said lower edge having an outwardly flared ridge extending beneath a groove; and said wall having a groove extending around the top thereof; means coupling the ends of the strip forming the wall whereby the ends of the groove extending around the top of the wall are nested, the ends of the groove at the lower edge are nested and the ends of the outwardly flared ridge are nested and the wall is of generally ring shaped, whereby the bead of the base fits into the groove at the bottom edge of the wall and the outwardly flared ridge of the wall fits into the groove formed between the bead and the ridge of the base.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A cake container comprising a substantially rigid flat base having a curved bead formed around an upper peripheral edge thereof and an outwardly flared ridge formed around a lower peripheral edge thereof and with a groove formed peripherally around the base between the bead and the ridge; a wall, formed from a strip of flexible, somewhat resilient material, and having a lower edge wrapped around the base, said lower edge having an outwardly flared ridge extending beneath a groove; and said wall having a groove extending around the top thereof; means coupling the ends of the strip forming the wall whereby the ends of the groove extending around the top of the wall are nested, the ends of the groove at the lower edge are nested and the ends of the outwardly flared ridge are nested and the wall is of generally ring shaped, whereby the bead of the base fits into the groove at the bottom edge of the wall and the outwardly flared ridge of the wall fits into the groove formed between the bead and the ridge of the base.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A cake container as in claim 1, wherein the wall is made of corrugated plastic having parallel grooves and ridges and a flat end said grooves and ridges at opposite ends being overlapped and said flat end being spot welded to the other end of the wall to form the wall into a ring, whereby the flat end projects as a pull tab exteriorly of the ring, and when said spot welds are broken by pulling on said pull tab the entire wall will separate from the base.