Condiment container
View Patent ↗A condiment container whose form factor of the condiment container is selected to enable the condiment container to be carried and held in place by a standard drink holder. By configuring the condiment container to be received in a standard drink holder, the problems associated with incorporating a condiment container in a drink container lid are overcome.
1. A condiment container for carrying various condiments, the condiment container comprising:
a container formed with a continuous sidewall with varying heights and forming a predetermined shape closed on one end forming a bottom floor and open on an opposing end defining an open end forming a container portion for receiving a condiment, said container portion formed with a form factor that enables said container to be received in a standard vehicle drink holder by way of a shoulder portion, said bottom floor formed to provide a deep end of said condiment container and a shallow end of said condiment container;
said shoulder portion comprising one or more extending shoulders extending outwardly from said continuous sidewall adjacent said open end configured to vertically support said container portion in said standard vehicle drink holder; and
a cover for covering said open end of said container portion, the cover attached to the open end of said container by an adhesive, the cover is peelable from the deep end of the container, the cover is totally removable from the deep end of the container to access the deep end of the container, and the cover is removable from the shallow end of the container to squirt the condiment from the shallow end of the container.
2. A condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said container portion is configured with a single compartment.
3. A condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said container portion is configured with more than one compartment.
4. A condiment container as recited in claim 3 , wherein said container portion is configured with two compartments.
5. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said cover is secured to said container portion with the adhesive.
6. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said container portion is configured in a generally cylindrical shape.
7. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said container portion is configured in a generally circular shape.
8. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said container portion is configured in a generally semi-circular shape.
9. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said container portion is configured in a generally semi-circular shape having two spaced apart generally linear sides.
10. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said bottom floor is generally linear.
11. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said containers are configured so that more than one condiment container can be carried in a standard drink container at one time.
12. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein the deep end of the container is wider than the shallow end of the container.
13. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein the shallow end of the container is narrower than the deep end of the container.
14. A container for carrying various condiments, comprising:
a continuous sidewall, a peripheral shoulder portion extending outwardly from the continuous sidewall;
an open end formed by the peripheral shoulder portion;
a closed end forming a bottom floor;
a removable cover over the open end, the removable cover attached to the peripheral shoulder portion;
the container forming a wide end and a narrow end;
the removable cover is peelable from the wide end of the container;
the cover totally removable from the wide end of the container to access the wide end of the container; and,
the cover removable from the narrow end to squirt or squeeze a condiment from the container.
15. The condiment container as recited in claim 14 , wherein the wide end of the container is deeper than the narrow end of the container.
16. The condiment container as recited in claim 14 , wherein the narrow end of the container is shallower than the wide end of the container.
17. The condiment container as recited in claim 14 , wherein the cover is secured to the peripheral shoulder portion with an adhesive.
18. A container for carrying various condiments, comprising:
a continuous sidewall, a peripheral shoulder portion extending outwardly from the continuous sidewall;
an open end formed by the peripheral shoulder portion;
a closed end forming a bottom floor;
a removable cover over the open end, the removable cover attached to the peripheral shoulder portion via an adhesive
the container forming a first end and a second end, the first end having a deep and wide construction, the second end having a shallow and narrow construction, wherein the removable cover is peelable from the first end;
the cover totally removable to access the first end of the container to dip a food item into the first end; and,
the cover removable from the second end to squirt or squeeze a condiment from the container.
19. The condiment container as recited in claim 1 , wherein said condiment container provides a dual function condiment container to dip a food item into the deep end of the container and to squirt a condiment from the shallow end of the container.