Cookie container with dual ramp structure

Abstract

A cookie container comprises a base having a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall surrounding the bottom wall. One portion of the side wall forms a pair of integral ramps for supporting respective generally straight rows of cookies at an angle relative to the bottom wall. The ramps are angled slightly away from each other such that an interior angle between the ramps (as viewed from an interior of the base) is greater than 180 degrees. By angling the ramps away from each other, the rows of cookies extending from the respective ramps into an interior of the base diverge away from each other. This, in turn, assists in showcasing cookies supported by the ramps for better viewing because a consumer can readily see the generally flat top of at least one cookie from a greater viewing angle than if the cookies in both rows extended in the same direction.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A cookie container, comprising: 
 a base having a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall surrounding the bottom wall; and    one portion of the side wall forming a pair of integral ramps for supporting respective generally straight rows of cookies at an angle relative to the bottom wall, the ramps being angled slightly away from each other such that the rows of cookies extending from the respective ramps into an interior of the base diverge away from each other.    
     
     
         2 . The cookie container of    claim 1   , wherein the ramps intersect each other.  
     
     
         3 . The cookie container of    claim 1   , wherein an interior ramp angle between each ramp and the bottom wall is between about 120 degrees and about 160 degrees.  
     
     
         4 . The cookie container of    claim 3   , wherein the interior ramp angle is about 150 degrees.  
     
     
         5 . The cookie container of    claim 1   , wherein the side wall includes a pair of opposing side portions and a pair of opposing end portions, one of the end portions forming the pair of ramps, the ramps being angled away from each other and toward the respective side portions proximate to the respective ramps.  
     
     
         6 . The cookie container of    claim 5   , wherein the ramps intersect the respective side portions.  
     
     
         7 . The cookie container of    claim 1   , wherein the ramps are angled less steeply relative to the bottom wall than remaining portions of the side wall.  
     
     
         8 . The cookie container of    claim 1   , wherein an interior angle between the ramps, as measured in an imaginary plane parallel to the bottom wall and intersecting the ramps, is between about 190 degrees and about 220 degrees.  
     
     
         9 . The cookie container of    claim 8   , wherein the interior angle is about 210 degrees.  
     
     
         10 . The cookie container of    claim 1   , wherein the bottom wall forms an upstanding ridge for separating the rows of cookies.  
     
     
         11 . The cookie container of    claim 5   , wherein the bottom wall forms an upstanding ridge for separating the rows of cookies, the upstanding ridge being generally parallel to the side portions and intersecting the one of the end portions between the ramps.  
     
     
         12 . The cookie container of    claim 1   , wherein the base includes a pair of feet at lower ends of the respective ramps and in generally the same plane as the bottom wall to prevent the base from tipping over onto the ramps.  
     
     
         13 . The cookie container of    claim 1   , further including a lid hingedly connected to the base.  
     
     
         14 . A cookie container, comprising: 
 a base having a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall surrounding the bottom wall, the side wall including a pair of opposing side portions and a pair of opposing end portions extending between the side portions; and    one of the end portions forming a pair of integral ramps for supporting respective generally straight rows of cookies at an angle relative to the bottom wall, the ramps being angled less steeply relative to the bottom wall than the opposing side portions and the other of the end portions, the ramps being angled slightly away from each other and toward the respective side portions proximate to the respective ramps such that the rows of cookies extending from the respective ramps into an interior of the base diverge away from each other.    
     
     
         15 . The cookie container of    claim 14   , wherein the ramps intersect each other and intersect the respective side portions.  
     
     
         16 . The cookie container of    claim 14   , wherein an interior ramp angle between each ramp and the bottom wall is between about 120 degrees and about 160 degrees.  
     
     
         17 . The cookie container of    claim 14   , wherein an interior angle between the ramps, as measured in an imaginary plane parallel to the bottom wall and intersecting the ramps, is between about 190 degrees and about 220 degrees.  
     
     
         18 . The cookie container of    claim 14   , wherein the bottom wall forms an upstanding ridge positioned to separate the rows of cookies.  
     
     
         19 . The cookie container of    claim 18   , wherein the upstanding ridge is generally parallel to and approximately halfway between the side portions, the upstanding ridge intersecting the one of the end portions between the ramps.  
     
     
         20 . The cookie container of    claim 14   , wherein the base includes a pair of feet at lower ends of the respective ramps and in generally the same plane as the bottom wall to prevent the base from tipping over onto the ramps.  
     
     
         21 . A cookie container, comprising: 
 a bottom wall;    an upstanding side wall surrounding the bottom wall, the side wall including a pair of opposing side portions and a pair of opposing end portions extending between the side portions;    a pair of integral ramps formed by one of the end portions, the ramps being constructed and arranged to support respective generally straight rows of cookies at an angle relative to the bottom wall, the ramps being angled less steeply relative to the bottom wall than the opposing side portions and the other of the end portions, the ramps being angled slightly away from each other and toward the respective side portions proximate to the respective ramps such that the rows of cookies extending from the respective ramps into an interior of the container diverge away from each other;    an upstanding ridge formed by the bottom wall and positioned to separate the rows of cookies; and    a pair of feet at lower ends of the respective ramps and in generally the same plane as the bottom wall to prevent the container from tipping over onto the ramps.