Meal box

Abstract

A meal box includes a bottom with a wall extending therefrom and food is received in the meal box. A skirt extends from the bottom and toward an opposite direction of the wall. A plurality of grooves are defined in an outer surface of the wall and a plurality of protrusions extend from an inside of the skirt. Two meal boxes are overlapped by receiving the protrusions in the grooves so that the two boxes can be well connected. A cover is removably mounted to the wall and includes an embrace portion which is engaged with the outer surface of the wall of the top meal box.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A meal box comprising: 
 a bottom with a wall extending therefrom and a skirt extending from the bottom and toward an opposite direction of the wall, an inner diameter of the skirt being larger than an outer diameter of the wall, a plurality of grooves defined in an outer surface of the wall, a plurality of protrusions extending from an inside of the skirt, and    a cover removably mounted to the wall and having an embrace portion which is engaged with the outer surface of the wall, the embrace portion having bosses extending therefrom which are engaged with the grooves in the wall.    
     
     
         2 . The meal box as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the grooves open to a top edge of the wall.  
     
     
         3 . The meal box as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising two handles extending from the outer surface of the wall.  
     
     
         4 . The meal box as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a seal which has two notches defined therein and two insertions extending from an underside of the bottom, the insertions engaged with the notches.  
     
     
         5 . A meal box comprising: 
 a bottom with a wall extending therefrom and a skirt extending from the bottom and toward an opposite direction of the wall, an inner diameter of the skirt being larger than an outer diameter of the wall, a plurality of grooves defined through the skirt and a plurality of handles extending from an inside of the wall, and    a cover removably mounted to the wall and having an embrace portion which is engaged with the outer surface of the wall, the embrace portion having bosses extending therefrom which are engaged with the grooves in the wall.    
     
     
         6 . The meal box as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a seal which has two notches defined therein and two insertions extending from an underside of the bottom, the insertions engaged with the notches.