Food container

Abstract

A food container for the storage of left over food or unused portions of food in a refrigerator for subsequent use, the food container having a base member and a securable lid member of semi-rigid material, the lid being snap fit or hingeably secured to the base member, the lid member having indicia incorporated therein identifying the days of the week which allow the user to identify the day upon which food was introduced in the container for storage, which indicia can be reset when the contained food is consumed and the container is reused at a later date.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An improved food container with weekly calendar indicia for preservation of foods by refrigeration or freezing, the improved food container comprising:
 a base member having a base wall and four upstanding peripheral side walls defining an upper peripheral edge, said base wall and said four upstanding side walls defining a cavity for the receipt of food stuffs;   a lid member having an upper outer surface and lower inner surface, and having a peripheral edge cooperable with said upper peripheral edge of said base member affecting air tight closure of said cavity of said base member; and   a weekly calendar indicia positioned on said upper surface of said lid member, said weekly calendar indicia sequentially identifying the days of the week indicating the day of placement of said food stuffs in said improved food container, and closure day of said food container.   
     
     
         2 . The improved food container in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said weekly calendar indicia comprises a plurality of embossed protrusions unitary with said lid member construction and extending upwardly from said upper outer surface of said lid member, each of said indicia sequentially identifying a separate day of said week. 
     
     
         3 . The improved food container in accordance with  claim 2  wherein each of said embossed protrusions aligns with a complimentary depression on said lower inner surface of said lid member. 
     
     
         4 . The improved food container in accordance with  claim 3  wherein said weekly calendar indicia is activated by applying selective fingertip pressure to said embossed protrusion identifying a select day of said week protrusion depressing said select calendar indicia day protrusion into said aligned depression formed on the lower inner surface of said lid member. 
     
     
         5 . The improved food container in accordance with  claim 4  wherein said weekly calendar indicia is reset by applying select fingertip pressure to the select depression on said lower inner surface of said lid member. 
     
     
         6 . The improved food container in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said weekly calendar indicia comprises a button strip area secured in said lid member, said weekly calendar indicia having a separate depressible button corresponding to each day of said week, said depressible button activated by fingertip pressure depressing said select button. 
     
     
         7 . The improved food container in accordance with  claim 6  wherein said weekly calendar indicia depressed button is reset by reapplying fingertip pressure to said depressed button releasing said depressed button to an undepressed orientation.