Receptacle for food and/or beverages

Abstract

A receptacle for food and/or beverages includes a container and a lid designed to hermetically seal the container. A bottom of the container has protuberances extending towards the outside and the lid is provided with recesses opening towards the outside. The number of protuberances is less than the number of recesses and each protuberance is located respectively to the right of a first corresponding recess when the lid hermetically seals the container.

1 . Receptacle for food or beverages comprising a container and a lid designed to hermetically seal the container, a bottom of the container having protuberances extending towards the outside, the lid having recesses opening towards the outside, each protuberance fitting at least partially in each recess,
 characterised in that the number of protuberances is less than the number of recesses and in that each protuberance is located respectively to the right of a corresponding recess when the lid hermetically seals the container.   
     
     
         2 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that each protuberance can fit into each recess. 
     
     
         3 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that at least one of the protuberances and at least one of the recesses are cylindrical, conical or tapered, or parallelepipedal. 
     
     
         4 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the protuberances all have the same shape and the same dimensions and in that the recesses all have the same shape and the same dimensions. 
     
     
         5 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the number of protuberances is less than or equal to 4, preferably equal to 4. 
     
     
         6 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that apart from the protuberances and recesses, an upper side of the lid is mainly flat and a lower side of the bottom of the container is mainly flat. 
     
     
         7 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that, in an XY orthonormal reference, the distances along X and along Y between the centre distances of any two adjacent recesses are all identical. 
     
     
         8 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the lid of the receptacle has an overall surface between 1000 mm 2  and 60,000 mm 2 , preferably between 3000 mm 2  and 45,000 mm 2 . 
     
     
         9 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the container is made of plastic, glass or organic material. 
     
     
         10 . Kit comprising at least a first receptacle according to  claim 1 , and a second receptacle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that, in an XY orthonormal reference, the distances along X and along Y between the centre distances of any two adjacent recesses of the first receptacle and the distances along X and along Y between the centre distances of any two adjacent recesses of the second receptacle are all identical. 
     
     
         11 . Kit according to  claim 10 , characterised in that the volume of a wrapping of the first receptacle is an integer multiple of the volume of a wrapping of the second receptacle. 
     
     
         12 . Kit according to  claim 11 , characterised in that the said integer multiple is a non-zero and integer power of 2, preferably 2 or 4 or 8. 
     
     
         13 . Kit according to  claim 10 , characterised in that the height of a wrapping of the first receptacle is an integer multiple of the height of a wrapping of the second receptacle. 
     
     
         14 . Kit according to  claim 13 , characterised in that the said integer multiple is a non-zero and integer power of 2, preferably 2, 4 or 8. 
     
     
         15 . Receptacle according to  claim 1 , in which the terms “protuberances ( 20 )” and “recesses ( 10 )” are interchanged.