Food container with an extendable sauce receptacle

Abstract

A food container includes a housing to receive food. The housing may have a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, and a bottom. The housing may further include a food aperture at the top of the housing where food may be deposited. A sauce receptacle may extend from the housing so as to receive a sauce or a sauce container.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A food container, comprising:
 a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, and a bottom;   a food aperture; and   a sauce receptacle.   
     
     
         2 . The food container of  claim 1 , wherein the sauce receptacle is hingedly coupled to the back and is configured to extend outwardly from the back. 
     
     
         3 . The food container of  claim 1 , wherein the sauce receptacle is hingedly coupled to the back and is configured to extend inwardly into a food aperture. 
     
     
         4 . The food container of  claim 1 , wherein the sauce receptacle is perforated on a top edge and is hingedly coupled to the back on a bottom edge. 
     
     
         5 . The food container of  claim 1 , wherein the back comprises a first top edge coupled to a second top edge via a perforation, the sauce receptacle formed by separating the perforation and forming a void between the first top edge and second top edge. 
     
     
         6 . The food container of  claim 1 , wherein the sauce receptacle is configured to receive a sauce container. 
     
     
         7 . The food container of  claim 1 , wherein the sauce receptacle comprises a sauce therein and a lid configured to seal the sauce in the sauce receptacle. 
     
     
         8 . A food container, comprising:
 a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, and a bottom; and   a food aperture;   wherein the back comprises a first edge and a second edge coupled by a perforation, the first edge and second edge forming a void therebetween to receive sauce when the perforation is broken.   
     
     
         9 . A food container, comprising:
 a housing comprising a food aperture, the housing comprising a front, a back, a first side, a second side, and a bottom; and   a sauce receptacle, the sauce receptacle hingedly coupled to the housing.   
     
     
         10 . The food container of  claim 9 , wherein the sauce receptacle is perforated on a top edge and is hingedly coupled to the housing on a bottom edge. 
     
     
         11 . The food container of  claim 9 , wherein the sauce receptacle is configured to receive a sauce container. 
     
     
         12 . The food container of  claim 9 , wherein the sauce receptacle comprises a sauce therein and a lid configured to seal the sauce in the sauce receptacle.