Food container with pop-open lid

Abstract

A plastic food container has a body and a removable lid. In a closed position, the lid forms a watertight seal to contain food or liquids. The lid is easily removed in a “pop-open” fashion using two fingers of one hand to squeeze outwardly-protruding tabs. Upon squeezing, the tabs operate as levers to open the lid.

1 . A plastic food container with a pop-open lid, comprising: 
 a container body having a lower tab protruding outward from the body;    a removable and reclosable lid adapted to fit over and seal the top of the body in a closed position, the lid having an upper tab protruding outward from the lid, aligning with the lower tab in the closed position;    the lower and upper tabs including protrusions facing each other and arranged to contact each other in the closed position;    whereby, when outside edges of the upper and lower tabs are squeezed together by fingers of a user, the upper tab lifts the lid away from the body so as to open the container.