Container having rotating label with window

Abstract

A container for food products including a receptacle having a sidewall and a bottom wall that define a container area that receives the food product, a lid removably coupled to said receptacle, and a label having a window for viewing information on an outside surface of the receptacle. The outside surface of the sidewall also includes printing thereon. The sidewall further includes at least one top embossment and at least one bottom embossment disposed thereon and the label is rotatably mounted upon the outside surface of the receptacle between the top embossment and the bottom embossment. The top embossment and the bottom embossment resist translation of the label with respect to the outside surface of the receptacle in a longitudinal direction. The label includes at least one window disposed thereon that allows a user to view a portion of the outside surface of the receptacle.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A container for food products comprising:
 a receptacle having a sidewall and a bottom wall that define a container area, said container area configured to receive the food product wherein said sidewall includes an outside surface that includes at least one top embossment and at least one bottom embossment;   a lid removably coupled to said receptacle;   a label rotatably mounted upon said outside surface of said receptacle between said at least one top embossment and said at least one bottom embossment wherein said at least one top embossment and said at least one bottom embossment resist translation of said label along said receptacle in a longitudinal direction; and   a window disposed on said label such that a portion of said outside surface of said receptacle is visible.   
     
     
         2 . The container of  claim 1  wherein said at least one top embossment and said at least one top embossment substantially circumscribe said outer surface of said receptacle. 
     
     
         3 . The container of  claim 1  further comprising a plurality of top embossments radially distributed about a center of said receptacle. 
     
     
         4 . The container of  claim 3  wherein said sidewall includes a first top embossment that is a first distance from said top of said sidewall and a second top embossment that is a second distance from said top of said sidewall. 
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 1  wherein said at least one top embossment includes an apex and said lid includes a skirt having a free end and wherein said apex is positioned at substantially the same position along a length of said receptacle as said free end of said skirt when said lid is removably coupled to said receptacle. 
     
     
         6 . A method of manufacturing a container for food products comprising:
 forming a sidewall of a receptacle into a frustoconcial or cylindrical shape;   coupling a bottom wall to said sidewall to form a container area;   embossing said sidewall with at least one top embossment proximate a top of said sidewall and at least one bottom embossment proximate a bottom of said sidewall wherein said sidewalls substantially circumscribe an outside surface of said sidewall;   mounting a label on said outside surface of said sidewall between said at least one top embossment and said at least one bottom embossment wherein said label rotates about said sidewall and said embossments resist longitudinal movement of said label relative to said sidewall; and   removably coupling a lid to enclose said container area.   
     
     
         7 . The method of manufacturing a container for food products of  claim 6  further comprising embossing said sidewall with a plurality of top embossments proximate said top of said sidewall wherein said top embossments are radially distributed around said outside surface of said sidewall. 
     
     
         8 . The method of manufacturing a container for food products of  claim 7  wherein a first top embossment is at a first distance from said top of said sidewall and a second top embossment is at a second distance from said top of said sidewall. 
     
     
         9 . The method of manufacturing a container for food products of  claim 6  wherein said at least one top embossment includes an apex and said lid includes a skirt having a free end and wherein said apex is positioned at substantially the same position along a length of said receptacle as said free end of said skirt when said lid is removably coupled to said receptacle. 
     
     
         10 . A container for food products comprising:
 a receptacle having a frustoconical or cylindrical sidewall and a bottom wall coupled to said sidewall wherein said sidewall and said bottom wall define a container area, said container area configured to receive the food product, and wherein said sidewall further includes a peripheral lip proximate a top of said sidewall and an outside surface having at least one substantially linear top embossment and at least one substantially linear bottom embossment wherein said embossments are substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of said sidewall;   a lid removably coupled to said receptacle to enclose said container area wherein said lid includes a skirt coupled to a top wall at an intersection point wherein said skirt further includes a shoulder that engages said peripheral lip of said receptacle when said lid is coupled thereto and wherein said skirt includes a free end;   a label rotatably mounted upon said outside surface of said receptacle between said at least one top embossment and said at least one bottom embossment wherein said at least one top embossment and said at least one bottom embossment resist translation of said label along said receptacle in a longitudinal direction and wherein said at least one top embossment includes an apex located at substantially the same distance along a length of said receptacle as said free end of said skirt when said lid is removably coupled to said receptacle; and   a window disposed on said label such that a portion of said outside surface of said receptacle is visible.