Container

A food container (10), the container (10) having a container bottom (11) and a container lid (12). The container bottom (11) having a base (13) and walls (14) upstanding from the base (13) to define a container bottom interior (15). The container lid (12) having a top cover (18) and side edges (19) and the top cover (18) overlying the base (13) when the lid (12) is in closed connection with the bottom (11). The top cover (18) includes an inelastic portion (26) that defines an opening (40) and an elastically deformable portion (25) that extends across the opening. Each of the elastically deformable portion (25) and the inelastic portion (26) overlying different portions of the base (13) when the lid (12) is in closed connection with the bottom (11). The elastically deformable portion (25) is formed as part of a seal (35) that is attached to an inside of the container lid (12) and seals against surfaces of the container bottom (11) when the container lid is in closed connection with the container bottom. The elastically deformable portion (25) facilitates accommodation of an item within the container bottom interior (15) that rests on the portion of the base (13) that underlies the elastically deformable portion (25) and that extends into contact with the elastically deformable portion (25) as the lid (12) is shifted into closed connection with the bottom (11), by the elastically deformable portion (25) deforming elastically outwardly away from the base (13) in contact with the item. The container bottom (11) includes at least one partition wall (31) within the container bottom interior (15) to form at least two compartments (32), with the elastically deformable portion (25) overlying one of the compartments. The proposed invention provides an elastic portion within the lid of a food container, allowing the lid to be closed while accommodating larger food items.