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Is a food storage container patented?

Short answer: specific designs of a food storage container have been patented many times, but "a food storage container" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.

What our index shows
  • 1,109 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “food storage container” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
  • Among the 412 best keyword matches we examined, 130 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2000.
  • Most frequent assignees in those matches: ANCHOR PACKAGING INC (7), BRAUN GMBH (6), CJ CHEILJEDANG CORP (5), SUNBEAM PRODUCTS INC (4).
  • Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): B65D (324), A47J (71), B65B (40), A45C (35).

Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.

14 real patent publications related to a food storage container

  1. Single-action lid-opening food storage container US-2026138793-A1 2026 · NINGBO LONGWELL BABY & BEAUTY PRODUCTS CO LTD
    Provided is a single-action lid-opening food storage container, including a container body, a top lid, and a handle. The top lid and the container body are detachably connected. Two ends of the handle are respectively rotatably co…
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  2. Sealing lid convenient to use and food storage container WO-2025241500-A1 2025 · HONGRI GLASS PRODUCTS CO LTD
    The present application discloses a sealing lid convenient to use and a food storage container. The sealing lid convenient to use comprises: a panel; a lid ring arranged around the panel and sealingly connected to the panel, the l…
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  3. Food storage container with reversible lid US-11952179-B2 2024 · D6 LLC
    Containers for storing food in a storage compartment may include a base portion of the container. The storage compartment is sealed with a film to get the food stored in the storage compartment fresh. The container further include…
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  4. Food Container and Lid Sorting, Storage, and Dispensing Device US-2024237833-A1 2024 · HEPLEY NOLAN
    A food container and lid sorting, storage, and dispensing device is provided. The device is comprised of a body with at least one opening and at least one slot that are each comprised of a channel that stores lids and bowls in a v…
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  5. A seal with an integrated valve for use with a food storage container and a container with said seal WO-2022203612-A1 2022 · STATUS D O O METLIKA
    The present invention belongs to the field of containers and dishes for storing and transport of food, more precisely to the field of containers for storing food in vacuum and accessories thereof. The present invention relates to …
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  6. Magnetically re-sealable food storage container US-2022297897-A1 2022 · KEALY PATRICK
    Described may be a magnetically resealable food storage container having a container body and a lid portion. The container body may have a container upper portion, a container opening, a container ledge, a container closure magnet…
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  7. Vacuum insulated metal food storage container and lid US-2020189829-A1 2020 · HAN HONGYUAN
    A double-wall vacuum-insulated food container with complementary lid is disclosed. The body of the container has a base and an upwardly-extending side wall terminating in an upper free edge. The container also has an inner portion…
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  8. Vacuum insulated food storage container and lid US-2019233177-A1 2019 · BARENTHAL NORTH AMERICA INC
    Disclosed is a double-wall vacuum-insulated food container with complementary lid. The body of the container has a base and an upwardly-extending side wall terminating in an upper free edge. The container also has an inner portion…
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  9. Vacuum sealing lid for food storage container US-9725224-B2 2017 · BARENTHAL NORTH AMERICA INC
    A system for enabling the efficient evacuation of air within a food container. A bellows-enabled lid fits into a respective container in an air-tight relationship. A bellows mechanism having plural resilient members and dual one-w…
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  10. Food storage container with quick access lid US-9211040-B2 2015 · LANE MARVIN
    A food jar has an insulated body with a wide-mouth opening for receiving food. A collar is affixed to the opening of the food jar by affixing a throat member to the collar and threading the throat into the wide-mouth body. The thr…
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  11. Vacuum sealable coffee and marinating food storage container US-2008131567-A1 2008 · LEMME ANTHONY R
    A vacuum food storage device having a container, a lid, a pump to evacuate air, a switch engageable by contact of the pump to the lid, or by contact of the lid to the container, to permit the pump to evacuate air from the containe…
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  12. Food container and lid thereof, container for food storage, method for manufacturing food container and lid thereof WO-2004028792-A1 2004 · SATO ISAMU
    A method for manufacturing a food container wherein a forming paper one of which is so coated with a low-density polyethylene so that the content there of is within the range of 3 to 6 %, is blanked into a desired shape, and the b…
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  13. Food storage container with a lid WO-0246062-A1 2002 · BRAUN GMBH
    The invention relates to a food storage container (15) with a lid and an opening mechanism for building up and reducing a vacuum in the conservation container. Said container can be closed in an airtight manner and can be emptied…
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  14. Device for emptying a food storage container which can be sealed by means of a valve WO-0246044-A1 2002 · BRAUN GMBH
    The invention relates to a device for emptying food storage containers. The invention is characterised in that the device is embodied as an attachment (1) for a hand-held electrical household appliance, particularly a rod mixer a…
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What this means for your idea

Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a food storage container been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Kitchen gadgets are a crowded, mature field; novelty usually sits in one specific mechanism, the material, or how two familiar functions are combined.

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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.