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Abstract

A lunch pail assembly has an upper member having a bottom wall, opposed side walls and end walls defining a first food and beverage compartment, a lid at the upper end of the first food and beverage compartment, a handle on the lid, and a fastening mechanism on the exterior of the opposed end walls. A detachable lower member having a bottom wall, opposed side walls and end walls defines a second food compartment having an open top end which is received within a depending lip on the bottom of the upper member. Catches on the end walls of the lower member releasably engage the fastening mechanisms on the upper member to selectively releasably connect the upper and lower members together to be carried as a single unit wherein food, beverages, and other articles of one type may be contained in the first food and beverage compartment and isolated from food and other articles of another type contained in the second food compartment. The upper member can be used independently of the lower member when disconnected therefrom. The lower member may be used to carry frozen dinners or may be used as a plate. A dish-shaped plate insert and cover fit inside the detachable lower member and are microwave, freezer, and dishwasher safe, whereby meals, such as a plate lunch, can be prepared in advance, placed in plate inserts, stored in a refrigerator or freezer, transported in the lower member, and when desired, placed in a microwave oven for preparing the food contained therein.

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