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A butter dish having a rotatable lid that opens to an obtuse angle to give wide access to butter stored on a base cover by the lid. The butter dish includes the base, a rear wall defining a rotational axis located above the base and toward the rear of the base and the lid is mounted to the rear wall

A butter dish having a rotatable lid that opens to an obtuse angle to give wide access to butter stored on a base cover by the lid. The butter dish includes the base, a rear wall defining a rotational axis located above the base and toward the rear of the base and the lid is mounted to the rear wall and rotates between closed and opened positions.

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1. A butter dish with a rotatable lid comprising: a base having a bottom surface for supporting the butter dish on a support surface and a top planar surface spaced away from the bottom surface for supporting butter;a rear wall connected to the base for forming part of an enclosure and defining a ro

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A butter dish with a rotatable lid comprising: a base having a bottom surface for supporting the butter dish on a support surface and a top planar surface spaced away from the bottom surface for supporting butter;a rear wall connected to the base for forming part of an enclosure and defining a rotational axis, the rotational axis being spaced from the top surface of the base and located near a rear of the base; anda lid connected to the rear wall and forming another part of the enclosure over the base and over any butter on the top planar surface of the base, the lid having a lower edge and a rear opening bordered by a rear edge, and the lid being constructed and dimensioned to be rotatable around the rotational axis between a first position where the rear edge of the lid cooperates with the rear wall to close the enclosure and the lower edge of the lid is supported by the top planar surface of the base, and a second position where the rear and lower edges of the lid have rotated to about a same obtuse angle relative to the top planar surface of the base. 2. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the lid includes a bumper connected to the rear edge of the lid; andthe bumper defines the rotated angle from the first position to the second position of the lid. 3. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the lid includes a front panel, two side panels and a tab extending from each side panel, the tabs forming with the rear wall the rotational axis. 4. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the rear wall includes a rear panel, two side panels and an upper panel. 5. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the lid includes an upper panel adjacent and generally parallel to the upper panel of the rear wall when the lid is in the first position. 6. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the rear wall includes openings for receiving shafts connected to the lid; andthe openings of the rear wall and the shafts of the lid define the rotational axis. 7. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the lid includes an upper panel and a front panel which meet at about 90°; andthe upper panel of the lid extends obliquely relative to the lower edge. 8. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the lid includes a front panel; andthe rear edge and the front panel of the lid are curved and generally parallel to one another. 9. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the base extends beyond the lid when in the closed position and includes a recessed region. 10. The butter dish of claim 1, wherein: the lid includes a handle extending from a front panel of the lid. 11. The butter dish of claim 10, wherein: the lid includes a bumper connected to the rear edge;the lid includes the front panel, two side panels and a tab extending from each side panel and forming with the rear wall the rotational axis; andthe rear wall includes a rear panel, two side panels and an upper panel. 12. The butter dish of claim 11, wherein: the lid includes an upper panel generally adjacent and parallel to the upper panel of the rear wall;the rear wall includes openings for receiving shafts connected to the lid; andthe upper panel and the front panel of the lid meet at about 90° and the upper panel of the lid extends obliquely relative to the lower edge of the lid. 13. The butter dish of claims 12, wherein: the front panel and the rear edge of the lid are curved and are generally parallel to one another; andthe base extends beyond the lid when in the closed position and includes a recessed region. 14. A butter dish with a rotatable lid comprising: a base having a bottom surface for supporting the butter dish on a support surface and a top surface spaced away from the bottom surface, the top surface having a planar region for supporting butter and a recessed region for supporting a butter spreader;a rear wall mounted to the base located near the rear of the base, the rear wall having a back panel extending at a generally perpendicular angle from the base, two side panels extending forward at a generally perpendicular angle from the back panel and having two openings for defining a rotational axis, the rotational axis being spaced from the top surface of the base and located near to the rear of the base; anda lid mounted to the two side panels of the rear wall and forming with the rear wall an enclosure over the base and over any butter on the planar region of the top surface of the base, the lid having a front panel, two side panels and an upper panel with a rear bumper, the front panel and the two side panels forming a lower edge for contacting the planar region of the top surface of the base and the two side panels and the top panel with the bumper forming a rear opening bordered by a rear edge, wherein the lid is rotatable around the rotational axis between a first position where the lower edge of the lid is supported by the planar region of the top surface of the base and a second position where the lower edge of the lid is disposed at an obtuse angle relative to the planar surface of the top surface of the base, the lid being dimensioned and structured such that the rotational movement of the bumper between the first and second positions of the lid is generally identical to the rotational movement of the lower edge of the lid between the first and second positions of the lid. 15. The butter dish of claim 14, wherein: the angle of rotation of the bumper between the first and second positions of the lid is about 110°. 16. The butter dish of claim 15, wherein: the upper panel of the lid is adjacent and generally parallel to an upper panel of the rear wall. 17. The butter dish of claim 16, wherein: the lid includes two shafts that are received by the openings in the rear wall;the front panel and rear edge of the lid are curved and generally parallel to one another. 18. A method for making a butter dish comprising the steps of: forming a base having a top surface and a spaced apart bottom surface;forming a rear wall extending from the top surface of the base;forming an axis of rotation on the rear wall above the top surface of the base and near a rear of the base; andconnecting a lid to the rear wall, the lid being movable around the axis of rotation between a closed position where the lid, the rear wall and the top surface of the base form an enclosure for butter on the top surface of the base and an opened position where a lower edge of the lid rotates to an obtuse angle and a rear edge of the lid moves away from the rear wall wherein the lid rests on a butter dish support surface to enable easy access to the butter. 19. The method of claim 18, including the steps of: forming two spaced apart openings in the rear wall for defining the axis of rotation;forming two spaced apart tabs on the lid, each tab having a shaft; andmounting the shafts of the lid in the openings in the rear wall. 20. The method of claim 19, including the step of: mounting a bumper to the rear edge of the lid; andresting the bumper on the support surface when the lid is in the opened position.