Stadium Food Tray and Drink Carrier Apparatus

A method of forming a food tray and drink carrier apparatus configured to be selectively reconfigured between a collapsed configuration and two or more expanded configurations, including a food tray configuration providing a flat space for holding food and a drink carrier configuration providing an upright support in place of the flat space for holding a drink container, the method comprising:

• providing a unitary blank comprising:
• a bottom panel;
• a pair of opposing length panels, each length panel having a first end, a second end, and hingedly joined along a bottom edge thereof to the bottom panel, where each length panel is formed by:
• a first length panel portion that is hingedly joined to the bottom panel;
• and
• a length panel extension portion that is hingedly joined to the first length panel portion at a top length joint, wherein each length panel extension portion that has dimensions approximating the dimensions of the first length panel portion such that the length panel has a two-ply thickness when the length panel extension portion is folded about the top length joint onto first length panel portion;
• a pair of opposing width panels hingedly, each width panel having a first end, a second end, and a bottom edge that is hingedly joined to the bottom panel;
• a support panel hingedly joined and corresponding to opposing ends of each of the length panels;
• a folding corner hingedly joined and corresponding to opposing ends of each of the width panels,
• providing a popout holder disposed in and configured to modify the configuration of the food and drinks space by being selectively moved between the food tray configuration providing the flat space for holding food and the drink carrier configuration providing the upright support in place of the flat space for holding the drink container;
• forming a peripheral wall with the unitary blank by:
• folding the width panels about the bottom edge towards the bottom panel;
• folding the folding corners towards an outward surface of the width panel;
• folding the support panels towards the corresponding length panel;
• folding each length panel and the corresponding support panels about the bottom edge towards the bottom panel;
• adhering each of the folding corners to one of the support panels.