Fast food carryout package
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsMichael W. Pergande, Anthony Giusto
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Abstract
A carryout package is provided for transporting a container of beverage in conjunction with other foods and the like, the container being initially collapsed as a two layer flat blank erectable to form a rectangular box with a generally triangular cross-section at the top. A fold-over flap and port structure forms an integral handle in the top of the package and one corner contains an inwardly collapsible section to form an interior partition across the package to define a beverage container receiving compartment further bounded by the sidewalls and one end wall of the package. The collapse of the corner section provides ports in one side and one end wall through which the container of beverage can be observed.
Claims7
Carryout package means for transporting containers of beverage and the like in conjunction with other foodstuffs comprising:
- a pair of parallel end walls and a pair of parallel sidewalls joined together to define corners, said package being foldable at said corners between a collapsed state and an erect state;
- a bottom wall comprising interlocking means attached to said side and end walls and disengaged in said collapsed state and interlocked in said erect state to define a bottom wall for said package means;
- closure defining folding flap means attached to said side and end walls for closing said package means in said erect state, said closure defining means including integral handle forming means for providing a carrying handle for said package means;
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- collapsible corner means in one of said corners defined between one of said sidewalls and one of said end walls for defining, in a collapsed state thereof, an internal partition extending between said sidewalls and forming a container receiving and transporting compartment bounded by at least one of said sidewalls, said internal partition and said one of said end walls and a food receiving compartment bounded by said sidewalls, said internal partition and the other end wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.