Paperboard food carton and divider

A one piece blank of stiff, resilient and foldable material, such as paperboard, the blank having two halves each cut and foldable and erectable to form a tray, the two tray forming halves hinged together along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of tho blank and adapted to form a hinged carton, the hinge axis separating the two halves, each half having a central panel surrounded by hingable side forming and end forming panels, the hinge axis being defined by joined end forming panels of each half, said hinge axis joined end panels being of substantially the same width as measured parallel to said blank, longitudinal axis, the side forming panels of one half being of equal width as measured transversely to said blank longitudinal axis, the side forming panels of the other half being of equal width as measured transversely to said blank longitudinal axis, but being of a greater width than the first mentioned equal width side forming panels, the end forming panel remote from the hinge axis of that half having the lesser width side forming panels being of a lesser width than the width of the end forming panel remote from the hinge axis of that half having the greater width side forming panels;

• both of said latter widths measured parallel to said blank longitudinal axis, and wherein the free edges of those side panels having the greater width are accurately curved outwardly with respect to said blank longitudinal axis and are not connected to any portion of the blank.

A one piece blank of stiff, resilient and foldable material, such as paperboard, the blank having two halves each cut and foldable and erectable to form a tray, the two tray forming halves hinged together along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the blank and adapted to form a hinged carton, the hinge axis separating the two halves, each half having a central panel surrounded by hingable side forming and end forming panels, the hinge axis being defined by joined end forming panels of each half, said hinge axis joined end panels being of substantially the same width as measured parallel to said blank, longitudinal axis, the side forming panels of one half being of equal width as measured transversely to said blank longitudinal axis, the side forming panels of the other half being of equal width as measured transversely to said blank longitudinal axis, but being of a greater width than the first mentioned equal width side forming panels, the end forming panel remote from the hinge axis of that half having the lesser width side forming panels being of a lesser width than the width of the end forming panel remote from the hinge axis of that half having the greater width side forming panels;

• both of said latter widths measured parallel to said blank longitudinal axis, and wherein the free edges of those side panels having the greater width are accurately curved outwardly with respect to said blank longitudinal axis and are not connected to any portion of the blank and wherein the hingable connections between those side panels having the greater width and their respective central panel are bowed towards each other.