Easily attached band for pie boxes

A decorative band attached to a pie box having a top which is integral with a back panel, which top has a width, a right side flap and a left side flap which flaps each have a bottom edge and overlie right and left side panels of the box, and the right side flap and the left side flap each has a height, a truncated triangular locking flap at the bottom edge of each of said flaps and said right side panel and said left side panel each having mating truncated triangular locking flap receiving openings at bottom edges of the right side and the left side panels, wherein the decorative band and box combination comprises:

• an elongated sheet overlying said pie box having a front edge, a back edge, a center panel, a right side band flap and a left side band flap, each of said band flaps having a bottom edge, said center panel having the same width as the top of the pie box, and said side band flaps each having a height which is equal to the height of the right and left side panels;
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• a pair of truncated triangular locking flaps having the same size as the truncated triangular locking flaps of said right and left side panels, positioned along the bottom edge of the right and left side band flaps whereby after the pie box is closed and its locking flaps inserted in the truncated, triangular locking flap receiving openings, the elongated sheet may be placed over the closed pie box so that the center panel closely overlies a portion of the top of the pie box, the right and left side band flaps overlie a portion of the right and left side panels of the pie box and the truncated, triangular locking flaps of the right and left side panels may be inserted through the truncated triangular locking flap receiving openings of the pie box, securely and easily locking the decorative band to the pie box.