Container for food
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Abstract
A container for receiving a food product is formed from a shaped blank of paper, paperboard, cardboard or a similar material. A hinge arrangement comprising at least two and preferably three parts is provided between one of the side walls and one of the end walls to allow the partially formed container to be moved easily between a flat configuration suitable for transportation or storage and an erect configuration for receiving a food product. In the erect configuration one part of the hinge arrangement is sandwiched between another part of hinge arrangement and the end wail. In the flat configuration these two parts of the hinge arrangement lie in substantially the same plane. An integral lid may be provided.
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
- 21. A partially assembled container for receiving a food product and formed from a partially fastened folded blank, the container having triangular side walls and substantially rectangular end walls to enable the formation of a generally triangular prism-shaped container with an opening for receiving the food product, wherein hinge means comprising a first hinge part hingedly connected to a second hinge part are provided between a first side wall and a first end wall, and wherein the partially assembled container is formed by fixing one of said first and second hinge parts to said first side wall or to said first end wall and is moveable between a substantially flat position, in which the first and second hinge parts lie in substantially the same plane, for storage and transportation and a substantially erect position, in which the first and second hinge parts overlie one another, for receiving a food product.
- 31. A blank for forming a container for receiving a food product, the blank having first and second triangular side walls and first and second substantially rectangular end walls to enable the formation a generally triangular prism-shaped container with an opening for receiving the food product, the blank further comprising hinge means, the hinge means comprising a first hinge part hingedly connected to a second hinge part and arranged between a first side wall and a first end wall wherein the blank enables a partially assembled container to be formed by folding the blank into a substantially flat position in which the first and second hinge parts lie in substantially the same plane and fixing one of said first and second hinge parts to said first side wall or to said first end wall, and to be moved between a substantially flat position for storage and transportation and a substantially erect position, in which the first and second hinge parts overlie one another, for receiving a food product.
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