Clamshell carton with partitions
First Claim
1. A carton comprising a tray and a cover, said tray comprising a bottom panel with a periphery, front and rear walls integral with and extending upward from said periphery, side walls integral with and extending upward from said periphery between said front and rear walls, each of said walls having an upper edge, said cover being integral with and foldable relative to said tray along the upper edge of said rear wall between an open position with the cover remote from said tray and a closed position with the cover overlying said tray, and a unitary partition panel having a front edge integral with and foldable relative to said front wall along the upper edge thereof, said partition panel including a front section overlying said front wall, an intermediate section extending from said front section and engaged on and overlying said tray bottom panel, and a partition extending from said intermediate section and selectively foldable between a first position engaged on and overlying said tray bottom panel, and a second position extending upward from said intermediate section between said front and rear walls of said tray.
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Abstract
A clamshell carton wherein the tray includes a partition panel integral with the upper edge of the front wall and folded to overlie the interior of the front wall and a major portion of the bottom panel. The partition panel including a partition section selectively upwardly foldable at an intermediate and preferably central portion of the tray to define two food-receiving compartments therein.
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18 Claims
- 1. A carton comprising a tray and a cover, said tray comprising a bottom panel with a periphery, front and rear walls integral with and extending upward from said periphery, side walls integral with and extending upward from said periphery between said front and rear walls, each of said walls having an upper edge, said cover being integral with and foldable relative to said tray along the upper edge of said rear wall between an open position with the cover remote from said tray and a closed position with the cover overlying said tray, and a unitary partition panel having a front edge integral with and foldable relative to said front wall along the upper edge thereof, said partition panel including a front section overlying said front wall, an intermediate section extending from said front section and engaged on and overlying said tray bottom panel, and a partition extending from said intermediate section and selectively foldable between a first position engaged on and overlying said tray bottom panel, and a second position extending upward from said intermediate section between said front and rear walls of said tray.
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18. For use in the formation of a carton comprising a tray an cover, a planar blank of foldable sheet material, said blank having a longitudinal direction and including a bottom panel having opposed spaced transverse edges extending transversely of said blank and opposed longitudinal edges extending longitudinally of said blank, first and second wall panels extending respectively along said bottom panel first and second transverse edges, a top panel substantially dimensionally equal to said bottom panel and longitudinally extending from said second wall panel, said top panel having a third wall panel integral with said second wall panel and between said second wall panel and said top panel, said first wall panel of said bottom panel being of a progressively increasing transverse width outward of said bottom panel, said first wall panel having an outer edge of a transverse length greater than a transverse width of said bottom panel between the longitudinal edges thereof, and a partition panel integral with said outer edge of said first wall panel and extending longitudinally therebeyond, said partition panel including a first section immediately adjacent said first wall panel in the longitudinal direction of said blank, said first section having opposed end edges converging outwardly to a fold line of a transverse length substantially equal to the transverse width of said bottom panel, said partition panel including an intermediate section immediately outward of said first section and a partition section immediately outward of said intermediate section, said intermediate and partition sections being of a transverse width substantially equal to the transverse width of said bottom panel, and of a longitudinal length between said outer edge of said first section and a free outer edge on said partition panel which is less than the length of the bottom panel between said first and second wall panels thereof.
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