Patent ID: 9522761
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A box configured to receive a food item and being usable with an additional box that is also configured to receive a food item, the box comprising: a bottom portion; and a top portion that is hingedly connected to the bottom portion and that forms a cover, the top portion including a top panel and a side panel connected to the top panel, the side panel having a bendable tab formed therein, the tab including a tab body connected to the top panel at a fold line, and at least one ear that projects from the tab body; wherein the tab is bendable to an operative position and cooperable with the additional box to link the two boxes together when the additional box is placed on top of the box, and wherein the at least one ear is coplanar with the tab body when the tab is in the operative position and the at least one ear is insertable into an opening in the additional box.