Patent ID: 8607986
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A food package comprising: a container having a bottom wall, a pair of upstanding side walls, and a pair of upstanding end walls; an opening in the container opposite the bottom wall through which foodstuffs are received therein; an upper flange of the side and end walls extending about the opening; an elongate sleeve that is wrapped around the container in a predetermined wrapping direction extending transversely across the flange, opposing pair of side walls, and the bottom wall; an extension member of the sleeve extending transverse to the predetermined wrapping direction, the extension member sized to support the container on a support surface in an upright position along an edge of the extension member that extends in the predetermined wrapping direction and wherein the pair of side walls extend generally normal to the support surface; and wherein the flange includes a flange portion extending along one of the end walls that is exposed from the wrapped sleeve and the extension projects beyond the one end wall to cooperate with the flange portion to support the container in the upright position.