Patent ID: 6050482
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A food carton comprising a bottom, front and rear walls having lower edges and extending upward from said bottom, and opposed sides, said front and rear walls being joined at said sides, said bottom being joined to and extending between said front and rear wall lower edges, said carton including support means for supporting said carton upright and defining a support plane below said bottom, said bottom being of a greater height above said support plane at said rear wall than at said front wall wherein said rear wall lower edge is upwardly offset relative to said front wall lower edge, said walls and said bottom are integral and defined from a unitary blank of foldable material, and including a first fold line between said bottom and said front wall, a second fold line between said bottom and said rear wall, and a third fold line in said bottom between said first and second fold lines and defining a forward bottom panel between said first and third fold lines, and a rear bottom panel between said second fold line and said third fold line, said forward bottom panel having a front to rear depth less than a front to rear depth of said rear bottom panel and wherein said first and second fold lines form opposed convex front and rear edges on said bottom, said bottom, between said sides, being upwardly arced.