Patent ID: 6443308
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
An inexpensive, disposable carrier for beverage containers and food which is manufactured in a collapsed state and easily erected before use to provide an upper food tray supported by a lower beverage carrier, comprising:said lower beverage carrier having a bottom and a plurality of compartments adapted to hold beverage containers of various sizes, said lower beverage carrier being formed from a single sheet of cut cardboard and folded to provide four side walls, four interlocking bottom flaps to form a bottom, a handle, two dividers extending from said handle to opposite, juxtaposed side walls to form at least four pockets for holding beverage containers; and a slot cut in adjacent side walls of the carrier to form a cup restraint member in at least one of said compartments; and said upper food tray formed from a single sheet of cut cardboard having a slot slidable over said handle, said tray, when located on said lower beverage carrier, being supported by the top edge of said four side walls of said lower beverage carrier so that said tray remains substantially parallel with respect to said bottom of said lower beverage carrier and above the tops of the tallest of said beverage containers.