Patent ID: 7475804
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A pop up tray container comprising: a. a box section having four rectangular side panels and bottom flaps extending from each of said side panels to define an open container to retain food, said bottom flaps being engaged at selective areas thereof to form a bottom closure, which can be folded flat laterally to said side panels; b. a tray section having four panels disposed radially on edges of said box section including a pair of opposite rectangular panels and a pair of opposite side panels each having triangular sections defined by a plurality of fold lines converging into a point to allow for closure of said rectangular panels at their tops to said converging points wherein the four panels disposed radially on upper edges of the box section are each attached to one of the four rectangular side panels, wherein the four rectangular side panels remain substantially vertically oriented when the container is in closed position; and c. said four panels of said tray section being connected to each other by corner panels extending from adjacent side edges, whereby said food container can be closed with said side and corner panels folded into said converging points, wherein there are four corner panels and each corner panel has multiple corner panel folds allowing the tray section having four panels to pop open and form a tray that has a tray top, wherein the four panels are capable of touching the table surface, wherein the four rectangular side panels remain substantially vertically oriented when the container is in open position.