Patent ID: 7007837

Claim:
A blank for a box having an an article-retaining structure and a short-length cover panel, said blank being of foldable material cut and scored to define: a bottom panel having opposing front and rear bottom panel edges and opposing left and right bottom panel edges and a predetermined front-to-rear length extending between said front and rear bottom panel edges, a plurality of wall panels including respective front and rear wall panels hingedly attached to said front and rear bottom panel edges and respective left and right wall panels hingedly attached to said left and right bottom panel edges, a cover panel having opposing front and rear cover edges and opposing left and right cover edges, said cover panel being hingedly attached to said rear wall panel at said rear cover edge and having a cover front flap hingedly attached at a cover front flap fold line and opposing said rear cover edge and further having a predetermined minimum front-to-rear length extending between said cover front flap fold line and said rear cover edge, and an article-retaining structure comprising a plurality of panels including a first panel hingedly attached to a top edge of said front wall panel at a first fold line and a second panel hingedly attached to said first panel at a second fold line and a cover engagement means for holding said cover panel in a closed disposition after said blank has been erected into said box; wherein said cover engagement means is disposed adjacent said second fold line and the predetermined minimum front-to-rear length of said cover panel is substantially shorter than the predetermined front-to-rear length of said bottom panel and said cover panel has a projecting portion disposed laterally adjacent to said cover front flap whereby after said blank is erected into said box and a food-containing cup is loaded into said article-retaining structure said projecting portion overlies at least a portion of the cup.