Patent ID: 7293695

Claim:
A pre-assembled compartmented food package that may be stored and shipped in a flattened condition and erected into an expanded and operative condition at the point of use, comprising: a shallow rectangular tray portion having front and back walls, opposite end walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, each of said end walls comprising releasably interengaged end closure flaps, and said front and back walls being pivotably connected at top and bottom edges thereof to the top wall and bottom wall, respectively, whereby said front and back walls may be pivoted to collapse said top and bottom walls on top of one another to flatten said tray portion for storage and shipment in the flattened condition, or to move said top and bottom walls apart to expand said tray portion for use in the expanded and operative condition, said top wall having at least one opening therein for holding an object, said at least one opening being formed by a cut in the top wall that defines a transverse partition panel which is foldable into generally perpendicular relationship to the top and bottom walls and to the front and back walls; wherein there are also plural openings in the top wall, formed by cuts that define a longitudinal partition panel which is foldable into generally perpendicular relationship to the top and bottom walls and to said transverse partition panel, such that the edges of said transverse partition panel, when it is folded, frictionally engage against (a) the bottom wall and (b) between (i) one of the front and back walls and (ii) said longitudinal partition panel to hold the tray portion in the expanded and operative condition.