Patent ID: 8505768

Claim:
A foldable food tray comprising: a first rigid panel including a first panel upper surface, a first panel lower surface, a first panel inner edge, a first panel outer edge, and first panel side edges, the first panel further including (i) one or more first panel hinge members and (ii) one or more first panel locking members; and a second rigid panel having a second panel upper surface, a second panel lower surface, a second panel inner edge, a second panel outer edge, and second panel side edges, the second panel further including (i) one or more second panel hinge members and (ii) one or more second panel locking members, wherein the first panel hinge member(s) and the second panel hinge member(s) are operatively coupled to one another to permit the first and second panels to move between (i) a closed position in which the first and second panels are generally parallel to one another and the first panel upper surface and the second panel upper surface are facing one another, wherein the tray is not part of any other object such that the tray when in the closed position has a flat configuration defined by two opposed exposed planar major surfaces, defined respectively by the first panel lower surface and the second panel lower surface, that are substantially parallel to each other, and (ii) an open position in which the first and second panels are generally parallel to one another and lie in the same plane, and the first panel upper surface and the second panel upper surface are both facing the same general direction, and wherein the first panel locking member(s) and the second panel locking member(s) are configured to releasably lock the first and second panels in the open position, thereby preventing the first and second panels from inadvertently moving from the open position, the one or more first panel locking members include (i) a single first panel projection projecting away from the first panel inner edge and/or (ii) a pair of first panel projections spaced next to one another and projecting away from the first panel inner edge, the one or more second panel locking members include (i) a single second panel projection projecting away from the second panel inner edge and/or (ii) a pair of second panel projections spaced next to one another and projecting away from the second panel inner edge, and the single first panel projection cooperates with the pair of second panel projections to lock the first and second panels in the open position and/or the pair of first panel projections cooperate with the single second panel projection to lock the first and second panels in the open position.