Patent ID: 6978895

Claim:
In an open-topped container for the shipping and display of food items, wherein the container has a bottom panel, opposing end walls foldably attached to the bottom panel along opposing end score lines, opposing side walls foldably attached to the bottom panel along opposing side score lines, and opposing side flaps foldably attached to each of the opposing side walls along side flap score lines, wherein the side flaps are folded inward along the side flap score lines and attached to an inner portion of a respective one of the opposing end walls, said side flaps at each end of the container being spaced from one another, and said side and end walls and bottom panel defining an interior space having length, width and height dimensions, the improvement comprising an inwardly offset central portion of each said end score line, said inwardly offset central portions being positioned between the spaced apart side flaps at the respective opposing end walls, said inwardly offset portions of the opposing end score lines resulting in the interior length dimension of the container being substantially the same at the central portion of the end walls as it is at the opposite sides of the end walls where the side flaps are attached.