Patent ID: 7303115

Claim:
A food storage container for a plurality of cupcakes carried in frustoconical liners, comprising: a container member formed of a single sheet of planar material, said container member including a rectangular base, laterally spaced upwardly folded rectangular container flaps at transverse edges of said base forming side walls and transversely folded rectangular container flaps at lateral edges of said base forming front and rear walls, said container flaps in an assembled condition forming a rectangular peripheral wall, said wall and said base forming an upwardly opening cavity, said side walls including a lower section connected with said base and an upper section hingedly connected to said lower section, said front and rear walls including inwardly folded side flaps engaging inner surfaces of said lower sections of said side walls with said upper sections of said side walls being reversely folded over said side flaps and said outer sections to thereby capture said side flaps in an assembled condition wherein said base of said container member includes base slots adjacent said side walls and said upper section of said side walls include projecting tabs for entering said base slots in said assembled condition; a rectangular cover member extending from and hingedly connected to an outer edge of said rear wall of said container member, a pair of downwardly extending folded rectangular cover flaps hingedly connected at the sides of said cover member, said cover member being movable from a closed position overlying said cavity and an open position for accessing said cavity; an insert member formed of a single sheet of planar material, said insert member having a rectangular base member and partially folded downwardly and outwardly extending insert flaps at an outer periphery resiliently engaging at lower ends inner surfaces of said perimeter wall, said base member of said insert member having a clearance with respect to an inner surface of said peripheral wall whereby said insert flaps and said peripheral wall form progressively upwardly opening slots receiving and retaining said cover flaps in said closed position, said insert flaps positioning said base member of said insert member above said base of said container member; circular apertures in said base member of said insert arranged in a grid array and size for lightly compressively engaging said liners of said cupcakes.