Patent ID: 8033448

Claim:
An insert for use in elevating food products in a tray, the insert convertible between an erected position for elevating food products in the tray and a collapsed position, the insert comprising: a plurality of adjacent cells each having an elevated product support surface for a food product and a pair of legs associated with each elevated product support surface for elevating the product support surface and constraining the food product on the elevated product support surface; one of the product support surfaces having a fold line separating the one product support surface into an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion of the one product support surface having a hinge with an inner leg of the pair of legs associated with the one product support surface to permit the inner portion to be positioned generally parallel to the pair of legs associated with the one product support surface when the insert is in the collapsed position and generally perpendicular to the pair of legs associated with the one product support surface when the insert is in the erected position, and the outer portion of the one product support surface being moveable between a position generally perpendicular to an outer leg of the pair of legs associated with the one product support surface when the insert is in the erected position and a position generally parallel to the outer leg and angled relative to the inner portion when the insert is in the collapsed position; the remainder of the product support surfaces each having a hinge with each of the associated legs to permit the remainder of the elevated support surfaces to be positioned generally parallel to the associated legs when the insert is in the collapsed position and generally perpendicular to the associated legs when the insert is in the erected position; wherein the outer portion of the one product support surface is generally perpendicular to the inner portion of the one product support surface when the insert is in the collapsed position.