Patent ID: 8881968

Claim:
A pizza box, formed from a single blank, the pizza box defining a storage location for containing a food product, the storage location being partially defined by a floor portion for supporting the weight of the food product, the pizza box comprising: a cover itself comprising at least a main top panel configured to be positioned above the food product; a rear wall connected relative to the top panel; and a body itself including: a main base panel attached to the rear wall; and a detachable product support pad attached to the main base panel along a tearable hinge, the main base panel and the detachable product support pad being folded along the tearable hinge such that at least a portion of the detachable product support pad overlies and is in contact with at least a portion of the main base panel to form an overlaid double thickness portion, wherein the tearable hinge is noncontiguous and includes at least two spaced apart hinge portions, wherein the blank is formed into a pizza box, the detachable product support pad is spaced apart from the top panel of the cover to at least partially define the food product storage location therebetween, such that the detachable product support pad defines the floor portion of the storage location and such that the detachable product support pad can be detached.