Patent ID: 7014044

Claim:
A holder for holding at least one stack of cups, each having an upper rim, and at least one stack of mating lids, each having a bottom side that is shaped to mate with said upper rim of one of said cups, and a top side having an upstanding turret, said stack of lids including a top lid, comprising: a sheet of material having four sections as follows: a bottom section with front and rear edges, a top section with front and rear edges, a front side connecting said front edge of said bottom with said front edge of said top, and a rear side connecting said rear edge of said bottom with said rear edge of said top so as to form a four-sided enclosing structure or configuration, said top section having at least one aperture therein for receiving and holding said turret of said top lid when said stack of lids is positioned under said top section, whereby said holder can hold a stack of cups with a stack of lids positioned over said stack of cups with said turret of said top lid positioned in said aperture of said top section, and a partition or shelf between and generally parallel to said top section and said bottom section, whereby said partition can separate said stack of lids from said stack of cups so that said holder can hold a stack of cups under said partition and a stack of lids positioned over said partition.