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A generally rectangular carryout tray for fast food restaurants is provided with top, bottom and side walls. The top wall includes openings in distinct areas for accomodating different kinds of food. The tray is constructed so taht it can be collapsed for storage before use and readily erected for u

A generally rectangular carryout tray for fast food restaurants is provided with top, bottom and side walls. The top wall includes openings in distinct areas for accomodating different kinds of food. The tray is constructed so taht it can be collapsed for storage before use and readily erected for use with a simple motion. The top wall is supported above the bottom wall by an integral bridge element prepared from the top wall material taken from one of the food accomodating areas. Each food accomodating area also includes deflectable flap elements and tabs which further support and position the various food products in their designated areas.

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A carryout tray for three different shaped food products, prepared from a single blank of material and capable of being folded from a collapsed condition prior to use into an erect, useable condition comprising. (a) a bottom wall of generally rectangular configuration having side edges; (b) a pair o

A carryout tray for three different shaped food products, prepared from a single blank of material and capable of being folded from a collapsed condition prior to use into an erect, useable condition comprising. (a) a bottom wall of generally rectangular configuration having side edges; (b) a pair of side walls foldably connected to two opposite edges of said bottom wall; (c) an auto-lock end closure foldably connected to one of the other opposed edges of said bottom wall and a tuck style end closure foldably connected to the remaining opposed edge of said bottom wall; (d) a top wall foldably connected to one side wall and adhered to the other side wall, said top wall including three different shaped product receiving openings consisting of a first opening of generally rectangular shape, a second opening of generally elliptical shape and a third opening of generally circular shape , said openings being formed by panels deflectable below the top wall comprising foldably connected portions of the material of said top wall, said panels at the first opening comprising full width flaps of abbreviated length with free ends foldably attached to opposite sides of said first opening, said panels at the second opening comprising a pair of opposed edge flaps of generally equal size and shape foldably attached to opposite sides of said second opening, and said panels at the third opening comprising three integral tab elements which extend slightly inside the third open area foldably attached to and equally spaced around the third opening; and, (e) a bridge element formed from the material of said top wall located between the free ends of the full width flaps of said first opening and arranged to separate the top wall from the bottom wall, said bridge element comprising two panels, a first panel foldably connected to the top wall along an edge of said first product receiving opening and a second panel foldably attached to the first panel and adhered to the bottom wall, said first bridge panel being pivotable from a collapsed position adjacent to and located in a plane generally parallel with said bottom wall to an erect position generally perpendicular to said top and bottom walls.