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A bakery food package for releasably and securely holding cakes, pies and other baked goods. The package includes a base for supporting the bakery goods and a cover secured to the base. The base has a plurality of circumferentially spaced second locking elements removably engaged with a plurality of

A bakery food package for releasably and securely holding cakes, pies and other baked goods. The package includes a base for supporting the bakery goods and a cover secured to the base. The base has a plurality of circumferentially spaced second locking elements removably engaged with a plurality of first locking elements which are formed on the cover. The cover has a top wall, depending sidewalls and a generally outwardly projecting lower flange. In one preferred embodiment of the package, the second locking element may be generally upwardly and inwardly rotated along a pivotal axis in order to permit portions of the first locking elements to pass therethrough and engage the same. Portions of the outwardly projecting lower skirt of the cover member extend downwardly to resist free relative sliding and rotating movement between the cover member and base. The base may be corrugated board and may be provided with an upper foil layer. The base may serve as both a portion of the container and as a cake plate for use in serving or decorating the cake or other baked goods. In another preferred embodiment of the invention, the second locking elements include two hinges or pivotal axes about which portions of the second locking elements rotate. The inclusion of two hinges or pivotal axes facilitates easy and more secure relative locking between the cover and base. In a preferred form the hinges operate sequentially.

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A bakery foods package comprising a base for supporting the bakery food, a separate cover removably secured to said base, said cover having a top wall and a depending sidewall, a plurality of circumferentially spaced first locking means formed within the lower portion of said cover sidewall, a plura

A bakery foods package comprising a base for supporting the bakery food, a separate cover removably secured to said base, said cover having a top wall and a depending sidewall, a plurality of circumferentially spaced first locking means formed within the lower portion of said cover sidewall, a plurality of circumferentially spaced second locking elements formed in said base, said first locking means being removably engaged with said second locking elements to lock said cover to said base, when said cover and said base are in a predetermined fixed relative position, each of said second locking elements including at least two hinge means about which portions of said second locking elements may rotate, said first locking means include male locking means, said second locking means include female locking elements, said base having at least two said female locking elements, said female locking elements being integrally formed, said female locking elements having portions projecting generally upwardly and inwardly to engage said male locking elements, said hinge means having a first hinge spaced from and parallel to a second hinge, said second locking elements having a free end and an end connected to the remainder of said base, said first hinge disposed intermediate said second hinge and said free end, said first hinge having first pivot means, said second hinge having second pivot means, and said first pivot means being weaker than said second pivot means, whereby when said second locking elements are moved from unlocked position, into locking position said first hinge will bend before said second hinge, whereby said cover and said base will securely support said bakery food.