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A stackable articulated carton tray apparatus for flat food products, particularly pizza pies, capable of being stacked in multiple quantities upon one another such that the bottom panel or an upper carton apparatus forms the cover for the adjacent lower carton apparatus. The carton apparatus is fur

A stackable articulated carton tray apparatus for flat food products, particularly pizza pies, capable of being stacked in multiple quantities upon one another such that the bottom panel or an upper carton apparatus forms the cover for the adjacent lower carton apparatus. The carton apparatus is further joinable in a manner so as to prevent the shifting and separation of the stacked carton apparata during transport. The carton apparatus includes an octagonal bottom panel, side walls and detachable top panel for the uppermost one of several carton trays. Emanating from the side walls are alignment and interlock flaps for aligining and releasably joining multiple ones of the carton tray apparatus in a stacked configuration.

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A stackable articulated carton tray apparatus for flat food products, particularly pizza pies, which apparatus is capable of being stacked in successively adjacent multiple quantities upon one another such that a bottom panel of an upper carton apparatus forms a cover for an adjacent lower carton ap

A stackable articulated carton tray apparatus for flat food products, particularly pizza pies, which apparatus is capable of being stacked in successively adjacent multiple quantities upon one another such that a bottom panel of an upper carton apparatus forms a cover for an adjacent lower carton apparatus, and joinable in a manner so as to prevent the shifting and separation of the stacked carton apparatuses during transport, to thereby enable the packaging of multiple pizza pies without the additional material, expense and labor incurred in providing each pizza pie with its own complete container, said apparatus comprising: bottom panel means for forming a bottom to each said carton tray apparatus; a first pair of upstanding opposite first and second side wall means operably attached to and emanating upwardly from said bottom panel means for forming at least two of the side walls of said carton tray apparatus; a second pair of upstanding opposite third and fourth side wall means operably attached to and emanating upwardly from said bottom panel means for forming at least two of the side walls of said carton tray apparatus; tray locking means operably positioned on one or more of said respective upstanding first, second, third and fourth side wall means emanating upwardly from said bottom panel means, for maintaining said first, second, third and fourth side wall in a restrained articulated shape; a plurality of corner panel means attached at opposite ends of one or more of said first and second pairs of side wall means and further attached to an adjacent edge of said bottom panel means for forming substantially diagonal corner wall means upon articulation of said carton apparatus; corner tab means operably attached to said plurality of corner panel means along substantially continuous corner tab fold edges therebetween, said corner tab means being restrainably interposed between adjacent respective ones of said one or more first, second, third and fourth side wall means upon the articulation of said carton apparatus, by said tray locking means, toward formation and maintenance of a substantially rigid articulated tray member; stacking means emanating from one or more of said first, second, third and fourth side wall means for aligning and releasably joining multiple like ones of said carton tray apparatuses in stacked configuration; and detachable cover panel means operably positionable upon the uppermost one of a plurality of said like tray members, as a top closure to the food product positioned within said uppermost tray member.