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A pizza box lid has a plastic support device centrally mounted to its underside. The device has a mounting portion adhesively attached to the lid, and a post portion which is originally coplanar with the mounting portion and flat against the underside of the lid. The post portion has two panels, one

A pizza box lid has a plastic support device centrally mounted to its underside. The device has a mounting portion adhesively attached to the lid, and a post portion which is originally coplanar with the mounting portion and flat against the underside of the lid. The post portion has two panels, one of the two panels being hinged to the mounting portion and the other panel being hinged to the one panel. The entire support is formed from one homogeneous piece of material which is appropriately scored to define the hingedly connected mounting and panel portions. The post portion is folded about the hinge relative to the mounting portion and away from the lid to an erect position generally perpendicular to the lid, and then one panel is folded relative to the other panel so as to prop the panels perpendicular to the lid whereby they serve as a support post to prevent the lid from sagging when the lid is closed.

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In a box lid having a lower surface, a lid support comprising: a planar mounting portion contacting and attached to the lower surface of the lid; a support post having a proximal end hingedly connected to the mounting portion and having a distal end which is located a distance from the mounting port

In a box lid having a lower surface, a lid support comprising: a planar mounting portion contacting and attached to the lower surface of the lid; a support post having a proximal end hingedly connected to the mounting portion and having a distal end which is located a distance from the mounting portion, and wherein the support post has an initial position that is coplanar with the mounting portion and has a lid supporting position that is folded downward from the lower surface of the lid into a self-sustaining configuration abutting and projecting downward from the lower surface to maintain the distal end of the support post away from the lid; and, wherein the support post includes two generally triangular portions, one triangular portion having a first base edge hingedly connected to the mounting portion and having a first side edge, the other triangular portion having a second side edge common with the first side edge, the other triangular portion being foldable at the second side edge to an acute angle with the one triangular portion, the other triangular portion having a second base edge abuttingly engageable with the lower surface of the lid to establish and maintain a locked position wherein the one triangular portion is generally perpendicular to the lower surface of the lid.