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A male thermoformed package hinge includes two sides, each having opposed ends extending therebetween. The hinge has a triangular cross-section, the sides intersecting at outer ends thereof and thus forming the apex of the triangular cross-sections. The hinge also has opposed flanges, extending subs

A male thermoformed package hinge includes two sides, each having opposed ends extending therebetween. The hinge has a triangular cross-section, the sides intersecting at outer ends thereof and thus forming the apex of the triangular cross-sections. The hinge also has opposed flanges, extending substantially horizontally away from the lower ends of the sides in opposed directions when the hinge is positioned as on a male mold on which it is thermoformed, in which molding position the apex of the triangular cross-section of the hinge points away from the mold, and an imaginary line drawn from the first flange to the second flange forms the base of the triangular cross-section.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] The combination of a thermoformed package having at least one product cavity and an integral thermoformed hinge (12); the thermoformed hinge comprising: a first side (X) and a second side (Z), the first side having a first end and a second end, the first side extending be

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] The combination of a thermoformed package having at least one product cavity and an integral thermoformed hinge (12); the thermoformed hinge comprising: a first side (X) and a second side (Z), the first side having a first end and a second end, the first side extending between the first end and the second end of the first side, the second side having a first end and second end, the second side extending between the first end and the second end of the second side, the thermoformed hinge having a triangular cross-section when the thermoformed package is in a completely open position, the first side of the hinge and the second side of the hinge intersecting with each other at the respective first ends thereof and thus forming an apex (12A) of the triangular cross-section, the thermoformed hinge also having a first flange (W) and a second flange (Z), connected to the first side of the hinge and the second side of the hinge, respectively, and being positioned so that the first flange extends substantially horizontally from the second end of the first side of the hinge and the second flange extends in the same plane as the first flange, substantially horizontally from the second end of the second side of the hinge, in a direction opposite that in which the first flange extends when the thermoformed package and the hinge are positioned in a fully open position, with a product cavity of the package opening downwardly, the apex formed by the intersecting respective first ends of the first side and the second side of the hinge pointing substantially upwardly, and a line drawn from the point of intersection of the second end of the first side of the hinge with the first flange of the hinge to the point of intersection of the second end of the second side of the hinge with the second flange of the hinge forms the base of the triangular cross-section of the hinge.