A blank and carton that provides for efficient, cost-effective, sanitary packaging of food products such as breadsticks, chicken wings, pizza slices, and the like. Structural arrangements include (a) a flap-free side wall with a non-folding front-wall-engagement tab, (b) two mated blanks each having
A blank and carton that provides for efficient, cost-effective, sanitary packaging of food products such as breadsticks, chicken wings, pizza slices, and the like. Structural arrangements include (a) a flap-free side wall with a non-folding front-wall-engagement tab, (b) two mated blanks each having a side wall with a free rear end disposed at an acute angle to a bottom edge of the side wall, (c) a side-wall-locking ancillary panel for retaining a side wall of a carton in an upright position, (d) an article-retaining structure attached to a side wall, (e) three mated blanks each having an article-retaining structure attached to a side wall, with the blanks being matable in two mating relationships and alignable at the ends, (f) a closed carton having an article-retaining structure that's at least partially exposed to view, and (g) an article-retaining structure comprising a cup-holding panel attached to a top edge of a wall and having a hole-opening flap disposed in a downward-extending position and with an edge of the flap disposed in close proximity to the bottom panel, thereby providing support for the cup-holding panel.
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1. Mated first and second blanks formed from a single sheet of foldable material, each of the blanks being erectable into a wall-engaged carton having at least one flap-free side wall, each of the blanks being cut and scored to define:a bottom panel, a rear end wall hingedly attached to said bottom
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Mated first and second blanks formed from a single sheet of foldable material, each of the blanks being erectable into a wall-engaged carton having at least one flap-free side wall, each of the blanks being cut and scored to define:a bottom panel, a rear end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a free end, a cover comprising a full-length cover panel hingedly attached to said rear end wall and having a front edge and a first free side edge, a front wall structure opposing said rear end wall and comprising a front end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a free end, and a first side wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel at a bottom edge and comprising a free top edge, a free rear end disposed at an acute angle to said bottom edge, a free front end, and a non-folding front-wall-engagement tab projecting from said free front end, whereby said first side wall is free of attachment to any panel other than said bottom panel; the blanks being oriented in a mated relationship with the first side wall of each blank being disposed within a recess created by the first free side edge of the cover panel, the free end of the rear wall, and the free rear end of the first side wall of the other blank, and each of the blanks having opposite front and rear end edges formed by furthermost extremities of the blank, the opposite end edges of each blank being substantially aligned with the opposite end edges of the other blank. 2. The first and second blanks of claim 1, wherein each of the blanks further comprises:a second side wall opposing said first side wall and hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a non-folding front-wall-engagement tab projecting from a free front end of the side wall, and an article-retaining structure hingedly attached to said second side wall, whereby after each of the blanks is erected into said wall-engaged carton said article-retaining structure is capable of holding an article in a substantially fixed position. 3. The first and second blanks of claim 1 wherein:said front end wall of each of the blanks comprises a first tab-receiving opening having a side-wall-retaining outside edge, wherein said outside edge slopes inwardly from bottom to top. 4. Mated first and second blanks formed from a single sheet of foldable material, each of the blanks being erectable into a wall-engaged carton, each of the blanks being cut and scored to define:a bottom panel, a rear end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a free end, a cover comprising a full-length cover panel hingedly attached to said rear end wall and having a front edge and a first free side edge and a cover front flap hingedly attached to said front edge, a front wall structure opposing said rear end wall and comprising a front end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a free end and an ancillary panel hingedly attached to a top edge of said front end wall, and a first side wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel at a bottom edge and having a free rear end; the blanks being oriented in a mated relationship and each blank having opposite front and rear end edges formed by furthermost extremities of the blank, the opposite end edges of each blank being substantially aligned with the opposite end edges of the other blank, and the first side wall of each blank being disposed within a recess created by the first free side edge of the cover panel, the free end of the rear wall, and the free rear end of the first side wall of the other blank; wherein the free rear end of said first side wall is disposed at an acute angle to the bottom edge of the side wall. 5. The first and second blanks of claim 4, wherein each of the blanks further comprises:a second side wall opposing said first side wall and hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a free rear end disposed at an acute angle to the bottom edge of the side wall, and an article-retaining structure hingedly attached to said second side wall, whereby after each of the blanks is erected into said wall-engaged carton said article-retaining structure is capable of holding an article in a substantially fixed position. 6. A blank for a wall-engaged carton having a front wall erectable into first and second positions, said blank being of foldable material cut and scored to define:a bottom panel, opposing first and second side walls hingedly attached to said bottom panel and comprising respective first and second non-folding front-wall-engagement tabs projecting from respective first and second front ends of the side walls, the first and second tabs comprising respective first and second hook portions each having a front-wall-retainable inside edge, a front wall structure comprising a front end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and comprising opposing first and second tab-receiving openings having respective first and second side-wall-retaining outside edges, a rear end wall opposing said front end wall and hingedly attached to said bottom panel, and a cover comprising a cover panel hingedly attached to said rear end wall; said blank being erectable into (a) a partially-erected carton having the front end wall disposed in a first position and (b) a fully-erected carton having the front end wall disposed in a second position, said first position having said first and second non-folding front-wall-engagement tabs respectively disposed within said first and second tab-receiving openings and the front end wall disposed in contact with the front-wall-retainable inside edge of each of the tabs, said second position having said first and second non-folding front-wall-engagement tabs respectively disposed within said first and second tab-receiving openings and the front end wall disposed free of contact with the front-wall-retainable inside edge of each of the tabs. 7. A fully-erected wall-engaged carton made of foldable material and comprising:a bottom panel, a first side wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel at a bottom edge and having a top edge and opposing front and rear ends and comprising a non-folding end-wall-engagement tab projecting from at least one of the front end and the rear end, the tab comprising a hook portion having an end-wall-retainable inside edge, opposing front and rear end walls each hingedly attached to said bottom panel, at least one of the end walls comprising a tab-receiving opening having a side-wall-retaining outside edge, and a cover comprising a cover panel hingedly attached to said rear end wall and in a closed disposition on said carton; said non-folding end-wall-engagement tab being disposed within said tab-receiving opening and said first side wall being in contact with said side-wall-retaining outside edge, wherein said at least one of the front end wall and the rear end wall is free of contact with the end-wall-retainable inside edge of said non-folding end-wall-engagement tab. 8. The carton of claim 7 wherein:the top edge, the front end, and the rear end of said first side wall are free of attachment, whereby said first side wall is a flap-free side wall free of attachment to any panel other than said bottom panel. 9. The carton of claim 8 further comprising:a second side wall opposing said first side wall and hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a free rear end, and an article-retaining structure comprising a first panel hingedly attached to a top edge of said second side wall and having at least one cup-holder opening. 10. A fully-erected wall-engaged carton having a side-wall-locking front wall ancillary panel, said carton being made of foldable material and comprising:a bottom panel, a rear end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel, a cover comprising a cover panel hingedly attached to said rear end wall and having a front edge and opposing first and second free side edges, a first side wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel at a bottom edge and having a top edge, a rear end, and a free front end, and a front wall structure opposing said rear end wall and comprising a front end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and an ancillary panel hingedly attached to a top edge of said front end wall, said ancillary panel having opposing first and second end edges; wherein at least a portion of the first end edge of said ancillary panel is disposed interior to and in close proximity to said first side wall and lower than the top edge of said first side wall, whereby the first end edge prevents said first side wall from moving to a substantially inward-sloping angle when the side wall receives an inward-pushing force. 11. The carton of claim 10 wherein:said first end edge has another portion, said another portion being disposed exterior to the first side wall. 12. The carton of claim 10 wherein:at least one of said front end wall and said rear end wall is disposed at an acute angle to said bottom panel. 13. The carton of claim 10 wherein:both of said front end wall and said rear end wall are disposed at an acute angle to said bottom panel. 14. The carton of claim 10 wherein:said first side wall has a free rear end and at least a portion of said free rear end is disposed at an acute angle to the bottom edge of the side wall. 15. The carton of claim 10 wherein:the top edge and the rear end of said first side wall are free of attachment, whereby said first side wall is a flap-free side wall free of attachment to any panel other than said bottom panel. 16. The carton of claim 10 wherein:said first side wall comprises a non-folding front-wall-engagement tab projecting from the free front end of the side wall, said front end wall comprises a tab-receiving opening, and said non-folding front-wall-engagement tab is disposed within said tab-receiving opening. 17. The carton of claim 16 wherein:said tab-receiving opening has a swing flap hingedly attached to an inside edge of the opening and disposed at an oblique angle to said front end wall and in contact with said non-folding front-wall-engagement tab. 18. The carton of claim 16 wherein:said non-folding front-wall-engagement tab comprises a hook portion having a front-wall-retainable inside edge, the front end wall being disposed free of contact with said front-wall-retainable inside edge. 19. A carton having a unique tab-receiving opening, said carton being of foldable material and comprising:a bottom panel, a first wall comprising a non-folding wall-engagement tab projecting from an end of the first wall, and a second wall adjacent said first wall and having a bottom edge and comprising a tab-receiving opening having an inside edge and a wall-retaining outside edge opposing said inside edge and disposed laterally thereto; the non-folding wall-engagement tab being disposed within said tab-receiving opening and contacting said wall-retaining outside edge, wherein said wall-retaining outside edge is obliquely disposed to the bottom edge of said second wall, whereby the end of said first wall is disposed at an oblique angle to said bottom panel. 20. The carton of claim 19 wherein:said wall-retaining outside edge slopes inwardly from bottom to top, whereby the end of said first wall is caused to be disposed at an acute angle to said bottom panel. 21. Mated first and second blanks formed from a single sheet of foldable material, each of the blanks being erectable into a carton having at least one article-retaining structure, each of the blanks being cut and scored to define:a bottom panel, a rear end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel, a cover hingedly attached to said rear end wall, a front wall structure opposing said rear end wall and comprising a front end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel, a first side wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a free rear end disposed at an acute angle to said bottom edge, a second side wall opposing said first side wall and hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a free rear end disposed at an acute angle to said bottom edge, and an article-retaining structure hingedly attached to said second side wall and having an outermost edge and comprising a first panel hingedly attached to the top edge of said second side wall and a second panel hingedly attached to said first panel, said first panel having at least one cup-holder opening, whereby after each of the blanks is erected into said carton said article-retaining structure is capable of holding an article in a substantially fixed position; the blanks being oriented at one hundred eighty degrees from each other and disposed in one of a first and a second mated relationship, the first mated relationship having at least a portion of the top edge of the first side wall of the first blank facing an edge of the cover of the second blank, the second mated relationship having at least a portion of the outermost edge of the article-retaining structure of the first blank facing an edge of the cover of the second blank. 22. The first and second blanks of claim 21 wherein:the mated relationship between the blanks is the first mated relationship. 23. The first and second blanks of claim 21 wherein:the mated relationship between the blanks is the second mated relationship. 24. The first and second blanks of claim 21 wherein:each of the blanks has opposite front and rear end edges formed by furthermost extremities of the blank, the opposite end edges of each blank being substantially aligned with the opposite end edges of the other blank. 25. The first and second blanks of claim 21 wherein:said article-retaining structure of each of the blanks is engagable with at least one of said rear end wall and said front wall structure after the blank has been erected into said carton. 26. The first and second blanks of claim 21 wherein:said at least one cup-holder opening of each of the blanks comprises one hole-opening flap hingedly attached to an edge of the opening. 27. The first and second blanks of claim 21 wherein:said at least one cup-holder opening of each of the blanks comprises multiple hole-opening flaps each hingedly attached to an edge of the opening. 28. The first and second blanks of claim 21 wherein:the cover of each of the blanks comprises a cover panel having a front edge and a free side edge disposed on a same side of the blank as said article-retaining structure. 29. The first and second blanks of claim 28 wherein:the cover panel of each of the blanks has a predetermined left-to-right width and the bottom panel of each of the blanks has a predetermined left-to-right width, and the predetermined left-to-right width of the cover panel is substantially less than the predetermined left-to-right width of the bottom panel, whereby after each blank has been erected into a closed carton at least a portion of said article-retaining structure is exposed to view. 30. Mated first, second, and third blanks formed from a single sheet of foldable material, each of the blanks being erectable into a carton having at least one article-retaining structure, each of the blanks being cut and scored to define:a bottom panel, a rear end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel, a cover hingedly attached to said rear end wall, a front wall structure opposing said rear end wall and comprising a front end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel, a first side wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and having a top edge, a second side wall opposing said first side wall and hingedly attached to said bottom panel, and an article-retaining structure hingedly attached to said second side wall and having an outermost edge, whereby after each of the blanks is erected into said carton said article-retaining structure is capable of holding an article in a substantially fixed position; the blanks being oriented in a mated configuration wherein, at least a portion of the top edge of the first side wall of the first blank faces an edge of the cover of the second blank, and at least a portion of the outermost edge of the article-retaining structure of the second blank faces an edge of the cover of the third blank. 31. The first, second, and third blanks of claim 30 wherein:each of the blanks has opposite front and rear end edges formed by furthermost extremities of the blank, the opposite end edges of each blank being substantially aligned with the opposite end edges of the other blanks. 32. A blank for a carton having at least one article-retaining structure, said blank being of foldable material cut and scored to define:a bottom panel, a rear end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel, a cover hingedly attached to said rear end wall, a front wall structure opposing said rear end wall and comprising a front end wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel, opposing first and second side walls hingedly attached to said bottom panel, and an article-retaining structure comprising a plurality of interconnected panels consisting of a first panel hingedly attached to a top edge of said second side wall and a second panel hingedly attached to said first panel, said article-retaining structure having at least one cup-holder opening. 33. The blank of claim 32 wherein:said article-retaining structure is engagable with at least one of said rear end wall and said front wall structure after the blank has been erected into said carton. 34. The blank of claim 32 wherein:said at least one cup-holder opening comprises one hole-opening flap hingedly attached to an edge of the opening. 35. The blank of claim 32 wherein:said at least one cup-holder opening comprises multiple hole-opening flaps each hingedly attached to an edge of the opening. 36. The blank of claim 32 wherein:said cover comprises a cover panel having at least one free side edge, the cover panel and the bottom panel each has a predetermined left-to-right width, and the predetermined left-to-right width of the cover panel is substantially less than the predetermined left-to-right width of the bottom panel, whereby after the blank has been erected into a closed carton at least a portion of said article-retaining structure is exposed to view. 37. The blank of claim 32 wherein:said cover panel has opposing first and second free side edges. 38. A fully-erected closed carton having an exposed article-retaining structure, said carton being of foldable material and comprising:a bottom panel, opposing first and second side walls attached to said bottom panel, opposing front and rear end walls attached to said bottom panel, an article-retaining structure comprising a first panel attached to a top edge of one of the first and second side walls and disposed substantially parallel to said bottom panel, said first panel having at least one cup-holder opening, and a cover attached to said rear end wall and comprising a cover panel disposed substantially parallel to said bottom panel and of a configuration wherein at least a portion of the first panel of said article-retaining structure is free of coverage by said cover panel and said cover panel overlies a portion of said at least one cup-holder opening and another portion of said at least one cup-holder opening is free of coverage by said cover panel, whereby when said cup-holder opening contains a sauce cup a portion of the top of the sauce cup is exposed to view while, concurrently, the sauce cup is prevented from coming out of the opening by the cover panel. 39. The carton of claim 38 wherein:said rear end wall is disposed at an acute angle to said bottom panel. 40. A fully-erected carton having an article-retaining structure, said carton being of foldable material and comprising:a bottom panel, a rear end wall attached to said bottom panel, a cover attached to said rear end wall, a front wall structure opposing said rear end wall and comprising a front end wall attached to said bottom panel, opposing first and second side walls attached to said bottom panel, and an article-retaining structure comprising a plurality of interconnected panels consisting of a first panel attached to a top edge of said second side wall and disposed substantially parallel to said bottom panel and a second panel attached to said first panel and disposed substantially perpendicular thereto, said first panel having at least one cup-holder opening. 41. The carton of claim 40 wherein:said article-retaining structure is engaged with at least one of said rear end wall and said front wall structure, whereby said article-retaining structure is held in a substantially fixed position. 42. The carton of claim 40 wherein:said at least one cup-holder opening comprises one hole-opening flap hingedly attached to an edge of the opening. 43. The carton of claim 40 wherein:said at least one cup-holder opening comprises multiple hole-opening flaps each hingedly attached to an edge of the opening. 44. The carton of claim 40 wherein:the cover comprises a cover panel having at least one free side edge, the cover panel and the bottom panel each has a predetermined left-to-right width, and the predetermined left-to-right width of the cover panel is substantially less than the predetermined left-to-right width of the bottom panel, whereby at least a portion of said article-retaining structure is exposed to view. 45. The carton of claim 40 wherein:said rear end wall has a predetermined left-to-right width and said bottom panel has a predetermined left-to-right width, the predetermined left-to-right width of said rear end wall being less than the predetermined left-to-right width of said bottom panel, whereby a portion of a rear side of said carton is open. 46. A blank for a carton having a unique tab-receiving opening, said blank being of foldable material cut and scored to define:a bottom panel, a first wall hingedly attached to said bottom panel and comprising a non-folding wall-engagement tab projecting from an end of the first wall, and a second wall adjacent said first wall and hingedly attached to said bottom panel at a bottom edge and having a top edge opposing said bottom edge, said second wall comprising a tab-receiving opening having an inside edge and a wall-retaining outside edge opposing said inside edge and disposed laterally thereto; wherein said wall-retaining outside edge slopes inwardly from bottom to top. 47. A fully-erected carton made of foldable material and comprising:a bottom panel, a rear end wall attached to said bottom panel and having a free end, a front wall structure opposing said rear end wall and comprising a front end wall attached to said bottom panel and having a free end and an ancillary panel attached to a top edge of said front end wall, a first side wall disposed adjacent said rear end wall and attached to said bottom panel at a bottom edge and having a free rear end, and a cover comprising a full-length cover panel attached to said rear end wall and having a front edge and a first free side edge and a cover front flap hingedly attached to said front edge, said cover panel overlying a top edge of said first side wall; wherein the free rear end of said first side wall is disposed at an acute angle to the bottom edge of the side wall.
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