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An interactive food serving package (10) formed from a blank (B) of paperboard has a tray (11) with openings (19) for receiving items, and a combined lid and game piece (12) detachably connected to the tray. The tray has front and back walls (13, 14), opposite end walls (16, 17), a bottom wall (15)

An interactive food serving package (10) formed from a blank (B) of paperboard has a tray (11) with openings (19) for receiving items, and a combined lid and game piece (12) detachably connected to the tray. The tray has front and back walls (13, 14), opposite end walls (16, 17), a bottom wall (15) and a top wall (18). The front and back walls are pivotally connected to the top and bottom walls, and the end walls comprise releasably interlocking end closure flaps (24, 25 and 46, 47), whereby the tray may be moved between a flattened condition with the top and bottom walls lying flat against one another, and an open expanded condition with the top and bottom walls in spaced parallel relationship. Cuts made in the top wall define a plurality of partition panels (29, 30 and 36, 37) extending perpendicularly between the top and bottom walls in the expanded condition, and including at least one transverse partition panel (36, 37) holding the tray in the expanded position.

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What is claimed is: 1. A pre-assembled compartmented food package that may be stored and shipped in a flattened condition and erected into an expanded and operative condition at the point of use, comprising: a shallow rectangular tray portion having front and back walls, opposite end walls, a top w

What is claimed is: 1. A pre-assembled compartmented food package that may be stored and shipped in a flattened condition and erected into an expanded and operative condition at the point of use, comprising: a shallow rectangular tray portion having front and back walls, opposite end walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, each of said end walls comprising releasably interengaged end closure flaps, and said front and back walls being pivotably connected at top and bottom edges thereof to the top wall and bottom wall, respectively, whereby said front and back walls may be pivoted to collapse said top and bottom walls on top of one another to flatten said tray portion for storage and shipment in the flattened condition, or to move said top and bottom walls apart to expand said tray portion for use in the expanded and operative condition, said top wall having at least one opening therein for holding an object, said at least one opening being formed by a cut in the top wall that defines a transverse partition panel which is foldable into generally perpendicular relationship to the top and bottom walls and to the front and back walls; wherein there are also plural openings in the top wall, formed by cuts that define a longitudinal partition panel which is foldable into generally perpendicular relationship to the top and bottom walls and to said transverse partition panel, such that the edges of said transverse partition panel, when it is folded, frictionally engage against (a) the bottom wall and (b) between (i) one of the front and back walls and (ii) said longitudinal partition panel to hold the tray portion in the expanded and operative condition. 2. The food package as recited in claim 1, wherein: said longitudinal partition panel is connected along a hinge line at one edge thereof to the top wall, and a narrow foot flange on an opposite edge is adhesively secured to the bottom wall. 3. The food package as recited in claim 1, wherein: there are two transverse partition panel arranged in opposed relationship to one another, said transverse partition panels being arranged to be spaced from one another when they are folded. 4. The food package as recited in claim 1, wherein: there are two longitudinal partition panels arranged in parallel, spaced relationship to one another when they are folded. 5. The food package as recited in claim 1, wherein: a glue flap is hinged along an edge of the top wall, said glue flap being adhesively secured to said back wall so that said top wall lies parallel to said bottom wall, and said front and back walls lie parallel to one another. 6. The food package as recited in claim 1, wherein: said end closure flaps of each end wall include a first end closure flap which is foldably attached along one edge to an end edge of the bottom wall, and a second end closure flap which is foldably attached along one edge to an end edge of the top wall. 7. The food package as recited in claim 6, wherein: said first end closure flap has a free edge opposite the edge attached to the bottom wall, and an elongated central notch is formed in the free edge of said first end closure flap, defining a pair of outwardly projecting tabs at opposite ends of said free edge; said second end closure flap has a free edge opposite the edge attached to the top wall, an outwardly projecting central tongue on said free edge, and a sloping shoulder extending from a base of the tongue to opposite corners of the top wall; and each of said end walls are formed by folding said first end closure flap and said second end closure flap inwardly against one another to extend the central tongue on the second end closure flap through the central notch and behind the first end closure flap, and engage the tabs at opposite sides of said first end closure flap behind the sloping shoulders of the second end closure flap. 8. The food package as recited in claim 1, wherein: a lid is pivotably connected along one edge to a top edge of said back wall for opening and closing movement relative to the tray portion. 9. The food package as recited in claim 8, wherein: said lid is of double wall construction, imparting stiffness and durability to it. 10. The food package as recited in claim 8, wherein: said lid comprises a game piece which is usable apart from its use as a lid to cover the tray portion. 11. The food package as recited in claim 8, wherein: said lid is detachable from said tray portion along a perforated hinge line. 12. A one piece paperboard blank for forming a food package that can be stored and shipped in a flattened condition and opened to an expanded and operative condition at the point of use, comprising: a rectangular bottom-wall-forming panel having opposite, parallel, first and second side edges and opposite, parallel, first and second end edges; a narrow rectangular back-wall-forming panel having opposite, parallel, first and second edges, and connected along a fold line at the first edge thereof to the first side edge of the bottom-wall-forming panel; a first rectangular lid-forming panel having opposite, parallel, first and second side edges, and connected along a fold line at the first side edge thereof to the second edge of the back-wall-forming panel; a second rectangular lid-forming panel having opposite, parallel, first and second side edges, and connected along a fold line at the first side edge thereof to the second side edge of the first lid-forming panel, said first and second lid-forming panels being adapted to be folded into overlying relationship with one another and adhesively secured together to form a double thickness lid; a narrow rectangular front-wall-forming panel having opposite, parallel, first and second edges, and connected along a fold line at the first edge thereof to the second side edge of the bottom-wall-forming panel; a rectangular top-wall-forming panel having opposite, parallel, first and second side edges and opposite, parallel, first and second end edges, and connected along a fold line at the first side edge thereof to the second edge of the front-wall-forming panel; a glue flap foldably connected along one edge to the second side edge of the top-wall-forming panel; a first end closure flap foldably connected to each of the first and second end edges of the bottom-wall-forming panel; and a second end closure flap foldably connected to each of the first and second end edges of the top-wall-forming panel, said first and second end closure flaps being adapted to be folded into interlocking relationship with one another when the blank is erected to form a package; wherein a plurality of cuts are made in said top-wall-forming panel, which, when the package is erected from the blank, define a plurality of openings in said top-wall-forming panel for receiving an item, and also define a plurality of partition panels, and when the blank is folded and erected to form the package, said top-wall-forming panel and said bottom-wall-forming panel are disposed in spaced parallel relationship to one another, with at least one of said partition panels extending perpendicularly between said top-wall-forming panel and said bottom-wall-forming panel, with said glue flap adhesively secured to said front-wall-forming panel; and wherein said plurality of partition panels includes a first partition panel that extends parallel to the opposite side edges of the top-wall-forming panel and a second partition panel that extends transverse to the first partition panel, and said second partition panel having dimensions such that when the blank is erected to form the package, opposite side edges of the second partition panel frictionally engage between the first partition panel and the front-wall-forming panel or the back-wall-forming to hold the package in the expanded and operative condition.