Abstract: An all-plastic food cover is described that includes mirror image front and back L-shaped panels. The L-shaped panels are cantilevered from a fixed central roof lateral by means of an articulated, segmented hinge. Since the roof lateral is integrally formed between and is a part of the upright side panels (forming an unitary subassembly) and inasmuch as the particular elements of the hinge are individually molded and then pressure mounted together by hand in segments, the invention can be easily assembled, disassembled and reassembled without tools.The hinge is segmented and includes a pair of support members that are each Cee-shaped in cross section. The support members are open along their full elongated length to form coextensive front and back passageways that permit entry of enlarged lips of the L-shaped front and back panels therein.

Abstract: A nearly all-plastic food cover is described. It includes a pair of upright side panels resting upon a substantially horizontal base such a table or the like, and a pair of mirror image front and back L-shaped panels.The side panels each has a pair of oppositely canted, stops molded in its side wall. Each stop is equi-spaced about a working plane normal to both side panels and the horizontal base.Each L-shaped panel includes an upright, wall segment that rests upon the horizontal base in the closed position of the food cover, and a roof segment that is canted in mirror image fashion about a plastic spider hinge coincident with the working plane. The canted roof segments are designed to be supported upon the canted stops of the side panels in both the full closed and half-open positions of the food cover.