Abstract: A plate for permitting the attachment of an inverted plate on the top of another bottom plate for protectively carrying items such as food stuffs between. The plate includes a plate having top and bottom faces, a base and a lip extending around the base of the plate. The lip has a plurality of separation lines therethrough between the top and bottom faces of the plate. Each separation line of the lip forms a tab and defines a corresponding hole through the plate. Each of the tabs of the lip is outwardly deflectable from both the top and bottom faces of the plate.