Abstract: A food container formed from a foldable blank of corrugated cardboard into a box-like configuration for transport of a food product therein such as pizza. The food container includes upper and lower portions which are swingable towards and away from one another to define closed and open configurations of the box. The lower portion of the container has a generally planar bottom wall from which a pair of elongate side walls and front and rear side walls fold upwardly and angle outwardly relative thereto. The angled orientation of the side walls permits nesting of partially assembled containers one within the other in a vertically stacked configuration. The upper portion of the container includes a generally planar top wall from which a pair of side walls fold downwardly along side edges thereof. Each of these side walls includes an outwardly projecting locking tab which engages within a correspondingly located rear slot formed in the lower portion.

Abstract: A wrapper-type box for transporting a sandwich. The box is formed from a one-piece flat blank of stiff but foldable cardboard. The blank has a main part with a plurality of parallel fold lines which divide the main part into four adjacent side walls. The main part is folded about the fold lines to assume an elongate tubular body of rectangular configuration. An edge flap and a top wall overlap and have cooperating locking tabs and slots to secure the main part in an assembled condition The edge flap also has a looplike handle formed therein. The one-piece blank also includes a pair of flaps associated with and projecting outwardly from each end. To effect closure of the end of the tubular body, the pair of flaps are folded inwardly into the box interior through a sufficient angle so that a tab on one flap passes over the other flap and projects into a slot provided on the other flap.

Abstract: A pallet assembly made of a web of corrugated paperboard and providing a flat deck, a pair of parallel stringers for supporting the pallet on the ground, and flaps associated with the stringer sidewalls and folded to project interiorly of the stringer to strengthen the pallet and form openings for receiving the horizontal support bars of a forklift truck. The pallet assembly may have one or more additional stringers provided thereon. Additional flaps can also be provided to achieve additional strengthening effects. The stringer can be constructed as a separate element for attachment to a suitable deck or box to create a pallet-like construction.

Abstract: A one-piece, top opening, container which is preferably made of multiply corrugated cardboard. The container comprises a pair of opposed end wall panels and a pair of opposed side wall panels foldably joined together to form a tubular structure, and top and bottom closures for closing opposite ends of the container. The bottom closure comprises at least one object support or platform which projects upwardly into the container and is adapted for supporting the object that is to be packaged therein. The object support includes foldably joined panel sections and it has an edge which is joined by a fold line to one of the wall panels of the container so that the panel sections of the support can lie substantially flat against the lower portion of the one end wall panel when the container is in a knockdown condition. The top closure comprises at least one restraint wall which extends across the interior of the container at a location spaced downwardly from the upper end thereof.