US 12,378,033 B2
Tray for food products
Lee Nowak, Leicestershire (GB); and Elliot Hithersay, Derbyshire (GB)
Assigned to Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Graphic Packaging International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,312.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/339,628, filed on May 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/341,711, filed on May 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356876 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 5/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/18 (2013.01) 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tray for holding at least one food product, the tray comprising:
a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the tray and comprising a bottom panel, a front panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a back panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, and a top panel foldably connected to one of the front panel and the back panel;
a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps at least partially overlapped to form at least one closed end of the tray; and
wherein the top panel includes a flange having a base region proximate the front panel and proximate the back panel, the flange extending outwardly from the front panel and from the back panel to a distal region.