Pie crust package and method of packaging

Claim 1

A PIE CRUST SHIPPING PACKAGE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF A PLURALITY OF PREFORMED PIE CRUSTS EACH OF WHICH IS CONTAINED IN AN INDIVIDUAL PIE PAN WHEREIN THE PANS HAVE A BOTTOM SURROUNDED BY AN UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FLARING WALL AND THE CRUST CONFORMS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PAN, SAID PACKAGING COMPRISING: (A) A RIGID BOX-LIKE RECEPTACLE HAVING A BOTTOM AND SURROUNDING WALLS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM, (B) THE BOTTOM OF THE RECEPTACLE HAVING A CAVITY THEREIN OF A SHAPE AND SIZE INTO WHICH ONE OF SAID PANS WILL SNUGLY FIT, (C) A RIGED COVER FOR THE RECEPTACLE THAT INTERFITS WITH AND RESTS ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE RECEPTACLE WALLS, (D) SAID COVER HAVING AN ABUTMENT ON THEUNDER FACE THEREOF PROJECTING THEREFROM A DISTANCE AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE DEPTH OF ONE OF THE PIE PANS AND A SHAPE AND SIZE TO FIT AND SNUGLY NEST INO ONE OF SAID PANS SO THAT IT MAY BEAR AGAINST THE BOTTOM AND SIDE WALL OF SUCH A PAN, (E) A STACK OF PIE PANS WITH THE FORMED CRUSTS THEREIN WITH THE BOTTOM PAN OF THE STACKS RECEIVED IN THE CAVITY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RECEPTACLE, (F) SAID STACK OF PIE PANS WITH THE CRUSTS THEREIN BEING COMPACTED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE RECEPTACLE AND THE COVER INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID COLUMN IN WHICH THE PANS AND CRUSTS ARE HELD AGAINST RELATIVE MOVEMENT, AND (G) MEANS FOR RELEASABLE SECURING THE COVER ON THE RECEPTACLE.