Snack tray carton

Claim 1

A compartmented snack tray adapted to be folded from a substantially flat piece of foldable paperboard or similar sheetlike material, said snack tray comprising: a substantially rectangular bottom panel having parallel front and back edges, and parallel side edges arranged perpendicular to said front and back edges; a front wall panel, rectangular in shape, hingedly connected to said bottom panel and oriented perpendicular to said bottom panel in an upright position, said front panel having a predetermined height; front panel tuck flaps hingedly connected to the lateral sides of said front panel and folded inwardly to a position parallel with said side edges of said bottom panel; a rectangular back panel formed in height greater than said front panel and hingedly connected to said back edge of said bottom panel and oriented in an upright position perpendicular to said bottom panel; back panel tuck flaps hingedly connected to each lateral edge of said back panel, said back panel tuck flaps having an angled portion on the top edge thereof terminating in a rectangular area of said back panel tuck flaps formed in height substantially equal to the height of said front panel, said back panel tuck flaps folded inwardly to lie parallel with said side edges of said bottom panel; a compartmented snack tray platform, substantially rectangular in shape, hingedly connected to said front panel along that edge parallel and opposite to said bottom panel, said platform having formed on the remaining three sides thereof spacer support flaps which are folded down to space said platform a predetermined distance away from said bottom panel; locking flaps hingedly connected to said side edges of said bottom panel having a first side wall section folded upwardly on the outside of said front and back panel tuck flaps and an inwardly folding locking section foldable over and into overlapping relationship with the inside of said front and back panel tuck flaps to lock the tray in the erected position and retain said snack tray platform in parallel position spaced from said bottom panel; said side panel locking flaps having an angled portion in said first section to space said second locking section away from said angled portion in said back panel tuck flap; and a snack tray cover including a top panel formed in size substantially equal to said bottom panel; said top panel having front and side tuck-in flaps adapted to be folded inwardly and be tucked in when said top panel is folded over said carton, said top panel flaps resting inwardly of said front panel and said bottom panel side flaps.