Frozen food tray

Claim 1

A tray for storing and reheating food comprising a centrally located base portion having a pair of sides and a pair of ends; opposing inner and outer side-wall panels; said side-wall panels connected therebetween by a rim portion to form spaced apart hollow side walls formed on each side of said base portion said inner side-wall panels being hingedly connected and perpendicular to said base portion; said inner side-wall panels having hingedly connected thereto said rim portion which lies parallel to said base portion; said rim portion having hingedly connected thereto said outer side-wall panels on the side opposite said inner side-wall panels; said outer side-wall panels having hingedly connected on the outer edge thereof an elongate flap; said elongate flap being adhesively secured to the underside of said base portion; opposing inner and outer end-wall panels formed on each end of said base portion; said inner end-wall panels being hingedly connected and perperdicular to said base portion; said outer end-wall panels being hingedly connected to said inner end-wall panels; said outer end-wall panels having hingedly connected on the outer edge thereof a narrow flap; said narrow flap being adhesively secured to the underside of said base portion; corner web-like folds hingedly connected and positioned between said inner side-wall panels and said inner end-wall panels; said corner folds having a scoreline in the central portion thereof for folding the interior surfaces of the corner folds against each other; securing flaps formed on said outer side-wall panels; said securing flaps being folded over and disaposed adjacent said corner folds; interior and exterior portions of said tray being formed from foil laminated paperboard; a separate one-piece lid being adhesively secured to the package; said lid having a generally triangular-shaped, reverse cut tear-out portion, and said tear-out portion having a partially glued protuberance at one end thereof.