Food container with lid closure having a stand feature

Claim 1

A container for a packaged item adapted to stand on its sidewall in a vertically aligned position on a shelf thereby allowing presentation of a major face to the consumer without requiring an outer carton and which subsequent to opening can be partially reclosed, comprising: A. a tray for supporting the item having a rear major surface, an open major face opposite the rear major surface and a continuous sidewall having a top edge B. a lid closure fabricated from a single flexible material piece having a lid panel having an outside and inside major surface and upper and lower ends overlaying the open face and extending over the top edge surface, means for supporting the tray in said vertically aligned position, said means being integrally connected to said lid panel proximate the sidewall, said lid panel being hingedly connected to the support means, adhesive means for releasably attaching said lid panel to the top edge surface of the tray, a means for controllably opening the lid closure, wherein the means for supporting the tray, the plurality of panels includes a base panel hingedly connected to the lid panel along a first common transverse fold line and wherein the base panel is in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the lid panel, a rear panel hingedly connected to the base panel along a second common transverse fold line and wherein the rear panel is in the plane as the tray rear face, and at least one support panel hingedly connected to the rear panel along a third common fold line, said support panel having at least a portion being adhesively secured to the outside of the tray sidewall.