TWO-PIECE PIZZA BOX COMPRISING AN OUTWARD SLOPING BASE AND A TABBED LID

摘要

2133419 9319989 PCTABS00027 A two-piece container for pizza or the like. The base (12) includes a first pair of opposite side walls (16) having end flaps. A second pair of opposite side walls (18) are each folded to have an outer portion and an inner portion with at least one tab on the terminal edge thereof for engaging a slot in the bottom wall. The end flaps are received between the inner and outer portions. Cut-outs (66) are provided in the second pair of side walls for securely receiving tabs (32) of the lid (22) between the inner and outer portions. A pizza container having raised bottom wall portions for air circulation underneath a pizza is also disclosed. This allows single-face corrugated inserts to be eliminated for cost savings. The container is also disclosed as being composed of corrugated cardboard with fold-line means in the bottom wall and the first pair of side walls midway between the second pair of side walls for folding the base in half for disposal.