Inventors:
Donald E. Pizzolato - Piscataway NJ
International Classification:
B65D 570, A45C 1120
Abstract:
A carton for hot foods in which the bottom wall of the carton comprises a plurality of layers which enclose therebetween a plurality of void spaces that serve to limit the conduction of heat from hot foods positioned on the upper surface of the bottom wall of the carton to a cold surface on which the bottom surface of the bottom wall rests. The void spaces may take the form of a plurality of generally conical dimples depressed into the lower layer of the bottom wall, or may take the form of elongated V-shaped grooves or furrows depressed into the lower layer of the bottom wall.