Flip open package with tiered compartments

Abstract

The present invention includes a package for holding one or more comestible products having a first compartment and a second compartment extending from, and rotatable with respect to, the first compartment. The package has a closed position where the first and second compartments are substantially coplanar with each other and an open position wherein the second compartment lies in an adjacent overlapping tiered relation to the first compartment. A cover extends from the second compartment and overlies at least a portion of the first and second compartments when the package is in the closed position.

1 . A package for holding one or more comestible products comprising:
 a first compartment and a second compartment extending from, and rotatable with respect to, the first compartment, the package having a closed position wherein the first and second compartments are substantially coplanar with each other and an open position wherein the second compartment lies in an adjacent overlapping tiered relation to the first compartment; and   a cover extending from the second compartment, the cover overlying at least a portion of the first and second compartments when the package is in the closed position.   
     
     
         2 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the first compartment has a first opening and the second compartment has a second opening, the first and second openings facing each other in the closed position. 
     
     
         3 . The package of  claim 2 , wherein the cover overlies the first and second openings when the package is in the closed position. 
     
     
         4 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the first compartment has a first opening and the second compartment has a second opening, the first and second openings facing in the same direction in the opened position. 
     
     
         5 . The package of  claim 4 , wherein the first and second openings are vertically and laterally offset from one another in the open position. 
     
     
         6 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the package is formed from a single continuous piece of material. 
     
     
         7 . A package for holding one or more comestible products comprising:
 a first compartment having a first wall portion; and   a second compartment having a second wall portion, the first and second wall portions being pivotally configured so that the first compartment and the second compartment are configured to rotate with respect to the other between a closed position of the package and an open position of the package, the first and second wall portions being substantially coplanar when the package is in the closed position and the second wall portion being folded over and against the first wall portion so that the second wall portion at least partially overlaps the first wall portion when the package is in the open position such that the first compartment forms a first tier and the second compartment forms a second tier.   
     
     
         8 . The package of  claim 7 , wherein the first compartment has a first opening and the second compartment has a second opening, the first and second openings facing each other in the closed position. 
     
     
         9 . The package of  claim 8  further comprising a cover extending from the second compartment, the cover overlying the first and second openings when the package is in the closed position. 
     
     
         10 . The package of  claim 7 , wherein the first compartment has a first opening and the second compartment has a second opening, the first and second openings facing in the same direction in the opened position. 
     
     
         11 . The package of  claim 10 , wherein the first and second openings are vertically and laterally offset from one another in the open position. 
     
     
         12 . The package of  claim 7 , wherein the package is formed from a single piece of material. 
     
     
         13 . The package of  claim 7 , wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are formed from a common wall. 
     
     
         14 . A method of forming a package for holding one or more comestible products comprising:
 obtaining a continuously formed blank; and   forming a first and second compartment from the blank, the second compartment extending from, and rotatable with respect to, the first compartment, the package having a closed position wherein the first and second compartments are substantially coplanar with each other and an open position wherein the second compartment lies in an adjacent overlapping tiered relation to the first compartment.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the blank includes a first front wall section, a first back wall portion, and a first set of side tabs extending from opposite sides of one of the first front wall section or the first back wall portion and the method further comprises joining the set of side tabs to one of first front wall section or the first back wall portion to form the first compartment. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the blank includes a second front wall section, a second back wall portion, and a second set of side tabs extending from opposite sides of one of the second front wall section or the second back wall portion and the method further comprises joining the set of side tabs to one of second front wall section or the second back wall portion to form the second compartment. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising:
 forming a first opening for the first compartment; and   forming a second opening for the second compartment, the first and second openings facing each other in the closed position.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 18  further comprising forming a cover flap that extends from the second compartment and overlies the first and second openings when the package is in the closed position. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising:
 forming a first opening for the first compartment; and   forming a second opening for the second compartment, the first and second openings facing in the same direction in the open position.