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Abstract

A lidded container includes a tray and a hingedly attached lid. The tray includes a locking panel hingedly connected to a front tray wall. The lid includes corner gussets disposed on the interior surfaces of a lid front wall. When the lid is placed on the tray to close it, the locking panel is reverse folded against either the interior or exterior surface of the tray front wall. In this configuration, angled edges defined by the lid corner gussets mate with complementary angled edges of the locking panel to lock the removable lid to the tray.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A lidded container comprising:
 a tray portion comprising a bottom wall, front and rear walls, two side walls, and a locking panel hingedly connected to an upper edge of the front wall; and   a hingedly attached lid comprising a top wall, first and second lid side walls, a lid front wall, and first and second corner gussets disposed on an interior surface of the lid front wall, the first and second corner gussets defining respective first and second gusset angled edges;   wherein the lidded container is configured to be placed in a closed and locked configuration by placing the lid over an open top of the tray and pressing downwards so as to cause the locking panel to fold outwardly until its exterior surface is at least substantially adjacent to the exterior surface of the front wall, such configuration allowing the first gusset angled edge to mate with a first complementary angled edge of the locking panel, and the second gusset angled edge to mate with a second complementary angled edge of the locking panel so as to lock the removable lid to the tray.   
     
     
         2 . The lidded container of  claim 1 , wherein the locking panel is substantially trapezoidal. 
     
     
         3 . The lidded container of  claim 2 , wherein the first and second corner gussets are substantially triangular. 
     
     
         4 . The lidded container of  claim 1 , wherein the tray portion comprises first, second, third, and fourth tray corner gussets. 
     
     
         5 . The lidded container of  claim 1 , wherein the lid front wall and lid side walls is positioned outward of the tray front wall and tray side walls. 
     
     
         6 . The lidded container of  claim 1 , with at least one perforation in the top wall for forming an opening into the container. 
     
     
         7 . The lidded container of  claim 1 , with at least one perforation which when broken allows removal of at least a portion of the lid front wall and disengage at least one second gusset angled edge from its complementary angled edge of the locking panel. 
     
     
         8 . The lidded container of  claim 1 , wherein the lid front wall defines an access notch in a lower edge of the lid front wall, the access notch configured to provide access to the locking panel when the lidded container is in the closed and locked configuration. 
     
     
         9 . The lidded container of  claim 8 , wherein the locking panel defines a generally-rectangular notch in a lower edge of the locking panel. 
     
     
         10 . The lidded container of  claim 8 , wherein the lid is configured to be unlocked from the tray by pressing inwardly on a portion of the locking panel that is exposed through the access notch to move the first and second gusset angled edges out of alignment with the first and second complementary angled edges, thereby allowing the lid to be unlocked from the tray. 
     
     
         11 . A lidded container comprising:
 a tray portion comprising a bottom wall, front and rear walls, two side walls, and a locking panel hingedly connected to an upper edge of the front wall; and   a hingedly attached lid comprising a top wall, first and second lid side walls, a lid front wall, and first and second corner gussets disposed on an interior surface of the lid front wall, the first and second corner gussets defining respective first and second gusset angled edges;   wherein the lidded container is configured to be placed in a closed and locked configuration by placing the lid over an open top of the tray and pressing downwards so as to cause the locking panel to fold inwardly until its interior surface is at least substantially adjacent to the interior surface of the front wall, such configuration allowing the first gusset angled edge to mate with a first complementary angled edge of the locking panel, and the second gusset angled edge to mate with a second complementary angled edge of the locking panel so as to lock the removable lid to the tray.   
     
     
         12 . The lidded container of  claim 11 , wherein the locking panel is substantially trapezoidal. 
     
     
         13 . The lidded container of  claim 11 , wherein the first and second corner gussets are substantially triangular. 
     
     
         14 . The lidded container of  claim 11 , wherein the tray portion comprises first, second, third, and fourth tray corner gussets. 
     
     
         15 . The lidded container of  claim 11 , wherein the lid front wall and lid side walls are positioned inward of the tray front wall and tray side walls. 
     
     
         16 . The lidded container of  claim 11 , with at least one perforation in the top wall for forming an opening into the container. 
     
     
         17 . The lidded container of  claim 11 , with at least one perforation which when broken allows removal of at least a portion of the tray front wall and disengage at least one second gusset angled edge from its complementary angled edge of the locking panel. 
     
     
         18 . A blank for forming a lidded container comprising:
 a tray portion configured to form a tray; and   a lid portion configured to form a lid;   wherein the tray portion comprises a first plurality of panels that are hingedly connected to one another and comprising, in series:
 a locking panel, the locking panel defining first and second angled locking edges; 
 a front panel configured to form a front tray wall in a set-up tray; 
 a bottom panel configured to form a bottom wall in the set-up tray; and 
 a rear panel configured to form a rear wall in the set-up tray; 
   wherein the lid portion comprises:
 a top panel configured to form a top wall in a set-up lid; 
 a lid front panel hingedly connected along a front edge of the top panel and configured to form front wall in the set-up lid; 
   a pair of gusset panels configured to form corner gussets within the front wall in the set-up lid, the gusset panels each defining a gusset angled edge;   wherein a set-up lidded container is configured to be placed in a closed and locked configuration by placing the set-up lid over an open top of the set-up tray and pressing downwards so as to cause the locking panel to fold outwardly until its exterior surface is at least substantially adjacent to the respective exterior surface of the front tray wall, such configuration allowing each gusset angled edge to mate with one of the first and second angled locking edge so as to lock the set-up lid to the set-up tray.