Food product packaging
AssigneeWest Liberty Foods, L.L.C.
InventorsBrian White, Jeff Farver, Gerald Lessard
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Abstract
Food products can be stored and sold in packaging. For example, a perishable food product can be stored in a first compartment of a packaging, and a second food product can be stored in a second compartment. The first compartment can include a modified atmosphere to increase the shelf life of the food product in the first compartment. The second compartment can be under normal atmosphere. This allows a more perishable food product to be stored in the first compartment, and a prepackaged, or otherwise less perishable food product to be separately stored in the second compartment, while extending the shelf life of the food products. The first product could be a sandwich, and the second product be one or more condiments for the sandwich.
Claims18
A food product packaging, comprising:
- a first compartment comprising a first pouch and a first cover sealed to the first compartment;
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- a second compartment connected to the first compartment and comprising a second pouch and a second cover operatively attached to the second pouch;
- wherein the first sealed compartment comprises a modified atmosphere and the second compartment comprising a non-modified atmosphere, wherein said first compartment and said second compartment being connected by a living hinge, and said second compartment having a depth that is less than that of the first compartment.
A method of packaging a food product, the method comprising:
- forming a first compartment and a separate second compartment from a material, wherein said first compartment and said second compartment being connected by a living hinge, and said second compartment having a depth that is less than that of the first compartment;
- loading a first food product into the first compartment, and a second food product into the second compartment;
- covering the first and second compartments with a cover layer of material;
- modifying the atmosphere of the first compartment, and then sealing the first compartment to the cover layer;
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- operatively attaching the cover layer to the second compartment without modifying the atmosphere of the second compartment.
In combination, a food packaging and food in the packaging, the combination comprising:
- the food packaging comprising a first compartment comprising a first pouch and a first cover sealed to the first compartment, and a second compartment connected to the first compartment and comprising a second pouch and a second cover operatively attached to the second pouch, wherein the first sealed compartment comprises a modified atmosphere and the second compartment comprising a non-modified atmosphere, wherein said first compartment and said second compartment being connected by a living hinge, and said second compartment having a depth that is less than that of the first compartment;
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- a first, unpackaged food product positioned in the first compartment, and a second, packaged food product positioned in the second compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.