System and method for framed lid
AssigneeThe Hillshire Brands Company
InventorsSteven Morris, Jeffrey Czarny, Steven Clarke, Mark Jones, Nick Harding
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Abstract
A package for retaining a food item includes a tray with a base connected to at least one sidewall. The sidewall extends away from the base to a rim to define an inner chamber. The tray is made of a fluid impermeable material to retain fluids in the inner chamber. The package also includes a shelf made of the fluid impermeable material that is removably supported in the inner chamber such that the shelf is spaced apart from the base of the tray to permit an absorbent pad to be positioned therebetween. The shelf is configured to support the food item in the inner chamber separated from the absorbent pad.
Claims20
A package for holding a food item comprising:
- a tray comprising:
- a base connected to at least one sidewall which extends away from the base to a rim to define an inner chamber;
- a plurality of supports each projecting inward at a respective support position from the at least one sidewall in the inner chamber;
- and
- at least one retention grip positioned at a retention position along the at least one sidewall, wherein the retention position is not vertically aligned with the support position of each support of the plurality of supports;
- and
- a shelf supported in the inner chamber by the plurality of supports such that the shelf is spaced apart from the base of the tray to permit an absorbent pad to be positioned therebetween, the shelf configured to support the food item in the inner chamber separated from the absorbent pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.