Container with an oxygen absorber
AssigneeIntegra Specialty Products, Inc.
InventorBenjamin Edward Blankenhorn
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Abstract
A container including a tray, an oxygen absorber, and a removable film. The tray includes a base, at least one sidewall extending in a first direction from the base, and at least one partition extending in the first direction from the base. The partition divides an interior of the tray into at least a first compartment and a second compartment adjacent to the first compartment. The container also includes at least one aperture in the at least partition. The aperture places the first compartment in fluid communication with the second compartment. The oxygen absorber is in the first compartment or the second compartment, and the removable film covers the first compartment and the second compartment.
Claims16
A container comprising:
- a tray comprising:
- a base;
- at least one sidewall extending in a first direction from the base;
- and
- at least one partition extending in the first direction from the base, the at least one partition dividing an interior of the tray into at least a first compartment and a second compartment adjacent to the first compartment;
- and
- at least one aperture in the at least one partition, wherein the first compartment is in fluid communication with the second compartment through the at least one aperture in the at least one partition;
- an oxygen absorber in the second compartment;
- a product in the first compartment, and
- a removable film covering the first compartment and the second compartment and preventing air from entering the interior of the tray,
- wherein the oxygen absorber is configured to reduce an amount of air in the first compartment by an oxidation reaction, and
- wherein the at least one aperture is configured to permit the air to flow into the second compartment to be oxidized by the oxygen absorber in the oxidation reaction and configured to prevent the product from being excessively heated by heat generated in the oxidation reaction.
A method of manufacturing a container, the method comprising:
- inserting at least one product into a first compartment of a tray, the tray comprising a base, at least one sidewall extending in a first direction from the base, and at least one partition extending in the first direction from the base, the at least one partition dividing an interior of the tray into at least the first compartment and a second compartment adjacent to the first compartment;
- inserting an oxygen absorber into the second compartment of the tray separated from the first compartment by the at least one partition;
- sealing the at least one product in the first compartment and the oxygen absorber in the second compartment with a removable film covering the first compartment and the second compartment;
- and
- forming at least one aperture in the partition, the at least one aperture placing the first compartment in fluid communication with the second compartment,
- wherein the first compartment is in fluid communication with the second compartment through the at least one aperture in the at least one partition,
- wherein the partition is configured to permit air in the first compartment to flow into the second compartment through the at least one aperture in the partition,
- wherein the oxygen absorber is configured to reduce an amount of the air in the first compartment by an oxidation reaction,
- wherein the at least one aperture is configured to permit the air to flow into the second compartment to be oxidized by the oxygen absorber in the oxidation reaction and configured to prevent the product from being excessively heated by heat generated in the oxidation reaction, and
- wherein the film is configured to prevent air outside of the container from entering the first compartment or the second compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.