Tray for sauces, products containing same and methods
OwnerCheryl Ann Stephens, Steven Lawrence Reil +2inventors
InventorsCheryl Ann Stephens, Steven Lawrence Reil, Robert Alexander Strange, Mitchel Emanuel Johnson
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Abstract
A multiple portion sauce tray formed from a rigid foam material is provided. The sauce is located in a plurality of receptacles for holding individual portions of sauce. The receptacles of the tray do not separate when the tray is processed by automated packaging equipment, but may be readily separated by the consumer at time of use. The tray is particularly useful in a combination product, wherein sauces are provided with comestible articles for dipping therein. Methods for manufacture of the sauce tray and the combination product, as well as uses of the tray and the combination product are provided.
Claims22
A multiple portion tray comprising a plurality of receptacles for holding individual portions of sauce, said tray comprising lines of weakness between the receptacles so that the receptacles do not separate from one another under tensile forces that generally correspond to the amount of force normally imparted to a tray when being conveyed by conventional automated packaging equipment, but which receptacles do separate under tensile force such that the consumer can readily separate the receptacles one from another by using only tensile force;
- said tray being formed from a rigid foam material.
A multiple portion tray comprising a plurality of receptacles for holding individual portions of sauce, said receptacles being connected in said tray by land areas having a width of about 1 to about 3 mm and a gap area having a width of about 15 to about 30 mm between each land area;
- said tray being formed from a rigid foam material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.