Meal kit packaging system
AssigneeKraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
InventorPanagiotis Kinigakis
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Abstract
A packaging system for a meal kit that includes multiple, pre-packaged food items, optionally including a relatively massive component such as a beverage container. The packaging system generally comprises an outer container having two parts, a lid part and a tray part, separably joined together with a separable hinge portion and with a removable tear strip that leaves corners of the container parts reinforced so as to retain an enhanced stacking strength. Preferably, food items are supported by both the lid part and the tray part.
Claims22
A meal kit packaging system for ready-to-eat food and beverage items, comprising:
- a container having first and second parts joined together by a hinge;
- at least one line of separation dividing the container into said first and said second parts, with one container part to be hingedly movable toward and away from the other container part so as to render the container reclosable;
- the first and second parts of the container each having a support wall at least partly surrounded by containment walls upstanding from the support surface;
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- the first and second parts of the container having sufficient strength and stiffness to function as tray modules for food preparation and serving.
The meal kit packaging system of claim wherein the container is formed from two unitary one-piece blanks joined together.
A meal kit packaging system for ready-to-eat food and beverage items, comprising:
- a container formed from a unitary one-piece blank and having first and second parts joined together by a selectably separable hinge;
- at least one line of separation extending from said hinge and dividing the container into said first and said second parts, with one container part hingedly movable toward and away from the other container part so as to render the container reclosable;
- the first and second parts of the container each having a support wall at least partly surrounded by containment walls upstanding from the support surface;
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- the first and second parts of the container, when separated from one another, having sufficient strength and stiffness to function as tray modules for food preparation and serving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.