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US 2012/0186409 A1Published application
Layer Cutting Apparatus
OwnerJames R. Baeten, Vanessa L. Little +4inventors
InventorsJames R. Baeten, Vanessa L. Little, Karalyn A. Littlefield, Mark W. Yungner, Robert A. Zoss, Linda Baggio
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Abstract
A layer cutting apparatus includes a tray having an interior defined by a bottom and sidewall. A sleeve is at least partially disposed in the interior of the tray, and a cutting line is attached to the sleeve. The cutting line is configured to be removed from the sleeve by pulling the line away from the tray at one point of the sidewall.
Claims13
Method comprising:
- attaching a cutting line to a sleeve, with the cutting line including a first end;
- providing a food product in an interior of a tray;
- placing the sleeve with the attached cutting line between the food product and the tray of the food product provided in the interior of the tray, with at least a portion of the cutting line located between the sleeve and the food product;
- and
- pulling the first end of the cutting line to cut the food product.
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Method of dividing a food product comprising:
- providing a tray containing the food product, with the tray having first, second, third and fourth walls, with the second wall extending between the first and fourth walls and the third wall extending between the first and fourth walls spaced from the second wall;
- attaching a cutting line to the bottom extending between the first and fourth walls and spaced intermediate the second and third walls, with the cutting line located intermediate the bottom and the food product;
- and
- pulling on the cutting line to cut the food product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.