Pocket bread for sandwiches
OwnerN. Eric Poratinventor
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Abstract
A pita bread can advantageously be shaped and configured to be used as a sandwich bun, and more specifically as a hamburger or hot dog bun. Pita dough is first shaped in a manner to efficiently accommodate a hamburger patty or elongate hot dog, with associated fixings, within a pocket of the pita without substantial losses of fixings and without the bun breaking or disintegrating when being held by the eater. Pita shapes and configurations that employ the unique aspects of pita breads to create sturdy, clean and tasty sandwich buns are discussed and claimed. Embodiments may also include a perforation line enabling preferential tearing to remove an edge and reveal an opening providing access to the pita pocket.
Claims16
A pocket bread, comprising:
- a flatbread body having opposing first and second faces and a circumferential edge surrounding the flatbread body and connecting the first and second faces, a pocket being formed within the flatbread body, the circumferential edge comprising an arcuate bottom edge portion, opposing first and second side edge portions extending from opposing ends of the arcuate bottom edge portion, and a top edge portion connecting the opposing side edges;
- the arcuate bottom edge portion curving up to 180° about an axis and having a radius;
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- a tear off portion defined adjacent the top edge portion and extending from the first side edge portion to the second side edge portion, the tear off portion configured so that when the tear off portion is removed, an opening is formed that provides access to the pocket within the body, the opening defined by a first opening edge of the first face and a second opening edge of the second face;
- wherein a minimum distance from the axis to the perforation line is at least as great as the radius of the arcuate bottom edge portion.
A pocket bread, comprising:
- an elongate flatbread body having a circumferential edge extending about the elongate body, a pocket being formed within the elongate flatbread body, the circumferential edge comprising a first end, a second end, a top edge and a flat bottom edge,
- a perforation line adjacent the top edge and extending from the first end to the second end, a tear-off portion defined between the perforation line and the top edge, the pocket bread preferentially tearing along the perforation line so that the tear-off portion can be removed, forming an opening providing access to the pocket within the elongate body;
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- the flat bottom edge having a bottom edge length, a height being defined as a minimum distance from the bottom edge to the perforation line, the bottom edge length being at least three times the height;
- wherein the pocket is sized and configured to accommodate a hot dog therewithin, and when the tear-off portion is removed the pocket is enclosed except at the perforation line.
A pocket bread, comprising:
- a flatbread body having a circumferential edge extending about the body, a pocket being formed within the flatbread body;
- a perforation line adjacent a first portion of the circumferential edge, a tear-off portion being defined between the perforation line and the first portion of the circumferential edge, the perforation line being aligned with a second portion of the circumferential edge, an offset portion of the circumferential edge joining the first and second portions of the circumferential edge, the offset portion being directed generally outwardly from the flatbread body;
- the pocket bread preferentially tearing along the perforation line so that the tear-off portion can be removed, forming an opening providing access to the pocket within the elongate body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.