Produce ripening
AssigneeWalmart Apollo, LLC
InventorsBenjamin D. Enssle, Jesse Lee Eaton, David Blair Brightwell, Greg A. Bryan, Jeffrey Kerbs
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Abstract
Produce ripening systems and apparatuses are described. A produce ripening apparatus may include a sealed inner package positioned inside a sealed outer package. The sealed inner package may be breakable and may seal a ripening agent inside the sealed inner package. The sealed outer package may be openable and may have an elasticity sufficient to allow pressure to be applied to the sealed inner package through squeezing of the sealed outer package without breaking the sealed outer package. The pressure may be sufficient to break the sealed inner package.
Claims20
A produce ripening apparatus comprising:
- a sealed inner package positioned inside a sealed outer package, the sealed inner package being breakable and sealing a ripening agent inside the sealed inner package, the sealed outer package being openable and having an elasticity sufficient to allow pressure to be applied to the sealed inner package through squeezing of the sealed outer package without breaking the sealed outer package, the pressure sufficient to break the sealed inner package.
A produce ripening apparatus comprising:
- a sealed inner package positioned inside a sealed outer package, the sealed inner package being breakable upon engagement of a pin device, the sealed inner package sealing a ripening agent inside the sealed inner package, the sealed outer package being openable.
A produce ripening apparatus comprising:
- a sealed inner package positioned inside a sealed outer package that is substantially transparent, the sealed inner package being breakable and sealing a ripening agent inside the sealed inner package, the sealed outer package being openable and having an elasticity sufficient to allow pressure to be applied to the sealed inner package through squeezing of the sealed outer package without breaking the sealed outer package, the pressure sufficient to break the sealed inner package;
- a ripeness indicator visible outside of the sealed outer package, the ripeness indicator configured to indicate a degree of ripeness of produce in the sealed outer package in response to detecting a concentration of a substance associated with the produce that indicates the degree of ripeness of the produce;
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- wherein the produce inside the sealed outer package is exposed to the ripening agent once the sealed inner package is broken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.