Food product packaging with purge trap
AssigneeThe Hillshire Brands Company
InventorsRick Strickland, Jonathon Tran, Jason Robertson, Jeffrey Anthony Czarny, Steve Morris, Ty Baublits, Bryce Gerlach, Mary Lou Resh
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Abstract
A package for retaining a food item includes a base and at least one side wall extending away from the base and terminating at a flange. The flange includes a sealing edge configured to contact a film wrap. The sealing edge is positioned inward of at least a portion of the side wall to guide fluids toward an interior volume of the package.
Claims24
A package for retaining a food item comprising:
- a base;
- and
- at least one side wall extending away from the base and terminating at a flange;
- wherein the flange comprises a sealing edge configured to contact a film wrap, the sealing edge positioned inward of at least a portion of the side wall.
A food product package comprising:
- a tray comprising at least one side wall defining an interior volume and a flange connected to the at least one side wall;
- and
- a film wrap positioned over at least a portion of the tray to seal a food item in the interior volume;
- wherein a seal lip of the flange is positioned over the interior volume to guide fluids toward the interior volume when fluids contact the seal lip.
A method of sealing a food product package comprising:
- wrapping a film wrap around a tray, the tray comprising a seal lip configured to contact the film wrap and seal a food item in the tray;
- and
- moving the seal lip from an initial position to a final position, wherein the seal lip is positioned over an interior volume of the tray when the seal lip is in the final position.
A package for retaining a food item comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a side wall extending away from the base and terminating at a flange, wherein a first portion of the side wall has a first thickness and a second portion of the side wall has a second thickness;
- wherein the base and the side wall bound an interior space, and wherein the flange extends from the side wall away from the interior space and terminating at a sealing edge configured to contact a film wrap;
- wherein the flange is configured to pivot from an initial position to a final position by pivoting about the second portion of the side wall.
A package for retaining a food item comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a side wall extending away from the base and terminating at a flange, wherein a first portion of the side wall has a first thickness and a second portion of the side wall has a second thickness;
- wherein the base and the side wall bound an interior space, and wherein the flange extends in a first direction from the side wall away from the interior space terminating at a first end and in a second direction from the side wall towards the interior space and terminating at a second end;
- wherein the flange is configured to pivot from an initial position to a final position by pivoting about the second portion of the side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.