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US 4,136,205 AGranted
Container and method for packaging meat articles
AssigneeW. R. Grace & Co.
InventorRobert W. Quattlebaum
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Abstract
A tear and puncture resistant container for use in packaging meat products having protruding bone sections. The container is multilayer having an outer body portion of a flexible packaging material and an inner layer of puncture resistant material disposed between the meat product and the outer layer.
Claims14
A container for packaging meat articles having protruding bone sections therein, comprising:
- a body portion of flexible material having two sides which merge at one end of the body portion to define a closed end and which define a single opening located opposite said closed end, said body portion being capable of enveloping one of said articles;
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- a layer of material more puncture resistant than said flexible material disposed within said body portion and being attached to one of said sides adjacent said opening and being unattached adjacent said closed end and terminating adjacent said closed end such that the area between said layer and said one of said sides is in fluid communication with said single opening, through said unattached part of said layer, said layer having a plurality of apertures therethrough.
A process for packaging meat articles having protruding bone sections therein, comprising:
- enveloping said meat article with a container, said container comprising;
- a body portion of a flexible material having two sides which merge at one end of the body portion to define a closed end and which define a single opening located opposite said closed end and
- a layer of perforated material more puncture resistant than said body portion disposed between said sides and being attached to one of said sides adjacent said opening and being unattached adjacent said closed end such that the area between said layer and said one of said sides is in fluid communication with said single opening through said unattached part of said layer, said layer having a plurality of apertures therethrough, and said layer overlying said protruding bone sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.