Microwave heating package having end flaps for elevating and venting the package
AssigneeConAgra, Inc.
InventorAnthony J. Gallo, Jr.
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Abstract
A microwave heating package for containing a food item to be cooked in a microwave oven including a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall. A microwave interactive layer is affixed to the bottom wall for converting microwave energy into heat. The side wall is scored to define a first end flap and a second end flap. Each end flap is partially separable from the remainder of the package along the scoring and is hingedly connected to the bottom wall such that the separable portion of each end flap is pivotable from a first unseparated position to a second position located underneath the bottom wall.
Claims17
A microwave heating package for containing a food item to be cooked in a microwave oven, the package comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall for enclosing the food item between the top and bottom walls, the side wall including two opposed end walls, each end wall being scored to define a first end flap between the top and bottom walls and a second end flap between the top and bottom walls, each end flap partially separable from the remainder of the package along the scoring, the location of the scoring sufficient to permit the separable portion of each end flap to move from a position between the top and bottom walls to a position underneath the bottom wall.
A microwave heating package comprising a single sheet of carton material folded into a container for enclosing a food item, the container having a top wall, a bottom wall parallel to the top wall and a side wall extending between the top and bottom walls, the side wall including two opposed end walls, a microwave interactive layer affixed to the bottom wall of the container for converting microwave energy into heat, each end wall being scored to define an end flap between the top and bottom walls that is partially separable from the remainder of the package along the scoring and that is hingedly connected to the bottom wall, the location of the scoring sufficient to permit the separable portion of each end flap to move from a position between the top and bottom walls to a position underneath the bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.