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US 5,702,743 AGranted
Rigid reclosable bacon package
AssigneeKraft Foods, Inc.
InventorCindie M. Wells
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Abstract
A shaped generally rigid, synthetic plastic sealed package having multiple stacks of sliced bacon is provided. A generally rigid cover is releasably hermetically secured to a rigid tray. Package walls are substantially transparent so that the consumer can readily inspect, prior to purchase, multiple entire lengths of bacon slice surfaces. At least two stacks of vertically aligned bacon slices are arranged longitudinally in side-by-side relationship to each other.
Claims27
A shaped, generally rigid synthetic plastic sealed package for packaging sliced bacon, the package being reclosable and comprising:
- a shaped, generally rigid tray member having a bottom panel, side panels defining a generally upstanding sidewall and an open mouth generally opposite to said bottom panel, said open mouth being defined between said generally upstanding sidewall and a tray member peripheral flange;
- a shaped, generally rigid cover member secured onto said tray member, said cover member having a cover panel, a cover member peripheral flange, and a peripheral inset portion joining said cover panel and said cover member peripheral flange, said peripheral inset portion being substantially parallel to the generally upstanding sidewall of the tray member, and said cover panel being spaced from said cover member peripheral flange;
- said bottom panel of the tray member, said sidewall of the tray member, and said cover panel of said cover member are sized and shaped to enclose therewithin at least two separate stacks of bacon strips arranged in longitudinal side-by-side relationship with each other, said bottom panel having a length substantially the same as the length of a bacon strip to be packaged therewithin and having a width substantially the same as the width of such a bacon strip multiplied by an integer of at least two, said bottom panel and generally upstanding side wall having transparency properties to permit inspection therethrough of sliced bacon within the tray member;
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- means for releasably hermetically sealing together said tray member peripheral flange to said cover member peripheral flange.
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A sealed package containing stacks of bacon therewithin, the package being hermetically sealed and reclosable, the package comprising:
- at least two stacks of bacon strips;
- a shaped, generally rigid tray member having a bottom panel, side panels defining a generally upstanding sidewall and an open mouth generally opposite to said bottom panel, said open mouth being defined between said generally upstanding sidewall and a tray member peripheral flange, said bottom panel and generally upstanding sidewall having transparency attributes to permit inspection therethrough of said stacks within the tray member, said bottom panel having a length substantially the same as the length of said bacon strips and having a width substantially the same as the width of said bacon strips multiplied by an integer of at least two;
- a shaped, generally rigid cover member secured onto said tray member, said cover member having a cover panel, a cover member peripheral flange, and a peripheral inset portion joining said cover panel and said cover member peripheral flange, said peripheral inset portion being substantially parallel to the generally upstanding sidewall of the tray member, and said cover panel being spaced from said cover member peripheral flange;
- said at least two separate stacks being arranged in longitudinal side-by-side relationship with each other, each said stack having a bottom bacon strip, and said bottom bacon strip of each said stack substantially engaging each other along respective longitudinal edges thereof to define an area which substantially coincides with that of said bottom panel, said separate stacks being sealed within said package such that substantial portions of each of at least two edges of each strip of bacon within each stack and a bottom surface area of each strip at the bottom are visible through respective package panels;
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- means for releasably hermetically sealing together said tray member peripheral flange to said cover member peripheral flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.