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US 5,863,578 AGranted
Microwaveable vacuum packed seafood package and process
AssigneeCarnival Brand Seafood Company
InventorNicholas A. Guarino
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Abstract
Packaging for seafood that may have been coated in sauce or marinated, including the optional use of pallet structure for positioning the product within the packaging to be vacuum sealed and flash frozen before being subsequently microwaved without rupture of the packaging until after microwaving.
Claims35
A process for packaging seafood, comprising the steps of:
- placing seafood and sauce for the seafood on a pallet, the seafood being placed in an ordered arrangement on the pallet;
- sliding said palletized seafood into a microwaveable bag to enclose the palletized seafood;
- applying a vacuum to the bag and the palletized seafood;
- sealing the bag and the enclosed palletized seafood under said vacuum;
- and then,
- flash freezing said sealed bag,
- wherein said pallet has a rough upper surface sufficient to restrain movement of said seafood and a smooth under surface sufficient to facilitate entry of said pallet into said bag, said seafood being placed on said rough upper surface and said ordered arrangement being such that the likelihood of the bag being penetrated or pierced by any parts of the seafood that is capable of doing so is diminished.
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A process for packaging seafood, comprising the steps of:
- placing seafood and sauce for the seafood on a pallet, the seafood being placed in an ordered arrangement on the pallet;
- placing the palletized seafood on a lower sheet of plastic film;
- placing an upper sheet of plastic film so that the extremities of the lower and upper sheets extend beyond the perimeter of the pallet and contact one another;
- and then,
- applying vacuum and sealing the upper and lower sheets to each other to seal the palletized seafood under vacuum between the sealed sheets;
- wherein said pallet has a rough upper surface sufficient to restrain movement of said seafood and a smooth under surface sufficient to facilitate sliding said pallet onto said lower sheet, said seafood being positioned in the flat orientation on said rough upper surface such that the likelihood of the sheets being penetrated or pierced by any part of the seafood that is capable of doing so is diminished.
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A vacuumized seafood package, comprising:
- a pallet;
- seafood and sauce for the seafood on the pallet, the seafood being positioned on said pallet in an ordered arrangement;
- and,
- a sealed bag enclosing said palletized seafood and sauce under vacuum;
- and,
- wherein said pallet has a rough upper surface sufficient to restrain movement of said seafood and a smooth under surface sufficient to facilitate engagement of said pallet and said bag, said seafood being positioned on said rough upper surface and said ordered arrangement being such that the likelihood of the bag being penetrated or pierced by any part of the seafood that is capable of doing so is diminished.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.