Triangular vented tray
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorRichard F. House
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Abstract
A package for holding a food product. The package comprises a tray comprising a plurality of tray panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the tray. The plurality of tray panels comprise a tray central panel and at least one tray side panel foldably connected to the tray central panel. The package also comprises a lid comprising a plurality of lid panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the lid. The plurality of lid panels comprise a lid central panel and at least one lid side panel foldably connected to the lid central panel. The lid cooperates with the tray to at least partially close the package when the package is configured in a closed position and a venting position. Venting features are operable to vent the package when the package is configured in the venting position.
Claims16
A package for holding a food product, the package comprising:
- a tray comprising a plurality of tray panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the tray, the plurality of tray panels comprising a tray central panel and at least one tray side panel foldably connected to the tray central panel, the at least one tray side panel having a top edge;
- a lid comprising a plurality of lid panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the lid, the plurality of lid panels comprising a lid central panel and at least one lid side panel foldably connected to the lid central panel, the at least one lid side panel having a bottom edge, the lid is moveable relative to the tray between a closed position and a venting position, the lid cooperating with the tray to at least partially close the package when the package is configured in the closed position;
- an insert comprising a plurality of insert panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the insert, the plurality of insert panels comprising at least one insert side panel;
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- venting features comprising at least one opening defined in the at least one insert side panel and operable to vent the package when the package is configured in the venting position;
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- wherein the bottom edge of the at least one lid side panel is adjacent the top edge of the at least one tray side panel and the at least one opening is adjacent an inner surface of the at least one tray side panel when the package is configured in the closed position, and when the package is configured in the venting position, the bottom edge of the at least one lid side panel is spaced apart from the top edge of the at least one tray side panel and a venting portion of the at least one insert side panel is exposed between the lid and the tray.
A package for holding a food product, the package comprising:
- a tray comprising a plurality of tray panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the tray, the plurality of tray panels comprising a tray central panel and at least one tray side panel foldably connected to the tray central panel;
- a lid comprising a plurality of lid panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the lid, the plurality of lid panels comprising a lid central panel and at least one lid side panel foldably connected to the lid central panel, the lid is moveable relative to the tray between a closed position and a venting position, the lid cooperating with the tray to at least partially close the package when the package is configured in the closed position;
- an insert comprising a plurality of insert panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the insert, the plurality of insert panels comprising at least one insert side panel;
- venting features operable to vent the package when the package is configured in the venting position;
- wherein the venting features are substantially covered in the closed position and the venting features are at least partially uncovered in the venting position;
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- the at least one tray side panel comprises a first tray side panel foldably connected to a first tray corner panel and a second tray side panel foldably connected to a second tray corner panel, wherein the first tray corner panel is foldably connected to the second tray corner panel, and the first tray corner panel is at least partially in face-to-face contact with the second tray corner panel to at least partially close a first corner of the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.