Ready-made meal package
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorJoel L. Mesman
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Abstract
A meal package includes a reusable bag and first and second inserts arranged in the reusable bag to form compartments. The first insert has a first side edge and a second side edge and includes bottom and top portions bent out-of-plane from a side portion at first and second score lines. The second insert has a top edge and a bottom edge and includes two side portions bent out-of-plane from a middle portion at first and second score lines. The bottom portion of the first insert is located adjacent a bottom of the bag and the side portion of the first insert is located adjacent a first side of the bag. The bottom edge of the second insert abuts an interior surface of the bottom portion of the first insert. An interior surface of the top portion of the first insert abuts the top edge of the second insert.
Claims21
A meal package comprising:
- a reusable bag defined by first, second, third and fourth sides and a bottom;
- a first insert formed separately from the reusable bag and having a bottom portion and a top portion bent out-of-plane from a side portion of the first insert at first and second score lines of the first insert, each of the bottom, top and side portions having a shared first side edge and a shared second side edge;
- a second insert formed as a single piece separate from the first insert and the reusable bag and having a first side portion and a second side portion bent out-of-plane from a middle portion of the second insert at first and second score lines of the second insert, each of the first and second side portions and the middle portion having a shared top edge and a shared bottom edge;
- wherein the bent first and second inserts form a plurality of separate compartments by being arranged such that:
- the bottom portion of the first insert is positioned adjacent the bottom of the reusable bag,
- the side portion of the first insert is positioned adjacent the first side of the reusable bag,
- the shared bottom edge of the second insert abuts an interior surface of the bottom portion of the first insert,
- the middle portion of the second insert abuts the second side of the reusable bag, the second side of the reusable bag being opposite the first side,
- an interior surface of the top portion of the first insert abuts the shared top edge of the second insert, and
- the plurality of separate compartments includes a first compartment defined by and enclosed between the bottom portion of the first insert, the top portion of the first insert, the side portion of the first insert, the middle portion of the second insert, the first side portion of the second insert, and the second side portion of the second insert.
A container for transporting a meal comprising:
- a tote defined by a front, a back, a bottom and first and second opposing sides;
- a first partition having first and third portions bent out-of-plane from a second portion at first and second score lines, each of the first, second and third portions having a shared first side edge and a shared second side edge, the first portion including a free bottom end edge connecting the shared first and shared second side edges and the third portion including a free top end edge connecting the shared first and shared second side edges;
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- a second partition having first and third portions bent out-of-plane from a second portion at first and second score lines, each of the first, second and third portions of the second partition having a shared top edge and a shared bottom edge, the first portion of the second partition including a free first end edge connecting the shared top and the shared bottom edges and the third portion including a free second end edge connecting the shared top and the shared bottom edges;
- wherein the bent first and second partitions are arranged in the tote to form an arrangement having a plurality of separate compartments, the arrangement defined by:
- the first portion of the first partition defining a first exterior surface facing and abutting the bottom of the tote, wherein the free bottom end edge abuts the back of the tote;
- the second portion of the first partition defining a second exterior surface facing and abutting the front of the tote;
- the shared bottom edge of the second partition abutting the first portion of the first partition;
- the second portion of the second partition defining a third exterior surface facing and abutting the back of the tote, wherein the free first end edge and the free second end edge of the second partition abut the second portion of the first partition;
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- the third portion of the first partition abutting the shared top edge of the second partition with the shared top end edge located adjacent the back of the tote.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.