Container with heating features
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorsPhilip E. Netzer, Terrence P. Lafferty
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Abstract
A container formed from a blank comprising a base layer and a lamination layer. The container has a bottom wall, a side wall, and a rolled edge extending from the side wall. The container includes features for helping to direct moisture from an interior surface of the bottom wall of the container to the side wall. The features comprise a plurality of embossed features and linear features extending in at least a portion of the container and defining respective grooves in an interior surface of the container defined by the bottom wall and the side wall.
Claims36
A container for holding a food product, the container comprising:
- a bottom wall and at least one side wall cooperating to at least partially define a cavity of the container;
- a plurality of first features extending in the bottom wall;
- a plurality of second features extending in the side wall, the plurality of first features cooperating with the plurality of second features for directing moisture from the cavity of the container to an exterior of the container during heating of the food product in the cavity of the container;
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- wherein the plurality of first features comprises embossed features that define a plurality of recessed portions and a plurality of raised portions, the plurality of raised portions comprising an inner ring and an outer ring, and the plurality of recessed portions comprises an inner recessed portion that is generally concentric with the inner ring of the plurality of raised portions and a plurality of intermediate recessed portions disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring of the plurality of raised portions.
A blank for forming a container for holding a food product, the blank comprising:
- a bottom portion for forming a bottom wall comprising a plurality of first features extending in the bottom wall when the container is formed from the blank;
- a marginal portion for forming a side wall comprising a plurality of second features extending in the side wall when the container is formed from the blank;
- the side wall and the bottom wall cooperate to at least partially define a cavity of the container, and the plurality of first features cooperate with the plurality of second features for directing moisture from the cavity of the container to an exterior of the container during heating of the food product in the cavity of the container formed from the blank;
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- wherein the plurality of first features comprises embossed features that define a plurality of recessed portions and a plurality of raised portions when the container is formed from the blank, the plurality of raised portions comprising an inner ring and an outer ring when the container is formed from the blank, and the plurality of recessed portions comprises an inner recessed portion that is for being generally concentric with the inner ring of the plurality of raised portions and a plurality of intermediate recessed portions are for being disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring of the plurality of raised portions when the container is formed from the blank.
A method of forming a container for holding a food product, the method comprising:
- obtaining a blank;
- forming the container comprising a bottom wall and a side wall from the blank, wherein the forming the container comprises forming a cavity at least partially defined by the bottom wall and the side wall;
- forming a plurality of first features extending in the bottom wall;
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- forming a plurality of second features extending in the side wall, the plurality of first features cooperating with the plurality of second features for directing moisture from the cavity of the container to an exterior of the container during heating of the food product in the cavity of the container;
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- wherein the plurality of first features comprises embossed features that define a plurality of recessed portions and a plurality of raised portions, the plurality of raised portions comprising an inner ring and an outer ring, and the plurality of recessed portions comprises an inner recessed portion that is generally concentric with the inner ring of the plurality of raised portions and a plurality of intermediate recessed portions disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring of the plurality of raised portions.
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