Display package and method of producing same

Claim 1

A FRANGIBLE SHIPPING AND DISPLAY PACKAGE FOR COMESTIBLES, COMPRISING A RIGID SHEET METAL BASE MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING THE PACKAGED PRODUCT AND TERMINATING IN A PERIPHERAL DEPENDING SKIRT WALL, AND A THIN FLEXIBLE WRAPPER SHEET FORMED OF FRANGIBLE TRANSPARENT PLASTIC MATERIAL DISPOSED OVER THE COMESTIBLE AND COVERING THE TOP AND SIDE WALLS THEREOF, SAID DEPENDING BASE MEMBER SKIRT WALL MERGING INTO AN OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE TERMINATING IN AN INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING SMOOTHLY CURVED WALL DISPOSED TANGENTIALLY TO SAID DEPENDING SKIRT WALL AND COOPERATING WITH SAID OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY EXTENDING BASE MEMBER FLANGE AS AN OPEN CURL ENCLOSING THE MARGINAL PORTION OF SAID WRAPPER SHEET IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW END SEAM JOINT, THE TERMINAL PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID WRAPPER SHEET EXTENDING BEYOND SAID CURL AND THENCE REVERSELY UPWARDLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID SMOOTHLY CURVED WALL PORTION THEREOF AND CLAMPED THEREBY AGAINST THE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING WRAPPER SHEET AND AGAINST SAID SKIRT WALL TO CONSTITUTE A HERMETICALLY SEALED UNION BETWEEN SAID MEMBER AND SAID SHEET.