Packaged sausage product and method of making same

Claim 1

A WRAPPING BAND FOR USE IN WRAPPING A PLURALITY OF SAUSAGE PRODUCTS WITHIN THE SAME PACKAGE COMPRISING A STRIP OF FIBROUS MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARDBOARD AND FIBERBOARD OF SUFFICIENT STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS TO SUPPORT AND RETAIN THE PRODUCTS IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP BUT BEING SUFFICIENTLY YIELDABLE WHEN MOISTENED BY CONTACT WITH THE PRODUCTS TO CONFORM TO THE CURVATURE THEREOF, SAID STRIP BEING FORMED WITH AN ELONGATED CENTRAL PANEL SECTION AND WITH A PAIR OF STRAP PORTIONS OF LESSER WIDTH CONNECTED TO THE ENDS OF THE PANEL SECTION, SAID PANEL SECTION HAVING TRANSVERSE CREASE LINES FORMED THEREIN DIVIDING THE PANEL SECTION INTO TRANSVERSE STRIPS FOR SUPPORTING AND PARTIALLY EMBRACING THE INDIVIDUAL SAUSAGE PRODUCTS AND SAID STRAP PORTIONS HAVING TRANSVERSE CREASE LINES AND ALSO HAVING INTERENGAGING FASTENING MEANS ADJACENT THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS WHEREBY THE BAND MAY BE FORMED INTO A LOOP FOR EMBRACING A GROUP OF THE SAUSAGE PRODUCTS ARRANGED IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP AND WITH THE CREASE LINES ARRANGED TO PROJECT INWARDLY SO AS TO HELP POSITION THE SAUSAGE PRODUCTS.