Packaging

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PACKAGING CHEESE, WHICH IS IN A HEATED, FLOWABLE CONDITION, IN A FLEXABLE WRAPPER COMPRISING THE STEPS OF FOLDING A FLAT, FLEXIBLE WRAPPER INTO AN OPEN FLUID RECEPTACLE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL UPWARDLY EXTENDING SIDE WALLS, AND FLAPS RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING FROM EACH OF THE SIDE WALLS, SUPPORTING THE FLEXABLE FLUID RECEPTACLE AGAINST COLLAPSE INCIDENT TO THE WEIGHT OF THE FLOWABLE CHEESE BY PLACING THE FLEXIBLE RECEPTACLE IN A RIGID MOLD HAVING INTERNAL DIMENSONS SUCH THAT THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE FITS SNUGLY INTO THE MOLD WITH THE FLAPS EXTENDING UPWARDLY BEYOND THE UPPER EDGES OF THE MOLD, FILLING THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE WITH HEATED FLOWABLE CHEESE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE LEVEL OF THE UPPER EDGES OF THE MOLD WHILE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE IN THE MOLD, LEVELING THE FLOWABLE CHEESE BY PLACING ON THE SURFACE THEREOF A FLAT, RELATIVELY STIFF INSERT HAVING DIMENSIONS RESULTING IN ENGAGEMENT ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF EACH OF THE SIDES OF THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE AND BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE INSERT WHILE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE WITHIN THE MOLD, FOLDING THE STEPS ALONG AND OVER THE RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT EDGES OF THE INSERT INTO MUTUALLY OVERLAPPING POSITIONS OVERLYING THE INSERT, AND HEAT SEALING THE MUTUALLY OVERLAPPED FLAPS TO EACH OTHER TO COMPLETE THE PACKAGE WHILE THE OVERLAPPING FLAPS ARE SUPPORTED IN PLANAR CONDITION ON THE SURFACE OF THE FLOWABLE CHEESE BY THE INSERT AND WHILE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE FLEXIBLE RECEPTACLE WITHIN THE MOLD.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF PACKAGING CHEESE, WHICH IS IN A HEATED, FLOWABLE CONDITION, IN A FLEXABLE WRAPPER COMPRISING THE STEPS OF FOLDING A FLAT, FLEXIBLE WRAPPER INTO AN OPEN FLUID RECEPTACLE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL UPWARDLY EXTENDING SIDE WALLS, AND FLAPS RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING FROM EACH OF THE SIDE WALLS, SUPPORTING THE FLEXABLE FLUID RECEPTACLE AGAINST COLLAPSE INCIDENT TO THE WEIGHT OF THE FLOWABLE CHEESE BY PLACING THE FLEXIBLE RECEPTACLE IN A RIGID MOLD HAVING INTERNAL DIMENSONS SUCH THAT THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE FITS SNUGLY INTO THE MOLD WITH THE FLAPS EXTENDING UPWARDLY BEYOND THE UPPER EDGES OF THE MOLD, FILLING THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE WITH HEATED FLOWABLE CHEESE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE LEVEL OF THE UPPER EDGES OF THE MOLD WHILE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE IN THE MOLD, LEVELING THE FLOWABLE CHEESE BY PLACING ON THE SURFACE THEREOF A FLAT, RELATIVELY STIFF INSERT HAVING DIMENSIONS RESULTING IN ENGAGEMENT ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF EACH OF THE SIDES OF THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE AND BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE INSERT WHILE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE FLEXIBLE FLUID RECEPTACLE WITHIN THE MOLD, FOLDING THE STEPS ALONG AND OVER THE RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT EDGES OF THE INSERT INTO MUTUALLY OVERLAPPING POSITIONS OVERLYING THE INSERT, AND HEAT SEALING THE MUTUALLY OVERLAPPED FLAPS TO EACH OTHER TO COMPLETE THE PACKAGE WHILE THE OVERLAPPING FLAPS ARE SUPPORTED IN PLANAR CONDITION ON THE SURFACE OF THE FLOWABLE CHEESE BY THE INSERT AND WHILE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE FLEXIBLE RECEPTACLE WITHIN THE MOLD.