US3264120A
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Meat package
Assignee: Dow Chemical Co
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Filing: 1963-05-01
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Granted: 1966-08-02
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Expires: 1983-05-01
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert F Westcott
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 04:02
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D1/00; B65D1/34; B65D81/00; B65D81/24; B65D81/26; B65D81/261; B65D81/262; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S220/00; Y10S220/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A MEAT PACKAGE COMPRISING A PIECE OF MEAT WHICH EXUDES EXCESS QUANTITIES OF FLUID, A PLASTIC TRAY CONTAINING SAID MEAT AND PERMITTING RECOVERY OF SAID FLUID, SAID TRAY HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, A SIDE WALL EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOUT THE PREIPHERY OF SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID BOTTOM WALL COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY NON-LIQUID ABSORBING UPPER AND LOWER LAYERS SAID UPPER AND LOWER LAYERS BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER, NON-FLUID ABSORBING INDENTATION MEANS EXTENDING FORM SAID LOWER LAYERS BEING SUPPORTING SAID UPPER LAYER AND OF A HEIGHT SUFFICIENT TO FORM IN SAID BOTTOM WALL A VOID-LIKE RESERVOIR MEANS CONTAINING THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF SAID EXCESS QUANTITIES OF FLUID, PERFORATIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID UPPER LAYERS, A PLURALITY OF SAID PERFORATIONS COMMUNICATING WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED RESERVOIR MEANS WHEREBY SAID FLUID CAN FLOW INTO SAID RESERVOIR MEANS AND AIR IN SAID RESERVOIR MEANS CAN BE UTILIZED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A MEAT PACKAGE COMPRISING A PIECE OF MEAT WHICH EXUDES EXCESS QUANTITIES OF FLUID, A PLASTIC TRAY CONTAINING SAID MEAT AND PERMITTING RECOVERY OF SAID FLUID, SAID TRAY HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, A SIDE WALL EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOUT THE PREIPHERY OF SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID BOTTOM WALL COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY NON-LIQUID ABSORBING UPPER AND LOWER LAYERS SAID UPPER AND LOWER LAYERS BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER, NON-FLUID ABSORBING INDENTATION MEANS EXTENDING FORM SAID LOWER LAYERS BEING SUPPORTING SAID UPPER LAYER AND OF A HEIGHT SUFFICIENT TO FORM IN SAID BOTTOM WALL A VOID-LIKE RESERVOIR MEANS CONTAINING THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF SAID EXCESS QUANTITIES OF FLUID, PERFORATIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID UPPER LAYERS, A PLURALITY OF SAID PERFORATIONS COMMUNICATING WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED RESERVOIR MEANS WHEREBY SAID FLUID CAN FLOW INTO SAID RESERVOIR MEANS AND AIR IN SAID RESERVOIR MEANS CAN BE UTILIZED.
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