Abstract 1. IN A CHEESE PACKAGE COMPRISING A SINGLE RELATIVELY THIN SLICE OF CHEESE HAVING A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL FACES, A PAIR OF OPPOSED END EDGES, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDE EDGES, AND A RECTANGULAR SHEET OF FLEXIBLE WRAPPING MATERIAL ENCLOSING SAID SLICE WITH AN OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF SAID SHEET OVERLYING AN OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF AID SHEET, SAID OVERLAPPING EDGE AND SAID OVERLAPPED EDGE BEING UNSEALED ACROSS THE FACE OF THE SLICE, THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET EXTENDING BEYOND THE END EDGES OF SAID SLICE AND BEING JOINED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A READILY SEPARABLE SEAL, SAID PACKAGE BEING OPENABLE BY INITIALLY GRASPING SAID OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF SAID SHEET AND APPLYING A FOCE THERETO SUFFICIENT TO SEPARATE THE SEAL BETWEEN THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET; THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES LOCATING THE EDGE OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION ALONG A LINE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH ORE SIDE EDGE OF SAID SLICE, SAID EDGE LOCATION OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION BEING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE, SAID ADJACENT EDGE LOCATION OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION BEING NO GREATER THAN THREE AND ONE-HALF INCH IN A SLICE HAVING A TOTAL WIDTH OF THREE AND ONE-HALF INCHES BETWEEN SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE AND THE SIDE EDGE OPPOSED TO SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE. D R A W I N G
IN A CHEESE PACKAGE COMPRISING A SINGLE RELATIVELY THIN SLICE OF CHEESE HAVING A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL FACES, A PAIR OF OPPOSED END EDGES, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDE EDGES, AND A RECTANGULAR SHEET OF FLEXIBLE WRAPPING MATERIAL ENCLOSING SAID SLICE WITH AN OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF SAID SHEET OVERLYING AN OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF AID SHEET, SAID OVERLAPPING EDGE AND SAID OVERLAPPED EDGE BEING UNSEALED ACROSS THE FACE OF THE SLICE, THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET EXTENDING BEYOND THE END EDGES OF SAID SLICE AND BEING JOINED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A READILY SEPARABLE SEAL, SAID PACKAGE BEING OPENABLE BY INITIALLY GRASPING SAID OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF SAID SHEET AND APPLYING A FOCE THERETO SUFFICIENT TO SEPARATE THE SEAL BETWEEN THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET; THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES LOCATING THE EDGE OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION ALONG A LINE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH ORE SIDE EDGE OF SAID SLICE, SAID EDGE LOCATION OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION BEING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE, SAID ADJACENT EDGE LOCATION OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION BEING NO GREATER THAN THREE AND ONE-HALF INCH IN A SLICE HAVING A TOTAL WIDTH OF THREE AND ONE-HALF INCHES BETWEEN SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE AND THE SIDE EDGE OPPOSED TO SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE.
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IN A CHEESE PACKAGE COMPRISING A SINGLE RELATIVELY THIN SLICE OF CHEESE HAVING A PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL FACES, A PAIR OF OPPOSED END EDGES, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDE EDGES, AND A RECTANGULAR SHEET OF FLEXIBLE WRAPPING MATERIAL ENCLOSING SAID SLICE WITH AN OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF SAID SHEET OVERLYING AN OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF AID SHEET, SAID OVERLAPPING EDGE AND SAID OVERLAPPED EDGE BEING UNSEALED ACROSS THE FACE OF THE SLICE, THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET EXTENDING BEYOND THE END EDGES OF SAID SLICE AND BEING JOINED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A READILY SEPARABLE SEAL, SAID PACKAGE BEING OPENABLE BY INITIALLY GRASPING SAID OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTION OF SAID SHEET AND APPLYING A FOCE THERETO SUFFICIENT TO SEPARATE THE SEAL BETWEEN THE MARGINAL EDGES OF SAID SHEET; THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES LOCATING THE EDGE OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION ALONG A LINE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH ORE SIDE EDGE OF SAID SLICE, SAID EDGE LOCATION OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION BEING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE, SAID ADJACENT EDGE LOCATION OF SAID OVERLAPPED PORTION BEING NO GREATER THAN THREE AND ONE-HALF INCH IN A SLICE HAVING A TOTAL WIDTH OF THREE AND ONE-HALF INCHES BETWEEN SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE AND THE SIDE EDGE OPPOSED TO SAID PARALLEL SIDE EDGE.