Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
239 words
A COMPACT GENERALLY FLAT HEAT-AND-SERVE PACKAGE OF MEAT PRODUCT COMPRISING A DISPOSABLE OVEN-HEATABLE TRAY FORMED WITH TWO OPPOSING PAIRS OF INTERCONNECTED FOLDABLE SIDES FROM SHEET MATERIAL CAPABLE OF RETAINING MELTED FAT AND GREASY LIQUID, A DEOSIT OF MEAT PRODUCT FROM WHICH FAT OR GREASY LIQUID RENDERS ON HEATING LAID GENERALLY FLATWISE OVER THE BOTTON OF SAID TRAY WITH ONE PAIR OF OPPOSING SIDES THEREOF FOLDED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY ON THE ADJACENT MRGINS OF SAID DEPOSIT AND WITH THE OTHER PAIR OF OPPOSING SIDES THEREOF EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND UNFOLDED FROM THE ADJACENT MARGINS OF SAID DEPOSIT, SAID TRAY AND CONTENTS BEING FOLDED OR DOUBLED OVER ON ITSELF SO THAT SAID PAIR OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING UNFOLDED SIDES OVERLIE EACH OTHER IN SUPERPOSED RELATIONSHIP, AND AN ENVELOPE OF DISPOSABLE FILM HAVING AIR, MOISTURE AND GREASE BARRIER OF PROPERTIES SNUGLY ENCLOSING SAID FOLDED TRAY AND ITS CONTENTS SO AS TO RETAIN IT IN A COMPACT GENERALLY FLAT CONDITION WITH SAID PAIR OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING UNFOLDED SIDES IN SUPERPOSED ENGAGEMENTS, SAID FOLDABLE SIDES BEING ERECTABLE ON REMOVAL OF SAID FILM AND UN-DOUBLING OF SAID TRAY TO FORM A CONTINUOUS UPSTANDING SIDEWALL TRAY BOTTOM, AND THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID INTERCONNECTED FOLDABLE SIDES BEING INTERCONNECTED BY FOLDABLE CORNER FORMATIONS WHICH IN FOLDED FLATTENED CONDITION AND WITH SAID ONE PAIR OF OPPOSING SIDES FOLDED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY ON THE ADJACENT MARGINS OF SAID DEPOSIT PROVIDE SAID OPPOSING PAIR OF UNFOLDED OUTWARDLY EXTENDING SIDES WITH BEVELED CORNERS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
239 words
A COMPACT GENERALLY FLAT HEAT-AND-SERVE PACKAGE OF MEAT PRODUCT COMPRISING A DISPOSABLE OVEN-HEATABLE TRAY FORMED WITH TWO OPPOSING PAIRS OF INTERCONNECTED FOLDABLE SIDES FROM SHEET MATERIAL CAPABLE OF RETAINING MELTED FAT AND GREASY LIQUID, A DEOSIT OF MEAT PRODUCT FROM WHICH FAT OR GREASY LIQUID RENDERS ON HEATING LAID GENERALLY FLATWISE OVER THE BOTTON OF SAID TRAY WITH ONE PAIR OF OPPOSING SIDES THEREOF FOLDED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY ON THE ADJACENT MRGINS OF SAID DEPOSIT AND WITH THE OTHER PAIR OF OPPOSING SIDES THEREOF EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND UNFOLDED FROM THE ADJACENT MARGINS OF SAID DEPOSIT, SAID TRAY AND CONTENTS BEING FOLDED OR DOUBLED OVER ON ITSELF SO THAT SAID PAIR OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING UNFOLDED SIDES OVERLIE EACH OTHER IN SUPERPOSED RELATIONSHIP, AND AN ENVELOPE OF DISPOSABLE FILM HAVING AIR, MOISTURE AND GREASE BARRIER OF PROPERTIES SNUGLY ENCLOSING SAID FOLDED TRAY AND ITS CONTENTS SO AS TO RETAIN IT IN A COMPACT GENERALLY FLAT CONDITION WITH SAID PAIR OF OUTWARDLY EXTENDING UNFOLDED SIDES IN SUPERPOSED ENGAGEMENTS, SAID FOLDABLE SIDES BEING ERECTABLE ON REMOVAL OF SAID FILM AND UN-DOUBLING OF SAID TRAY TO FORM A CONTINUOUS UPSTANDING SIDEWALL TRAY BOTTOM, AND THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID INTERCONNECTED FOLDABLE SIDES BEING INTERCONNECTED BY FOLDABLE CORNER FORMATIONS WHICH IN FOLDED FLATTENED CONDITION AND WITH SAID ONE PAIR OF OPPOSING SIDES FOLDED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY ON THE ADJACENT MARGINS OF SAID DEPOSIT PROVIDE SAID OPPOSING PAIR OF UNFOLDED OUTWARDLY EXTENDING SIDES WITH BEVELED CORNERS.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
The heat-and-serve package of claim 1 wherein at each of said beveled corners there is one set of three thicknesses of said tray sheet material with two of said thicknesses being adhered together with one adhering surface being the inner surface and the other adhering surface being the outer surface of said tray sheet material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The heat-and-serve package of claim 1 wherein at each of said beveled corners there is one set of four thicknesses of said tray sheet material with two of said thicknesses being adhered together with both adhering surfaces being of the outer surface of said tray sheet material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The heat-and-serve package of claim 1 wherein the angles at said beveled corners equal approximately 135* each.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The heat-and-serve package of claim 1 wherein said meat product is selected from the group consisting of pre-fried sliced bacon, sausage patties and sausages links.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The heat-and-serve package of claim 1 wherein said package is evacuated and hermetically sealed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The heat-and-serve package of claim 1 wherein said disposable film envelope comprises saran applied in the supercooled condition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The heat-and-serve package of claim 1 wherein said tray sheet material is laminated from an outer ply of paperboard and an inner ply of aluminum foil.