Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Packaged or wrapped product – Having consumer oriented diverse utility
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-19
2001-10-09
Weinstein, Steven (Department: 1761)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Packaged or wrapped product
Having consumer oriented diverse utility
C426S130000, C206S815000, C206S555000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06299919
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The innovation concerns a packaging container for sliced foodstuffs, in particular cheese slices, with a bottom tray and a cover foil. It further concerns a packaging container of this type with sliced foodstuffs, preferably cheese slices.
Packaging containers of this type are already known. They can be made of plastic. In the manufacturing operation, the foodstuffs are introduced into the bottom tray of the packaging container. The bottom tray is then sealed by the cover foil, said cover foil being welded or adhesively bonded or otherwise attached to the bottom tray or to a border provided around the latter. In many applications, a closed, tight connection is created between the bottom tray and the cover foil.
However, as regards the packaging of sliced foodstuffs, the consumer is often faced with the problem of being able to remove these easily and reliably from the packaging container.
Taking this as its starting point, the innovation has the object of providing an improved packaging container, of the type mentioned at the outset, which is easier for the consumer to handle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the innovation, this object is achieved by the fact that the bottom tray has recessed grips. These allow the consumer to easily remove the sliced foodstuffs or cheese slices.
The object on which the innovation is based is further achieved by a packaging container, of the type mentioned at the outset, whose bottom tray has recessed grips and in which sliced foodstuffs, preferably cheese slices, are contained.
Advantageous developments are described in the subclaims.
The recessed grips are preferably arranged on opposite sides of the bottom tray. These are preferably the narrow sides of the customarily rectangular bottom tray. The design with recessed grips arranged on opposite sides of the bottom tray is preferably combined with a further advantageous development according to which the sliced foodstuffs or cheese slices are stacked in a staggered fashion one above the other. When removing the slices stacked in a staggered fashion one above the other, the recessed grips on opposite sides are then alternately used by the consumer to remove the next uppermost slice.
The recessed grips can be arranged diagonally opposite one another.
It is advantageous for the bottom tray to have further recessed grips. These further recessed grips are preferably designed in such a way that they increase the stability of the bottom tray or the packaging container.
The bottom tray is preferably made of plastic. This is preferably transparent plastic.
According to a further advantageous development, the cover foil is resealable. The packaging container is then particularly suitable for foodstuffs which are not used all at once, which is often the case with sliced foodstuffs and cheese slices.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the invention which refers to the accompanying drawings.
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Knaus Jürgen
Wurm Hans
Hochland Reich, Summer & Co.
Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen, LLP
Weinstein Steven
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