Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Packaged or wrapped product – Package containing separate noncoated or laminated interior...
Patent
1993-10-12
1996-01-09
Czaja, Donald E.
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Packaged or wrapped product
Package containing separate noncoated or laminated interior...
426106, 426115, 426127, 426128, 229119, 229902, 229906, 229939, 428136, 427391, B65D 8126
Patent
active
054827248
ABSTRACT:
A generally flat tray is adapted for supporting a pizza or other food item on an upper surface thereof. The tray is preferably comprised of corrugated paperboard with its upper surface having a parchment-like coating and including a plurality of linear, elongated slots arranged in a spaced manner to permit juices and liquids exuded by the pizza to flow into and be trapped within the inner corrugated portion of the tray for maintaining the pizza crust dry and crisp. Facing edges of each slot are beveled downwardly to facilitate flow of the juices and liquids into the tray's inner portion where the juices and liquids are entrapped. The parchment-like coating on the tray's upper surface draws the juices and liquids from the pizza crust and redirects heat emanating from the pizza upward back into the pizza to maintain the pizza at an elevated temperature. The tray may be used for storing and serving pizza and may be integrated in the bottom of a closed container for transport and extended storage of the pizza. While disclosed primarily for use with a pizza, this invention may be used to maintain virtually any type of food item which exudes juices and liquids in a dry, crisp condition.
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Dudley Mari' A.
Morici Alfred
Cano Milton I.
Czaja Donald E.
Morici, Dudley Associates
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