Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Packaged or wrapped product – Having consumer oriented diverse utility
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-07
2006-03-07
Becker, Drew (Department: 1761)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Packaged or wrapped product
Having consumer oriented diverse utility
C426S122000, C426S810000, C206S736000, C206S217000, C206S541000, C206S485100, C206S563000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07008656
ABSTRACT:
A carton for storing and serving a self-heating meal and a beverage container includes a closable first compartment for storing and heating the meal. The first compartment has a first top wall and a first flap covering a first opening to the first compartment and a first securing means for releasably securing the first flap in a first closed position. The carton includes a second compartment for storing the beverage container and has a hole in a second top wall of the second compartment for holding the beverage container. An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a second flap attached to the second top wall covers a second opening to the second compartment. A third compartment in the carton is disposed between the first and second compartments wherein the third compartment is open along a top side of the carton.
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McLandrich Andrew B.
Smith, Jr. William S.
Zimmerman, Jr. Donald T.
Becker Drew
Rosen Steven J.
The HeaterMeals Company
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