SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING EGGS

• US 20110177206A1
• Filed: 01/20/2010
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yta Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Newmarket Impressions, LLC
• Inventors: Hegyi, Marco Armand, Brown, Allan Irwin, Anderson, Greg, Chait, Mitchell Barry
• Granted Patent: US 8,715,757 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/87
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 15/00 Egg products; Preparation or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2571/00919 Informative or decorative surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/32 for eggs

Abstract

A package of eggs is disclosed which comprises a plurality of eggs arranged in one or more rows. The eggs are arranged in the package so that a long axis of each egg in the package is tilted toward the back of the package so as to be at least slightly offset from vertical. In some embodiments, each of the eggs in the package may have information laser marked on it in substantially the same location as the other eggs in the package, and the eggs may be oriented in the package such that information marked on each egg faces substantially the same direction as the information marked on the other eggs in the package. Additionally, in some embodiments, each of the eggs in the package may have particular information marked on it, and each of the eggs in the package may be positioned in the package such that at least the particular information is visible upon opening the package, without altering a position of the egg. Further, in some embodiments, the eggs may be arranged in the package such that the long axes of all of the eggs in each row of eggs in the package form approximate right angles with respect to a line intercepting bottoms of receptacles holding the eggs in such a row and/or such that the long axes of all of the eggs in each row of eggs in the package form approximate right angles with respect to a line intercepting bottoms of receptacles holding the eggs in such a row.

Claims

1. A package of eggs comprising a plurality of eggs arranged in one or more rows, wherein the eggs are arranged in the package so that a long axis of each egg in the package is tilted toward the back of the package so as to be at least slightly offset from vertical.

2. The package of eggs of claim 1, wherein the eggs are further arranged in the package so that the long axis of each egg in the package is offset no more than 20 degrees from the long axis of each other egg in the package.

3. The package of eggs of claim 2, wherein:

each of the eggs in the package has information laser marked on it in substantially the same location as the other eggs in the package; and

the eggs are oriented in the package such that information marked on each egg faces substantially the same direction as the information marked on the other eggs in the package.

4. The package of eggs of claim 3, wherein, for at least one egg that is marked, a center point of the information laser marked onto the egg is located between the middle and an end of the egg.

5. The package of eggs of claim 2, wherein, for at least one egg that is marked, a center point of the information laser marked onto the egg is located between the middle and an end of the egg.

6. The package of eggs of claim 1, wherein the eggs are further arranged in the package so that the long axis of each egg in the package is offset no more than 10 degrees from the long axis of each other egg in the package.

7. The package of eggs of claim 6, wherein:

each of the eggs in the package has information laser marked on it in substantially the same location as the other eggs in the package; and

the eggs are oriented in the package such that information marked on each egg faces substantially the same direction as the information marked on the other eggs in the package.

8. The package of eggs of claim 7, wherein, for at least one egg that is marked, a center point of the information laser marked onto the egg is located between the middle and an end of the egg.

9. The package of eggs of claim 6, wherein, for at least one egg that is marked, a center point of the information laser marked onto the egg is located between the middle and an end of the egg.

10. The package of eggs of claim 1, wherein:

each of the eggs in the package has information laser marked on it in substantially the same location as the other eggs in the package; and

the eggs are oriented in the package such that information marked on each egg faces substantially the same direction as the information marked on the other eggs in the package.

11. The package of eggs of claim 10, wherein, for at least one egg that is marked, a center point of the information laser marked onto the egg is located between the middle and an end of the egg.

12. The package of eggs of claim 1, wherein, for at least one egg that is marked, a center point of the information laser marked onto the egg is located between the middle and an end of the egg.

13. The package of eggs of claim 1, wherein the eggs are arranged in the package so that the long axis of each egg in the package is tilted toward the back of the package so as to be offset from vertical by a minimum of 3 degrees.

14. The package of eggs of claim 1, wherein the eggs are arranged in the package so that the long axis of each egg in the package is tilted toward the back of the package so as to be offset from vertical by a minimum of 10 degrees.

15. The package of eggs of claim 13, wherein:

each of the eggs in the package has particular information marked on it; and

each of the eggs in the package is positioned in the package such that at least the particular information is visible upon opening the package, without altering a position of the egg.

16. The package of eggs of claim 1, wherein:

each of the eggs in the package has particular information laser marked on it; and

each of the eggs in the package is positioned in the package such that at least the particular information is visible upon opening the package, without altering a position of the egg.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein eggs are arranged in the package such that the long axes of all of the eggs in each row of eggs in the package form approximate right angles with respect to a line intercepting bottoms of receptacles holding the eggs in such a row.

18. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein eggs are arranged in the package such that the long axes of all of the eggs in each row of eggs in the package form approximate right angles with respect to a line intercepting bottoms of receptacles holding the eggs in such a row.