Display package

• US 4,361,227 A
• Filed: 05/04/1981
• Issued: 11/30/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Pillsbury Company The Pillsbury Center Minneapolis MN 55402
• Original Assignee: Jeno's Incorporated
• Inventors: Paulucci, Jeno F.
• Primary Examiner(s): MOY, JOSEPH MAN
• Application Number:
  US06/260,414
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 206/45.32, 206/45.34, 206/45.33, 206/497, 206/219, 206/220, 206/222, 426/128, 426/124, 426/120
• US Class Current: 426/120
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/02 Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers

Abstract

A display package comprising a semi-rigid outer container having a front wall and a back wall with a cutout creating an opening in the front wall. The outer container encloses an inner container, the latter comprising a sheet or pouch of film plastic on a food product base, a plurality of intermediate pouches loosely enclosing separate food product ingredients, and an outer pouch of shrink film plastic heat shrunk onto the base over the intermediate pouches so as to hold them in place. The film forms a window for viewing the food products through the cutout.

Claims

1. A display package for multiple ingredient frozen food products marketed in semi-completed form, comprising:

a. an outer container fabricated of semi-rigid material and having a front wall and a back wall;

b. a cut-out creating an opening in the front wall; and

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c. an inner container within said outer container;

d. said inner container including an inner member, an outer pouch, and a plurality of intermediate pouches;

e. said inner member comprising a sheet of plastic film material which overlies a food product base;

f. said outer pouch consisting of a plastic shrink film material which is heat shrunk onto said food product base over said inner member;

3. The display package of claim 1 further characterized in that:

a. said inner member comprises a sheet of plastic film which covers one side of said food product base completely.

4. The display package of claim 1 further characterized in that:

a. said inner member comprises an inner pouch of shrink film material which is heat shrunk onto said base;

b. said inner pouch having a plurality of holes formed in it prior to being shrunk into place.

2. g. each of said intermediate pouches consisting of a plastic film material and loosely enclosing a separate ingredient;

h. said intermediate pouches being enclosed by said outer pouch but separated from said food product base by said inner member;

p1 i. said intermediate pouches being held in position by said outer pouch whereby they are visible through said cutout opening in said outer container and the plastic films form a window through which the food product base and ingredients are visible;

j. said outer pouch having a plurality of holes formed in it prior to being shrunk into place.