Ovenable carton with handles
First Claim
1. A package prepared from paperboard for food products and consisting essentially of a substantially polygonal shaped tray portion for supporting and confining the food products, said tray portion comprising a bottom panel with upstanding side walls and corner panels, and a top structure of substantially the same shape as the tray portion for convering the stray portion, said top structure comprising a lid panel foldably attached to one of the side walls of said tray portion along a score line and including integral side walls which are foldably attached to the lid panel along additional score lines for overlapping the side walls of the tray portion, means for adhering portions of the top structure side walls that are remote from their score lines to the corresponding side walls of the tray portion and means in the lide panel for separating unadhered portions of at least two opposed side walls of the top structure from the lid panel to provide handle elements formed by the unadhered portions of the two opposed side walls of the top structure for said package.
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Abstract
A microwave ovenable package is disclosed including a top structure which incorporates therein a pair of handle elements useful for removing the package from the microwave oven. In the preferred embodiment, the top structure includes integral side walls which are adhered to the sides of the package. The integral side walls are connected to the top structure along cut/scored lines which delaminate upon opening the top. The portions of the side walls which remain attached to the package can then be folded outwardly to produce handles for removing the package from the microwave oven.
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9 Claims
- 1. A package prepared from paperboard for food products and consisting essentially of a substantially polygonal shaped tray portion for supporting and confining the food products, said tray portion comprising a bottom panel with upstanding side walls and corner panels, and a top structure of substantially the same shape as the tray portion for convering the stray portion, said top structure comprising a lid panel foldably attached to one of the side walls of said tray portion along a score line and including integral side walls which are foldably attached to the lid panel along additional score lines for overlapping the side walls of the tray portion, means for adhering portions of the top structure side walls that are remote from their score lines to the corresponding side walls of the tray portion and means in the lide panel for separating unadhered portions of at least two opposed side walls of the top structure from the lid panel to provide handle elements formed by the unadhered portions of the two opposed side walls of the top structure for said package.
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7. A paperboard blank for making a carton with handles suitable for use in a microwave oven comprising:
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(a) a tray portion bottom panel of substantially rectangular shape having side walls foldably attached to two opposed sides thereof and front and rear walls foldably attached to the remaining opposed sides thereof, and including gusset panels foldably attached between the ends of the respective side, front and rear walls; (b) a top structure lid panel of substantially rectangular shape having one edge thereof foldably attached to the rear wall of the bottom panel of the tray portion, a pair of side walls foldably attached to opposed sides of said lid panel, and a front wall foldably attached to the remaining edge of said lid panel; and
,(c) means in the front wall of the top structure forming a tearable opening for the carton formed from the blank, and means in the lid panel of the top structure for separating the side walls of the top structure from the lid panel to form handles for the carton and for separating the lid panel from the rear wall of the tray portion. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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