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Dual ovenable food package

  • US 5,588,587 A
  • Filed: 11/22/1995
  • Issued: 12/31/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A container formed from a unitary blank of paperboard and being of generally rectangular parallelepiped form for packaging a food containing dish, the container having a bottom wall, four side walls, and a top wall, one of said container side walls being a first of said container side walls defined by a depending wall from said top wall and an upstanding wall from said bottom wall to thereby define a first container side wall of two plies of paperboard, a dish positioned on said container bottom wall, said dish having a bottom and upstanding side walls, said dish bottom resting on said container bottom wall, said dish having an upper horizontal flange extending radially outwardly therefrom, said horizontal flange having a first radially outwardly extending ear, said a first flange ear being bent downwardly and sandwiched between said two plies of paperboard of said first container side wall, means carried by said container top wall for facilitating ripping off a portion thereof to yield an access opening to said dish, said access opening being smaller in dimension than said dish flange to thereby prevent said dish from being removed from said container after said ripping.

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