Patent ID: 9254061
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A47J,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A container for cooking a food item in a microwave oven, the container comprising: a mouth for inserting the food item; a flexible thermoplastic container body having a first and second sidewall forming an interior, at least one of the first and second sidewalls having a microwave susceptor material for heating the food item in the microwave oven; wherein the first sidewall has a first film orientation with a tendency to heat shrink more readily along a first axis and the second sidewall has a second film orientation with a tendency to heat shrink more readily along a second axis; the second film orientation is different from the first film orientation such that the first axis is generally perpendicular to the second axis; and the first film is orientated in a transverse direction and the second film is orientated in a machine direction; and whereby upon heating in the microwave oven, the first film shrinks along the first axis in the transverse direction and the second film shrinks along the second axis in the machine direction; whereby upon heating in the microwave oven, the first and the second sidewall of the bag curl in both directions to form a bowl shape; and whereby upon heating in the microwave oven; the microwave susceptor material is brought into closer conformity with a contained food item for improved browning and crisping performance.