Patent ID: 9259121
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. A sterile, ohmic heating container for sterilizing, heating, or storing food and beverage items, the container comprising: a) a rectangular prism-shaped packet formed of a multilayer laminate material that includes a metallic foil layer sandwiched between an exterior polymer layer and an interior polymer layer, wherein the exterior and interior polymer layers are composed of polypropylene or polyethylene, the packet has two opposing major sidewalls, two opposing minor sidewalls, and two opposing end walls, wherein each minor sidewall has a hole formed through it, wherein sides of the minor sidewalls are sealed against adjacent sides of the major sidewalls and adjacent sides of one end wall to form the rectangular prism-shaped packet that is open at an opposing end wall to receive a food or beverage food item, and said opposing end wall is sealed against the minor and major sidewalls thereafter to form a hermetically sealed body of the packet, wherein the metallic foil layer and the multilayer laminate material extend throughout the hermetically sealed body of the packet; b) a first and a second patch of insulating material hermetically sealed to an interior of each of the minor sidewalls and covering the holes on the interiors of the minor sidewalls, wherein the insulating patches are not electrically connected to the metallic foil layer; c) a first and a second electrode abutting the first and the second patches, respectively, on the interior of the packet and extending along respective, opposing minor sidewalls; d) a first and a second electrically conductive tag abutting an exterior of each of the minor sidewalls, covering the holes on the exteriors of the minor sidewalls; and e) a first and a second electrically conductive stuffings extending through the first and the second patch, and securely affixing to the first and second electrodes and to the first and second electrically conductive tags, respectively, to each of the minor sidewalls so that the first and second electrically conductive stuffings provide hermetic electric connection between the first and second electrodes on the interior sides of the laminate sheet and the first and second tags on the exterior sides of the laminate sheet, respectively, without affecting the integrity of the seal between the interior sides and the exterior sides of the packet or the stability of the packet at high temperature;