Patent ID: 9637299
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A23L,A23V,B65D

Claim:
1. A method of heating a food item comprising: providing a microwave heating construct that comprises a first main panel and a second main panel opposite one another, a first minor panel and a second minor panel opposite one another, the first minor panel and the second minor panel being foldably joined to the first main panel and the second main panel, a first end panel foldably joined to the first main panel along a first fold line, the first end panel including a pair of side edges that extend divergently from one another from the first main panel to an end edge of the first end panel, and a second end panel foldably joined to the second main panel along a second fold line, the second end panel including a pair of opposed side edges that extend from the second main panel to an end edge of the second end panel, wherein the first end panel and the second end panel each have a length measured from the respective first fold line or second fold line to the respective end edge of the first end panel or second end panel midway between the respective opposed side edges, and wherein the length of the first end panel is greater than the length of the second end panel, and wherein at least one of the first main panel, second main panel, first minor panel, second minor panel, first end panel, and second end panel includes microwave energy interactive material wherein the first main panel, second main panel, first minor panel, second minor panel, first end panel, and second end panel define an interior space for receiving a food item, and exposing the food item within the interior space to microwave energy, so that the microwave energy interactive material converts at least a portion of the microwave energy into heat, and the surface of the food item is at least one of browned and crisped.