Patent ID: 7022359
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A packaging assembly for food products to be cooked or heated in microwave ovens, which comprises: an inner wrapper which contains the food product; an outer package of plastic material which encloses said inner wrapper and at least one layer of a suscepter material; and a substrate attached to an outer face of said outer package; wherein said at least one layer of suscepter material causes the opening of the outer package by melting a portion of the outer package, and a portion of the outer package is melted to permit removal of the inner wrapper from the outer package during heating of the assembly in a microwave oven, and said packaging assembly is used in automatic dispensing machines equipped with said microwave ovens; wherein the substrate is a continuous web of flexible material attached to a plurality of said outer packages, wherein each of said outer packages encloses said inner wrapper, which contains said food product, and at least one layer of suscepter material; and wherein the food product is corn which is transformed into popcorn.