Patent ID: 6912829
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A method for wrapping a food product in a wrapper comprising sheet material; said food product comprising at least two complementary parts that are capable of being coupled together along a coupling line, said wrapper comprising at least two complimentary parts which can be joined together along a respective connection line; said method comprising: A) selecting one of the said parts of said food product; B forming one part of the at least two parts of the wrapper to be shaped and dimensioned to generally complement at least a portion of the external shape of said product and introducing the said selected one part of the product into the formed, said one part of the wrapper so that at least part of the said one part of the wrapper projects beyond the selected one part of the product, then coupling, along said coupling line, the others of said at least two parts of said food product to said selected one part of said food product, to form said food product, said coupled parts of said food product being aligned, but coupled together substantially freely, along said coupling line extending around a periphery of said food product with relative movement between said selected one part of said food product and said at least two parts of said food product being prevented by the projecting portion of said one part of said wrapper, then forming the other parts of the at least two parts of said wrapper along the respective said connection line to form said wrapper, so that the wrapper encloses the coupled food product, which formed wrapper is shaped and dimensioned to complement the shape and dimensions of the coupled food product such that said parts of said food product are maintained coupled together substantially freely in the sense that the coupled part can be freely separated once the wrapper is removed from enclosing said coupled product such that at least a portion of said coupling line is offset with regard to the connection line.