Patent ID: 6299919
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A package containing sliced foodstuffs comprising:a rectangular tray having an opening to an interior defined by a pair of opposing narrow walls and a pair of opposing longer walls relative to the narrow walls, each wall intersecting two of the other walls wherein a corner is defined by two intersecting walls, and a base intersecting all of the walls and facing the opening in the tray,a resealable cover foil for closing the opening, anda plurality of sliced foodstuffs stacked in an alternating staggered fashion in the interior of the tray, the sliced foodstuffs lie flush one above the other along the longer walls and the staggering is provided along the narrow walls such that each slice of foodstuff overlaps the next lower slice alternately along each respective narrow wall,wherein the tray includes:two opposing finger channels recessed away from the opening of the tray, each finger channel being disposed on a respective one of the narrow walls adjacent one of two diagonally opposing corners of the tray and each finger channel being wide enough for a person's finger to provide access to the person to retrieve individual slices of the sliced food stuffs from the interior of the tray, such that the sliced foodstuffs are removed from a stack by a person using the two opposing finger channels alternately to remove individual slices, an uppermost slice being removed from the tray by gripping under an extended edge of the uppermost slice by way of one finger channel to expose a next uppermost slice, and then the next uppermost slice being removed by gripping under an extended edge of the next uppermost slice by way of the other opposing finger channel, andtwo recessed support channels smaller than either of the two recessed finger channels and disposed adjacent opposite corners not occupied by the two opposing recessed finger channels to provide further stability to the tray.