Patent ID: 6235325
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A packaged food product comprising:an elongated, blow molded, frangible, hollow imitation egg shell made of white or near-white plastic material and being of generally egg-shaped configuration so as to resemble a real egg, said imitation egg shell having a wall thickness about twice as great as the wall thickness of a real egg shell, and having formed in one of its ends an opening the diameter of which is of no more than half the maximum diameter of the shell;a quantity of raw liquid egg white disposed within the shell;a cover removably sealing the opening in the shell, the cover being formed of a transparent plastic sheet material, whereby the contents of the shell may be viewed through the cover and the opening in the shell;the cover having an extending portion, not sealed to the shell, that forms a finger tab to facilitate the removal of the cover;the frangible plastic imitation egg shell being capable of withstanding breakage under compressive force from other objects that may be supported above it as well as withstanding handling during distribution and sale, yet capable of being cracked or broken in a manner similar to the manner in which a real egg may be cracked or broken by the customer to remove its contents; andthe frangible plastic imitation egg shell and cover being capable of allowing the contents to be cooked in the imitation egg shell in boiling liquid.