Patent ID: 6637645
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A convertible bread packaging product for preserving loaf bread, said packaging product comprising:(a) a foldable paperboard blank having first and second opposing end edges and first and second opposing side edges, said blank being folded along three lateral fold lines and attached along said first and second end edges to define a plurality of joined walls, said three lateral fold lines comprising a middle fold line and two outer fold lines; (b) first and second spaced-apart scores formed with said blank in a margin adjacent one of said first and second side edges, and said first and second scores extending parallel to said side edge and intersecting respective outer fold lines; and (c) said walls cooperating to form a protective enclosure having a length dimension greater than a width dimension thereof, and at least one open end for receiving a loaf of bread therein, said enclosure being movable between a collapsed position for stacking said packaging product prior to use, and an open position for storing the loaf of bread during transport and handling, whereby in the open position, diagonally opposed corners of said enclosure are folded inwardly at respective scores to rigidify said walls and to retain the loaf of bread within said enclosure.