Patent ID: 6063416
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A food package combination of a food-containing pouch within a tent-style carton, the combination comprising:a flexible pouch having a front panel, a rear panel, and sealed edge portions which seal together said front panel and said rear panel to provide a product cavity;said flexible pouch having an access opening into said product cavity, said access opening being generally at a mouth portion of the flexible pouch;a strip at said mouth portion, said strip providing selective opening and reclosing for said access opening;a food product within said product cavity of the flexible pouch, which food product is removable, in whole or in part, from said flexible pouch through said access opening when said strip is opened;a tent-style carton having a front face, a back face, a bottom face and a top edge, said faces and edge being oriented with respect to each other to delineate opposing end areas which are each of generally triangular configuration having an apex at said top edge;a narrow top portion of said tent-style carton, said narrow top portion of the tent-style carton being defined by said top edge thereof and by a top portion of each of said front and back faces of the carton;said mouth portion having said strip is folded over 180 degrees back onto the pouch while accommodating said food product within the product cavity so as to define a pouch folded area; andsaid pouch is oriented 90 degrees from said carton such that said pouch folded area extends between said top edge and said bottom face of the carton while an end portion only of said pouch folded area is within said narrow top portion of the tent-style carton.