Patent ID: 6066346
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
Expandable microwave package for holding a grain for popping or puffing in a microwave oven comprising, in combination: a bag including a bottom wall, a top wall, a first gussetted side panel, and a second gussetted side panel, with the bottom and top walls and the first and second gussetted side panels each formed of a sheet of flexible material, with the bottom wall having an outer periphery of a substantially round shape, with the top wall having an outer periphery of a substantially round shape corresponding to the outer periphery of the bottom wall, with the gussetted side panels each formed of at least first and second panel portions which overlie each other and which include outer peripheries corresponding to the outer peripheries of the bottom and top walls, with the bottom and top walls being interconnected together adjacent to the outer peripheries, with the bottom and top walls being interconnected together by their interconnection to the first and second gussetted side panels adjacent to the outer peripheries, with the bottom wall being interconnected to the first panel portions of the first and second gussetted side panels and with the top wall being interconnected to the second panel portions of the first and second gussetted side panels, with the top and bottom walls expanding into an opposing double domed shape as the grain is being popped or puffed in the microwave oven.