Patent ID: 8394470
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: B05D,B32B,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sealed package comprising a container containing a ready-prepared ovenable meal and an-open-ended packaging tube or sleeve within which is disposed the container, and wherein a first portion of said packaging tube or sleeve seals said container and wherein a second portion of said packaging tube or sleeve is separable from said first portion prior to the cooking cycle of said ovenable meal, wherein said tube or sleeve is formed from an open-ended tube comprising walls of a heat-sealable multi-layer polymeric film, wherein said film comprises an outer shrinkable substrate layer and an inner heat-sealable layer, wherein said substrate layer has a degree of shrinkage in a longitudinal dimension of the tube of about 0% to about 50% when heated from ambient temperature to a temperature in the range of 55 to 100° C., and a degree of shrinkage in a transverse dimension of the tube of about 5 to about 70% when heated from ambient temperature to a temperature in the range of 55 to 100° C., wherein said multi-layer film comprises a plurality of separating means which enable one multi-layer portion of said film to be separated from an adjacent multi-layer portion of said film.