Patent ID: 8158174
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package for containing a food product, the package comprising: at least one compartment effective for containing slices of the food product; an opening to the compartment, the opening having a substantially rectangular shape; a bottom wall of the compartment which forms a horizontal base when the package is in a horizontal position and is resting on the bottom wall, the opening above and opposite the bottom wall; at least two slanted side/side walls of the compartment upstanding from the bottom wall when the package is resting on the bottom wall, the side/side walls forming at least a part of the side walls of the compartment and forming barrier walls separating the compartment and the interior of the package from outside the package; at least one slanted side/back wall of the compartment upstanding from the bottom wall when the package is resting on the bottom wall, the side/back wall forming at least a part of the side walls of the compartment and forming a barrier wall separating the compartment and the interior of the package from outside the package; one side/front wall of the compartment extending vertically from the bottom wall when the package is resting on the bottom wall, the side/front wall forming at least a part of the side walls of the compartment and forming a barrier wall separating the compartment and the interior of the package from outside the package; a lip surrounding the opening and extending in a plane generally parallel to the bottom wall; and a lid which snappingly engages an upper periphery of the compartment to close the opening, the side/front wall forming a display base where the size of the side/front wall and the lip cooperatively support the container to hold the container in a display position when the container is holding product, the two slanted side/side walls of the compartment angling upwardly and outwardly when the container is in the horizontal position, the angles being effective to push the contents of the compartment away from the side/side walls when the container is resting on the side/front wall in display position, the at least one slanted side/back wall of the container extending at an angle upwardly and outwardly when the container is in the horizontal position, the angle being effective to push the contents of the compartment away from the side/back wall and towards the opening when the container is resting on the side/front wall in display position, and the center of the bottom wall is closer to the side/front wall than to the slanted side/back wall when each of the side/front wall and the slanted side/back wall are considered from an upper portion thereof proximate to the lip.