Patent ID: 7731997
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package for containing a sliced food product, the package comprising: a compartment effective for receiving and containing slices of the food product; a bottom wall of the compartment; an opening to the compartment above the bottom wall, the opening having a substantially rectangular shape; side wall portions of the compartment upstanding from the bottom wall; a film cover which covers and seals the opening; wherein the side wall portions comprise: a first side wall portion having a first ramp section that extends downward and inward toward the bottom wall at a first oblique angle, the first oblique angle between about 55-75 degrees relative to a vertical axis when the package is arranged in a horizontal orientation; and a second side wall portion opposing the first side wall portion, the second side wall portion having a second ramp section that extends downward and inward toward the bottom wall at a second oblique angle, the second oblique angle between about 55-75 degrees relative to the vertical axis when the package is arranged in the horizontal orientation, wherein at least the first ramp section and the second ramp section cause the compartment to be tapered and adapted to engage the food product to minimize movement of the food product to be contained therein and wherein the first ramp section and the second ramp section are adapted to lift the food product upward toward the film cover such that the food product can be viewed through at least a portion of the film cover; the first side wall portion having a first portion extending substantially vertically downward from the first ramp section, the first portion having a first base; and the second wall portion having a second portion extending substantially vertically downward from the second ramp section, the second portion having a second base, the second base is parallel to the first base.