Patent ID: 6254907
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A flexible package having an interior for holding a foodstuff therein, said package comprising a unitary flexible wall front panel, a unitary flexible wall rear panel, and a bottom panel, said front and rear panels each including a top edge, a bottom edge, a pair of side edges flaring outwardly from said bottom edge toward said top edge, an exterior surface and an interior surface, said front and rear panels being fixedly secured together at their interior surfaces along said side edges, said bottom panel having a peripheral edge, said bottom panel being fixedly secured along a first portion of said peripheral edge to said interior surface of said front panel above said bottom edge and being fixedly secured along a second portion of said peripheral edge to said interior surface of said rear panel above said bottom edge to form a hollow flaring wall pocket containing a foodstuff therein, said package being arranged to be sealed along said top edge of said front and rear panels to isolate the foodstuff in said pocket from the ambient atmosphere to maintain the freshness of said foodstuff, said front and rear panels being arranged to be separated from each other contiguous with said top edge to form a bowl-shaped member in which the foodstuff is located to facilitate the eating and/or preparation of the foodstuff within said bowl-shaped member, said bowl-shaped member having a sidewall flaring outwardly from said bottom edge toward said top edge and a bottom wall, said bottom edges of said front and rear panels forming a support base for said bowl-shaped member, said package additionally comprising a resealable securable closure for closing said bowl like member after the formation thereof.