Patent ID: 6170666
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A package for a product comprising:a formed tray made of a rigid or semi-rigid material and including at least one compartment for containing a product, the formed tray having a front display side and a back side, the compartment being accessible from the front display side of the formed tray, and the front display side of the formed tray including a sealing sheet attachment area substantially lying in a front side plane and also substantially surrounding the compartment; anda sealing sheet covering the product packaged in the compartment and secured to the sealing sheet attachment area on the front display side of the formed tray, the sealing sheet comprising a flexible web;wherein the formed tray further comprises:a top display end;a lower display end; anda top edge portion located adjacent the top display end; andwherein at least a portion of the back side of the formed tray extends angularly from the top edge portion and away from the front side plane, thereby facilitating angular display of the front display side of the package;the angularly extending portion of the backside of the formed tray spans transversely for a portion of a transverse width of the compartment, but the angularly extending portion of the back side does not span transversely across an entire transverse width of the compartment;the formed tray further comprises an angularly extending protrusion within the compartment corresponding to the angularly extending portion of the back side of the tray; andthe protrusion has a pair of generally right triangular sidewalls extending from a top sidewall of the compartment adjacent the top edge portion of the tray, and a wall portion spanning between hypotenuse edges of the generally right triangular sidewalls, the spanning wall spanning a greater distance between the protrusion sidewalls as the spanning wall extends farther away from the top sidewall of the compartment adjacent the top edge portion of the tray.