Patent ID: 6151869
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: A01G,A01M,B31F,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A method for wrapping a food item, comprising the steps of:preparing the food item at a restaurant of the type where the food item is consumed by a customer at the restaurant or taken away by the customer for consumption at a location remote from the restaurant;providing a plurality of sheets of material at the restaurant, each sheet of material having an upper side, a lower side and an outer periphery, the sheets of material being stacked such that an uppermost sheet of material constitutes a top sheet of material, each sheet of material having a bonding material disposed on at least a portion of the lower surface thereof so as to extend a distance along at least a portion of the outer periphery of the lower surface of the sheet of material;disposing the prepared food item on the upper surface of the top sheet of material at the restaurant; andfolding at least the top sheet of material over the prepared food item such that at least a portion of the sheet of material overlaps another portion of the sheet of material whereby the overlapped portions of the sheet of material are bondingly connected and thereby provides a wrapper for the prepared food item at the restaurant wherein the prepared food item is maintained in a non-contact relation with the bonding material disposed on the lower surface of the flexible sheet of material.