Patent ID: 7597918

Claim:
A method for vacuum packaging a pre-cooked whole lobster having an intact horn, comprising the steps of b) placing a pre-cooked whole lobster with an intact horn inside a plastic tray having a top planar surface; c) placing a plastic sealing sheet over said top planar surface of said plastic tray, with a surface region of said plastic sealing sheet in contact with an upper surface of said intact horn; and d) vacuum packing said pre-cooked whole lobster in said plastic tray while retaining said intact horn fixed against a surface portion of said plastic tray and pulling said surface region of said plastic sealing sheet toward said surface portion of said plastic tray at a right angle with a longitudinal axis of said intact horn, and enclosing said intact horn between said surface region of said plastic sealing sheet and said surface portion of said plastic tray, with said intact horn pointing between said surface region of said plastic sheet and said surface portion of said plastic tray.