Patent ID: 7726098

Claim:
A method of manufacturing coaxial foodstuff packages, the method comprising the steps of: vertically sealing longitudinal edges of a first packaging material thereby forming a first tubular sleeve with opposite sleeve ends left open; vertically sealing longitudinal edges of a second packaging material thereby forming a second tubular sleeve with opposite sleeve ends left open, the second tubular sleeve being formed about the first inner tubular sleeve; simultaneously transversely sealing inferior ends of the first and second tubular sleeves forming open-ended inner and outer foodstuff-receiving compartments; depositing a first foodstuff into the open-ended inner foodstuff-receiving compartment; depositing a second foodstuff into the open-ended outer foodstuff-receiving compartment about the inner foodstuff receiving compartment; simultaneously transversely sealing superior ends of the inner and-outer foodstuff-receiving compartments to form a coaxial foodstuff package, the first and second foodstuffs being coaxially compartmentalized; and cutting the coaxial foodstuff package intermediate the superior transverse seal to separate the coaxial foodstuff package from the first and second packaging materials for removing the coaxial foodstuff package from the first and second packaging materials with a portion of the superior seal below the cut forming a superior sealed end of the coaxial foodstuff package and a portion of the superior seal above the cut forming the inferior end of the next coaxial foodstuff package to be formed.