Patent ID: 8440947

Claim:
A blank for forming a microwave heating construct, comprising: a plurality of adjoined panels, each panel having a first dimension extending in a first direction and a second dimension extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, at least one panel of the plurality of adjoined panels including microwave energy interactive material, wherein the plurality of adjoined panels define a plurality of peripheral edges of the blank including a first peripheral edge extending in the second direction, the plurality of adjoined panels includes a first panel and a second panel joined to one another along a fold line extending in the first direction, and the blank includes a removable portion defined at least partially by a transverse tear line extending in the second direction substantially across the adjoined panels, a cut initiating and terminating substantially along the fold line, a first tear line extending obliquely from the cut to the transverse tear line, and a second tear line extending obliquely from the cut to the first peripheral edge of the blank, such that the removable portion of the blank includes the first peripheral edge of the blank.