Patent ID: 7810302

Claim:
A method of forming a reclose mechanism in a reclosable package for containing a food product, the method comprising: providing a package, the package including a rigid base member having a compartment in which food product is received, a bottom wall, an opening to the compartment above the bottom wall, and sidewall portions of the compartment upstanding from the bottom wall, each of the sidewall portions having an upper section, and a rigid lid covering the opening to contain a food product within the compartment, a portion of the rigid lid adapted to fit within the opening and nest with the upper section of the sidewall portions of the compartment; locating the package against a rail; aligning an anvil with the rail; shifting the anvil toward the rail; deforming adjacent regions of the base member and the rigid lid into a depression formed in the aligned rail to substantially simultaneously form an aligned lug and recess of the package, the lug being formed in the portion of the rigid lid and the recess being formed in the upper section of one of the sidewall portions of the compartment.