Patent ID: 7281360

Claim:
A method for making a packaged food product comprising: providing a packaging film base layer having a first side and a second side and comprised of one or more polymeric materials; providing a heat sealable layer adjacent the second side of the base layer; extrusion coating at least one layer of polymeric material onto the first side of the base layer; providing a packaging film outer layer having a first side and a second side and comprised of one or more polymeric materials, wherein at least one of the outer layer first and second sides is capable of being printed thereon; providing printed information adjacent at least a portion of at least the second side of the outer layer; thermally laminating at least a portion of the base layer to at least a portion of the outer layer to one another using a combination of heat and pressure so as to provide a food packaging film; providing a consumable food product; folding the film lengthwise and sealing it together substantially along and adjacent at least a portion of the first and second edges thereof with at least some material from the heat sealable layer contacting itself therealong so as to form an open ended, tube-like enclosure; inserting the food product into the tube-like enclosure; and sealing together opposite ends of the enclosure along and adjacent third, fourth, fifth and sixth edges of the film with at least some material from the heat sealable layer contacting itself therealong so as to seal the food product within the enclosure.