Patent ID: 8033391

Claim:
A combined moisture-absorbent padding utilized in conjunction with and for lining a food product container, said combined moisture-absorbent padding and food product container comprising: a food product container and a moisture-absorbent padding removably coupled thereto, said moisture-absorbent padding comprising a plurality of parallelepiped semi-flexible strips providing with a cavity formed therein respectively, a plurality of vertically oriented orifices equidistantly disposed within each of said strips, said orifices being opened into said cavity respectively, a moisture-absorbent material disposed throughout said entire cavity, an adhesive material continuously coating an outside edge of said cavity, a peel-off backing continuously and removably attached to said outside edge, and a plurality of reservoirs formed within said strips respectively, corresponding one of said reservoirs being contiguously abutted with said orifices respectively and thereby maintaining direct fluid communication therewith for directing and storing moisture released from the food product contained within said food product container, said reservoirs having a closed bottom end located within said strips such that the moisture is prohibited from egressing said strips during transit of the food product container; wherein at least one of said strips is in line with at least a portion of said food product container; wherein each of said strips are disposed adjacent to each other thereby forming a sheet, said strips being separated by a plurality of perforations formed within said sheet; wherein at least one of said strips is removably attached to an inside edge of said food product container outer wall; wherein said moisture-absorbent material absorbs and retains moisture released from a food product contained within said food product container.