US 7,468,498 B2
Microwavable container with sleeve
George A Tuszkiewicz, Plymouth, Minn. (US); and Richard L Mace, Seneca, Ill. (US)
Assigned to General Mills Marketing, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/404,576.
Prior Publication US 2006/0254943 A1, Nov. 16, 2006
Int. Cl. H05B 6/80 (2006.01); B65D 65/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 219—725  [219/732; 99/451; 426/234; 426/243; 229/902; 220/258.5; 206/434] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food package kit comprising:
a first tray including:
a bottom;
a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom and terminating at a top end, the sidewall comprising a base section extending upwardly from the bottom, an intermediate section extending upwardly from the base section, and an upper section extending upwardly from the intermediate section, wherein the upper section includes structure defining a collar extending radially outwardly from the intermediate section, and a stacking wall extending upwardly from the collar and terminating at the top end of the sidewall, such that the upper section is adapted to inhibit a second tray from entirely nesting within the first tray thereby allowing easy disassembly of the second tray from the first tray;
a flange extending from the sidewall opposite the bottom, the flange including
a rim section configured to receive a sealing film,
a recessed section extending from the rim section, the recessed section terminating in a pair of opposed lateral edges and a pair of opposed longitudinal edges, wherein each of the opposed longitudinal edges intersect with a lateral edge at a corner, wherein each corner contains a handle, and
an outwardly extending catch member disposed between the handles on each of the lateral edges; and
a sealing film adapted to be attached to the rim section; and
a sleeve adapted to contain the first tray completely therein, the sleeve including a sleeve top a first depending sleeve side, a second depending sleeve side and a sleeve bottom, wherein the first tray is disposed within the sleeve by frictional force between the first tray and the sleeve.