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Convenience foodstuff package

a food package and convenience technology, applied in the field of convenience foods, can solve the problems of hamburgers obtained from a fast food or convenience food outlet that are difficult to eat in a tidy manner, burgers can fall apart, and the problem is most noticeable with respect to large burgers, so as to facilitate the consumption of hamburgers and reduce the amount of filling falling

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-10-19
MATTHEWS ROLAND
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[0008] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a hamburger package that facilitates the consumption of a hamburger, particularly at least reducing the amount of filling falling out of the foodstuff during eating.

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It is well known that hamburgers obtained from a fast food or convenience food outlet can be difficult to eat in a tidy manner.
The problem is most noticeable with respect to large burgers that are ‘piled high’ with a number of fillings.
Likewise when the customer takes a break from eating, the burger can fall apart when temporarily placed on the tray or plate.
Reconstruction of the burger may be difficult in order to resume eating.
Eating a hamburger in a moving vehicle is an even more difficult undertaking.
Not surprisingly, when a driver approaches a ‘drive-thru’ fast food outlet, the consideration of how messy the food is to eat my affect the purchase decision.
The collar solution described above does not solve the problem for a customer of actually eating a burger in a tidy manner.

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[0017] The term ‘hamburger’ referred to herein encapsulate all similar foods of a sandwich nature such as chicken burgers and vegetarian burgers etc. ‘Hamburger’ is simply used as a convenient descriptive term. The present invention has, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, application to other forms of foodstuffs which are held in the hand for the purposes of consumption.

[0018]FIG. 1 best illustrates a typical usage situation where a fast food customer would expect to encounter a hamburger package according to the present invention. The novel hamburger package is generally denoted 10. Familiar food products accompanying the hamburger B are French fries F and a soft drink D.

[0019] Hamburger B is often supplied to the customer in a paperboard box package P as illustrated. Alternatively, hamburgers are increasingly supplied in a paper wrapper. In each case the packaging is for temporarily storing the hamburger and retaining heat.

[0020] As illustrated in FIG. 1 hambur...

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Abstract

A foodstuff package for convenience foodstuff such as hamburgers / sandwiches. The package includes a foodstuff gripping section (10) which has a wall (11b) with projecting upper flap elements (12a and 12b) and corresponding lower flap elements. These enable an item of foodstuff to be gripped. In a preferred embodiment the package also includes a removable wall (11a) which combines with wall (11b) to form a collar.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a package for use with convenience foods more particularly take out food including hamburgers. [0002] It is well known that hamburgers obtained from a fast food or convenience food outlet can be difficult to eat in a tidy manner. Frequently hamburger fillings can fall out from between the buns of the burger, even when held with two hands. Most notably, burger fillings are forced out of the rear of the burger as a bite is taken from the front. [0003] The problem is most noticeable with respect to large burgers that are ‘piled high’ with a number of fillings. Fillings (including sauce) can end up on the customer's hands, food tray or lap. Likewise when the customer takes a break from eating, the burger can fall apart when temporarily placed on the tray or plate. Reconstruction of the burger may be difficult in order to resume eating. [0004] Eating a hamburger in a moving vehicle is an even more difficult undertaking. ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D75/00B65D65/26A47G21/00B65D75/06
CPCB65D75/06A47G21/001
Inventor MATTHEWS, ROLAND
Owner MATTHEWS ROLAND
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