Packaging for food products

Abstract

The invention relates to packaging for food products, particularly for baked goods such as muffins, cookies, pastries, cupcakes, breads or the like, wherein a container comprises a base or article-receiving portion, and a lid portion that is hinged to the base or article-receiving portion. Both portions have side flanges, wherein the flanges are selectively connected to one another by a fastener system to close the article-receiving portion with the lid portion. The article-receiving portion is formed to conform to and house a single-serving baked food product. The base portion may also have at least one stability member extending therefrom to provide stability of the base portion on a surface. A package of a plurality of containers may be provided, with each individual container being selectively detachable from the package. In an example, the individual containers may be attached to one another by micro perforations, such that upon detachment of an individual container, the connecting portion is smooth and does not have any sharp edges or protrusions which could harm a consumer.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS / INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE[0001]This patent application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 083,287 filed on Jul. 24, 2008, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to packaging for food products, and more particularly to packaging for food products wherein a container is provided for housing an individual baked food product such as a muffin, pastry or the like, wherein the container makes it convenient and sanitary to provide single serving portions of the food products for consumption by a consumer. Additionally, the invention relates to packaging for food products wherein a plurality of individual packages are provided for housing individual, single-serving portions of food products such as muffins or pastry type products, and the individual packages are selectively separable to facilitate sale and consumption thereof.BAC...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]In one embodiment, a package for such food products comprising a base or article-receiving portion, and a lid portion that is hinged to the base or article-receiving portion, both portions having side flanges, wherein the flanges are selectively connected to one another to close the article-receiving portion with the lid portion, wherein the article-receiving portion is formed to house a single-serving baked food product. The package may further comprise at least one fastener system formed in association with the flanges to selectively close the lid with the base portion, and the fastener system may also provide reclosability of the lid with the base portion. The base portion may also have at least one stability member extending therefrom to provide stability of the base portion on a surface.

Problems solved by technology

In other cases, materials such as cellophane may be used to wrap a single baked product up for storage, transport and later consumption for example, but such materials do not provide good protection for the product.

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