Plastic-like food product packaging

Claim 1

A PACKAGE COMPRISING A PLASTIC-LIKE FOOD PRODUCT, A TUBULAR MEMBER FORMED OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, A FLAT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID END-WALL FORMING ELEMENT HAVING A ONE WAY ACTING, SELF-CLOSING CENTRAL SEGMENTAL INLET APERTURE FORMING STRUCTURE WHICH IS HELD CLOSED BY SAID PRODUCT AND WHICH ELEMENT IS SEALINGLY SECURED IN TRANSVERSE RELATION WITHIN ONE END SECTION OF SAID MEMBER, AND MEANS ARRANGED TO SEALINGLY CLOSE THE OTHER END SECTION OF SAID MEMBER.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING AND PACKAGING A PLASTICLIKE FOOD PRODUCT SO AS TO ENABLE THE SLICING OF SAID ENTIRE PRODUCT INTO BODIES OF DISC-LIKE FORMATION, WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF FORMING AN ELONGATED CONTAINER OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS THAT IS CLOSED AT ONE END AND HAS A FLAT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID ENDWALL FORMING ELEMENT SEALINGLY SECURED IN TRANSVERSE RELATION AT ITS OTHER END AND WHICH ELEMENT IS PROVIDED WITH A SELF-CLOSING INLET APERTURE STRUCTURE OF A CERTAIN DIAMETER, INSERTING THROUGH SAID INLET APERTURE STRUCTURE A FOOD PRODUCT FEEDING NOZZLE OF LESSER DIAMETER THAN THE INLET STRUCTURE SO AS TO PROVIDE AN AIR ESCAPE OPENING AT THIS LOCATION, INJECTING THE FOOD PRODUCT INTO THE CONTAINER UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE NOZZLE WHILE THE AIR WITHIN THE CONTAINER FLOWS THROUGH SAID AIR ESCAPE OPENING AND UNTIL THE FOOD PRODUCT COMPACTLY FILLS THE ENTIRE CONTAINER, AND THEN WITHDRAWING THE NOZZLE FROM THE INLET APERTURE STRUCTURE SO AS TO EFFECT SELF-CLOSING ACTION OF THE LATTER.