Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
A skin package comprising, in combination, a paperboard substrate member capable of permitting passage of air therethrough from opposite surfaces thereof, said member having a medial body portion and marginal edges spaced from said body portion, a product-laden retort or like pouch supported on said medial body portion inwardly of said marginal edges, said pouch formed of a pair of rectilinear sheets of fragile, flexible material thermally sealed together along the perimetric edges othereof, said product capable of generating hydraulic, wave-like forces impinging against said sealed edges internally of the pouch during handling of the package which are capable of rupturing said sealed edges, a plastic film means vacuum-drawn and laminated on said substrate tightly engaged over said pouch and said sealed edges for mounting and immobilizing said pouch on said medial portion, for reinforcing and pressing said sealed edges against said substrate member to prevent rupture of said sealed edges by internal generated forces, and for reducing the effect of such forces against interior surfaces of the pouch sufficient to prevent flex-cracking of the sheets, said member having planar portions extending beyond said sealed edges to provide stacking strength for the package when oriented vertically in a shipping carton.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
200 words
A skin package comprising, in combination, a paperboard substrate member capable of permitting passage of air therethrough from opposite surfaces thereof, said member having a medial body portion and marginal edges spaced from said body portion, a product-laden retort or like pouch supported on said medial body portion inwardly of said marginal edges, said pouch formed of a pair of rectilinear sheets of fragile, flexible material thermally sealed together along the perimetric edges othereof, said product capable of generating hydraulic, wave-like forces impinging against said sealed edges internally of the pouch during handling of the package which are capable of rupturing said sealed edges, a plastic film means vacuum-drawn and laminated on said substrate tightly engaged over said pouch and said sealed edges for mounting and immobilizing said pouch on said medial portion, for reinforcing and pressing said sealed edges against said substrate member to prevent rupture of said sealed edges by internal generated forces, and for reducing the effect of such forces against interior surfaces of the pouch sufficient to prevent flex-cracking of the sheets, said member having planar portions extending beyond said sealed edges to provide stacking strength for the package when oriented vertically in a shipping carton.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A skin package as described in claim 1 in which said planar extending portions have flange means integral therewith return bent to engage said film at locations thereon overlying said sealed edges so as to additionally immobilize the pouch on the member and protect said sealed edges against rupture.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A skin package as described in claim 2 including second flange means connected to said first mentioned flange means and return bent to overly said first flange means at an outwardly directed acute angle thereto to define a cushioning means for said package.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A skin package as described in claim 3 in which said first and second flange means are provided along a pair of opposite marginal edges of the member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A skin package as described in claim 3 in which said flange means are provided at corners of the member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
69 words
A skin package as described in claim 1 in which a plurality of like skin packages are provided with the associated substrate members being defined by a continuous strip of a paperboard substrate, said packages being arranged in pairs longitudinally spaced along said strip, a single foldable score line between the packages of each pair of packages and two longitudinally spaced foldable score lines between each pair of packages.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
A skin package as described in claim 6 in which the continuous strip is foldable into a strip assembly having adjacent packages of each pair of packages with the substrate members engaged, the adjacent packages of adjoining pairs of packages having the pouches thereof in face-to-face relationship.