US 11,851,257 B2
Package for food and related method of packaging
Umberto Della Porta, Milan (IT)
Assigned to GIUSEPPE CITTERIO SALUMIFICIO S.P.A., Rho (IT)
Appl. No. 17/905,678
Filed by GIUSEPPE CITTERIO SALUMIFICIO S.P.A., Rho (IT)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/051952
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/181271, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000004924 (IT), filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109321 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 81/28 (2006.01); B65D 77/00 (2006.01); B65B 25/06 (2006.01); B65B 31/04 (2006.01); B65B 41/12 (2006.01); B65D 75/30 (2006.01); B65D 81/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 77/003 (2013.01) [B65B 25/067 (2013.01); B65B 31/048 (2013.01); B65B 41/12 (2013.01); B65D 75/30 (2013.01); B65D 81/203 (2013.01); B65D 81/2092 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food packaging, including:
a welded cover composed of a lower plastic film and an upper plastic film distinct and separate from said lower plastic film, said upper and lower films having thicknesses and being composed of materials to be collapsible and to be creased and crumpled with bare hands into a ball or folded as a paper tissue, and being welded together at respective perimeter edges so as to define a perimetral sealing and a watertight internal housing, wherein said lower plastic film has a thickness of between 20 micrometers and 140 micrometers, and said upper plastic film has a thickness of between 20 micrometers and 80 micrometers;
a non-collapsible tray inserted in said watertight internal housing, detached from said lower film and said upper film, trapped in said watertight internal housing, said non-collapsible tray being configured to house the food product and to support its weight, said non-collapsible tray having a bottom and raised edges in respect to the bottom and having a nominal height and defining together a containment volume of the food product inside the tray;
wherein said watertight internal housing is filled with a modified atmosphere suitable for food packaging;
wherein said lower plastic film is thermoformed to contain said non-collapsible tray so that the watertight internal housing has a volume corresponding to the containment volume of the non-collapsible tray with the lower plastic film wrapping an outer surface of the non-collapsible tray, the upper plastic film remaining suspended above the bottom of the non-collapsible tray.