US 12,187,521 B2
Microwavable packages and food products
Travis Dillion Uribe, Chicago, IL (US); and Jacob M. Parker, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Appl. No. 16/464,731
Filed by Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/063359
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 29, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/102273, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/428,314, filed on Nov. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0070525 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 81/26 (2006.01); B65D 81/34 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/264 (2013.01) [B65D 81/3453 (2013.01); B65D 2581/3417 (2013.01); B65D 2581/3471 (2013.01); B65D 2581/3498 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microwavable packaged food product comprising an outer package and a quantity of food product contained therein, the packaged food product being configured to be heated in a microwave oven and comprising:
a multilayer microwavable support having at least three layers including:
a susceptor layer including a microwave energy interactive material and a plurality of discrete openings disposed therein, the discrete openings are disposed in a higher concentration at a center of the microwavable support;
an absorbent pad layer having a flexible paper-based material suitable for absorbing moisture and grease; and
a paperboard base layer having an upper support, a lower support, and side support walls connecting the upper support and lower support, the susceptor layer disposed on the upper support and the absorbent pad layer disposed on the lower support, the absorbent pad layer being between the upper support and the lower support,
wherein the microwaveable support is reconfigurable from a first transport configuration to a second cooking configuration by shifting the upper support relative to the lower support,
wherein in the first transport configuration a first portion and a second portion of the susceptor layer and the upper support at the center of the microwaveable support are substantially planar, and
wherein in the second cooking configuration the upper support and lower support are at least spaced from one another at the side support walls and the first portion and the second portion of the susceptor layer and the upper support at the center of the microwavable support extend at an oblique angle relative to one another to form an angled, upwardly facing surface to support the food product and to direct grease toward the discrete openings as the packaged food product is heated, the upper support at the center of the microwaveable support resting on the absorbent pad layer of the lower support with the discrete openings extending through the upper support such that the absorbent pad layer draws moisture and grease from the upper support to the absorbent pad layer disposed on the lower support through the discrete openings.