Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

Kraft General Foods, Inc.

Gary Herbert Carmichael

Peter Privert

David Allan Schroeder

Craig T Wilkie

Christopher Wright Dunkle

James Belcastro

Harry I Roccaforte

Albert Vincent Maslowski

Corey Jacob BeVier

A food support surface is elevated by legs or sidewalls to raise a food product above the floor of the microwave to promote even cooking of the food product. Portions of the side walls extend above the food support surface to provide food product control. The side walls are configured to permit easy access to the food product, thus facilitating removal of the food product from the support surface. A susceptor is disposed on the food support surface to provide conductive heating of the portions of the food product contacting the susceptor during microwave heating. The material and construction of the cooking apparatus provides increased rigidity and support for the food product, while also facilitating cool handling of the cooking apparatus after microwave cooking is complete.

Apparatus for microwave cooking of a food product

Joined tray and lid

Combined tray and lid

Container

The present invention provides a low cost paperboard sleeve package for holding tubs in a stacked manner. The sleeve has an octagonal configuration to provide stacking strength and space efficiency. The top of the sleeve is provided with an openable retainer to allow removal of the tubs. The bottom of the sleeve has retaining flaps which extend upward and inward to engage the lid and upper portion of the lowermost tub and which permit the stack of tubs to be loaded into the sleeve from the bottom. This supporting engagement enables the lowermost tub to support the weight of the tubs stacked above.

Sleeve package with supporting engagement

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Des Plaines, IL, United States of America

Gary Herbert Carmichael