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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1975
Robert E Comer, Greeley, CO (US);
Other;
Abstract
This invention relates to a pre-formed essentially puncture-proof pliable plastic shield shaped to cover the exposed bone ends in a cut of fresh meat preparatory to encasing same in an evacuated bag which is characterized by a marginal skirt that effectively holds the shield in place while completing the packaging operation, a series of spaced pleats around the edge of the skirt that permit the latter to fold in snug against the adjacent edge of the meat cut when drawn inwardly by the collapsing bag as well as expand both endwise and lengthwise to accommodate oversize cuts, systems of pre-formed corrugations between the pleats that define channels operative to carry the juices into the areas of greatest potential stress, a plurality of pockets overlying the bone ends effective to trap the fluids squeezed from the meat and produce fluid-filled cushions, dome-like crush-resistant dimples in the corners adjacent the thick edge of the cut subjected to the greatest abuse, and ribbed surfaces covering the boneless tissue.