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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Matthew W Lorence, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Conagra Frozen Foods, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219730 ; 219759 ; 426107 ; 426234 ; 426243 ; 99DI / ;
Abstract
A container for cooking and browning pot pies and similar food items in a microwave oven is disclosed. The container has a susceptor layer positioned between the top panel and the pot pie. A pan for containing a food item and having a susceptor lining for further cooking and browning the food item is located below the susceptor layer. The arrangement of susceptor layer in connection with the pan provide for the desired degree of cooking and browning the food item without the need to remove the food item from the transporting container.