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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2002
Joseph A. Pantelleria, Overland Park, KS (US);
George E. MacEwen, Kansas City, MO (US);
Huhtamaki Consumer Packing, Inc., DeSoto, KS (US);
Abstract
A laminated end disk construction for food sauce dispensing cartridges and other food containers. A laminated end disk through which food sauce may be dispensed is provided with a valve layer and a support layer. The valve layer includes a plurality of valves, and the support layer includes one or more openings and a kiss cut defining an outer perimeter area and an inner area. A protective patch may be removably attached to the support layer along at least a portion of the outer perimeter. The invention also provides a laminated end disk wherein the ratio of the support area to the dispensing area is less than about 7.