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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2011
Alexander Josephus Maricus Van Puijenbroek, Den Bosch, NL;
Alexander Josephus Maricus Van Puijenbroek, Den Bosch, NL;
H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a package suitable for containing a perishable product, comprising a first shell element provided with an upright circumferential edge and a central portion for accommodating said perishable product, as well as a closure element provided with a circumferential edge which closure element is placed with its circumferential edge on the upright circumferential edge of said first shell element in an adhering and closing manner and wherein said closure element is provided at its circumferential edge with a protruding lip, which lip does not adhere to the circumferential edge of said first shell element, for the purpose of peeling off said closure element from said first element. Near said lip the two circumferential edges are provided with a closed channel being in communication with said central portion, and wherein at least one of said circumferential edges is provided with a fracture line extending substantially perpendicularly to said channel.