DE202018100393U1 - Container containing a snack of a dried food product - Google Patents

Abstract

A package containing a snack of a dried food product comprising a wrapper (2) and a predetermined amount of portions of the food product contained in the wrapper (2), the dried food product being selected from a group comprising: blocks or thin slices from dried ham; Blocks of a combination of cold Iberian meats selected from an Iberian pork loin block, Presa, Chorizo, Morcon, and Pepperoni salami; and blocks of a combination of cheeses selected from semi-ripened cheese, ripened cheese and highly valued cheese, the wrapper (2) comprising two flexible laminates (2a, 2b) of a plastic material disposed on opposite sides of the predetermined amount of portions of the dried food product and the two laminates (2a, 2b) are juxtaposed and joined together at marginal areas (5) around an airtight container (20) containing the predetermined amount of portions of the dried food product, and wherein the envelope ( 2) further comprising means (4) for easy opening by which the wrapper can be manually torn, characterized in that the predetermined amount of portions of the dried food product is a single ration (3) of portions of the dried food product; Nahrungsmittelerzeug Nisse, which form the single ration (3) are arranged in the envelope (2) and thereby form an elongated strip having an average thickness (G) and an average width (A), wherein the average thickness (G) at least 20% of the average width (A); and wherein the easy opening means (4) is placed on the wrapper (2) in a position adjacent to one of the ends of the container, when the wrapper (2) is ruptured by the easy opening means (4) is to provide an open end (6) of the container through which the portions of the dried food product forming the single ration (3) are pressurized manually over a portion of the wrapper (2) to the open end (6) adjacent the container opposite end of the individual ration (3) is exerted, are taken out step by step.

Description

Technical area

The present invention relates generally to a container containing a snack of a dried food product and, more particularly, to a snack containing a single ration with portions of a dried food product vacuum-packed in a wrapper made from a sheet of plastic material. The dried food product may, for example, include, among others, blocks or slices (shavings) of dried ham, blocks of cold meats and blocks of cheese, said dried food products having a high proportion of fats or oils or being incorporated in fats or oils were.

State of the art

The marketing of quantities corresponding to several rations of portions of dried food products vacuum-packed in a package formed from a flexible sheet of plastic material optionally provided with an easy-opening-device, which has the advantage Having the portions of the dried food product stored under optimum preserving conditions is a well-known fact. However, a difficulty of this presentation is that the multiple rations of portions of the dried food product contained in the said package must be consumed in a short period of time once the package has been opened to avoid its deterioration. Another inconvenience is the difficulty of taking the portions of the dried food product out of the interior of the container without staining our hands with fat from our own dried food product because the multiple rations are arranged in a flat manner and extend along the container , which requires that, in order to gain access to the portions of the dried food product, the fingers must be inserted into the container or the container must be completely torn.

The marketing of individual rations of portions of a dried food product arranged for immediate consumption in an open top cone is also a well known fact, but due to possible spillage of the product from the cone, it has the inconvenience of unsafe transport due to exposure the surrounding air on the food product has a high difficulty of preserving medium or long term preservation and due to the fact that the cone is arranged in such a way that the portions of the dried food product must be grasped for their consumption by the hands; a high probability of staining the fingers with fat from the dried food product.

Brief description of the invention

The present invention helps to alleviate the above-mentioned and other inconveniences by providing a package containing a snack of a dried food product having a wrapper containing a single ration of portions of the dried food product, the wrapper comprising two flexible laminates, made of a plastics material, disposed on opposite sides of the individual rations of portions of the dried food product, the two laminates being arranged side by side and at margins around an airtight container containing the single ration of portions of the dried Containing food product. The wrapper further includes means for easy opening by which the wrapper can be easily torn manually.

As a guide, a single ration of portions of the dried food product is an amount comprised between 25 and 40 grams, which is capable of representing a single consumption that can be ingested by only one consumer at a time, which is large containers, which are provided for marketing in restaurants and consumer areas, is relevant. Other possible individual rations of smaller size dried food product portions were contemplated for more sporadic consumption with a saturating result, for example, a mean single ration that is between 12 and 25 grams, which corresponds to a smaller size package, for example to distribute them in vending machines or, for example, a small single ration that is between 5 and 12 grams that can be offered in trains or planes or that can easily be carried around for consumption at any moment.

The portions of the dried food product forming a single ration are disposed in the wrapper so as to form an elongated strip having an average thickness and an average width. The average thickness is 20% or more of the stated average width. By way of purely illustrative example, the average thickness for an elongate strip of the dried food product having an average width of 20 mm would be 4 mm or more, and more preferably 6 mm or more. This does not exclude that the thickness may be equal to or greater than the width.

The airtight container containing the single ration of the portions of the dried food product has an average width of between 15mm and 40mm as long as said width can be covered when using only the fingertips of two fingers the airtight container between them, pressure is exerted against each other.

By limiting the proportions and dimensions of the width and thickness of the elongated strip of portions of the dried food product by the present invention, the individual foregoing rations correspond to different lengths of the package. Therefore, the proposed container allows to adjust the size to the individual ration contained in its interior by modifying the length of the container.

For example, the large single ration may be contained in an airtight container having a width of 3 cm by 25 cm in length, and therefore, the average width of the elongated strip of the dried food product is greater than or equal to 6 mm. The average single ration may be placed in an airtight container of, for example, a width of 2.5 cm by a length of 16 cm, for which reason the average width of the elongated strip of the dried food product is greater than or equal to 5 mm. Finally, the small single ration may be arranged in an airtight container of, for example, a width of 2.5 cm by a length of 8 cm, for which reason the average width of the elongate strip of the dried food product is greater than or equal to 5 mm.

The easy-opening device is disposed on the wrapper in a position adjacent one end of the wrapper in which the elongate strip of dried food product is contained by the single ration of portions of the dried food product.

Therefore, when the wrapper is torn open by the easy-open device, the container is provided with an open end, and the portions of the dried food product which constitute the single ration can be forced by pressure applied manually over an area of the wrapper that is adjacent to an end of the individual ration opposite the open end of the container, are removed step by step without the risk of staining or contaminating fingers with the fat from their own dried food product.

This means that the container with the open end acts as a guide lubricated by the own fat of the dried food product, and that the pressure applied manually through the casing in combination with the relatively large thickness in relation to the width of the elongated strip which pushes portions of the dried food product along the inside of the container in the direction of the open end. The portions of the dried food product may then be placed directly in the mouth as they exit the container or taken out onto a plate or similar object.

A smaller thickness of the package of the elongated strip of the dried food product would complicate the lubricating effect within the package formed by the package and would require greater pressure to achieve the lubricating effect, which is not practical as a result.

The container containing a snack of a dried food product according to a specific embodiment of the present invention has an additional airtight container independent of and adjacent to the airtight container containing the elongated strip of the dried food product, both airtight Container are defined in a common enclosure between the two flexible laminates but separated by a sealing line.

The said easy opening means is disposed in the enclosure at a position adjacent to one end of said additional container so as to provide an open end for the additional airtight container when the enclosure is torn by the easy opening means. This allows one tug maneuver to gain access to both the hermetic container and the additional hermetic container, allowing their contents to be consumed in parallel or simultaneously through the same end of the hoppers.

Inside the additional airtight container can be an additional Food product, which is yet another elongated strip of dried food product or preferably a supplemental product such as cereal-based long-strip product.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention said airtight container comprises one or more elongated short strips of bread, toasted bread, biscuits or rusks.

It is also proposed, additionally or alternatively, to integrate an auxiliary spit, which, in a position parallel to the elongate strip formed from the single ration of portions of the dried food product, is applied to and bonded to one of said edge portions of the casing , The skewer, which is preferably made of wood, has a pointed end. Thus, in the event that the portions of the dried food product are removed from the wrapper on a plate or similar object, the skewer can be used to pierce the portions of the dried food product without the risk of contaminating the fingers.

The single ration of the dried food product is preferably vacuum packed in the wrapper. In one embodiment, the two laminates forming the enclosure are obtained by crushing a tube made from a sheet of plastic material, said plastic material being preferably transparent.

The skewer is attached to the wrapper, for example, by means of a label glued to the skewer and the wrapper. The label is preferably self-adhesive. In one embodiment, the label is applied to the skewer and surrounds the wrapper, forming a napkin. The label preferably has a printed graphic and / or written information.

In one embodiment, the spit has a portion adjacent to the pointed end that extends farther than an end of the enclosure, said pointed end of the spit engaging a hole made up of a plurality of holes formed on a support plate of an issuer is formed, is used to hold the container containing a snack of a dried food product, on said issuer in an upright position.

For example, the issuer may have a base plate for resting on a support surface and a vertical back wall, preferably provided with a printed graphic and / or written information, just as the mentioned support plate may be provided with holes. For example, the vertical rear wall may be connected to a rear end of the base plate, and the mentioned carrier plate may be disposed in a slightly inclined position on the base plate, connected to a front end of the base plate, and leaned against or against the vertical rear wall nestle.

Therefore, the wrappings of the containers containing a snack of the dried food product, when the pointed ends of the skewers are inserted into the holes of the base plate on the exhibitor, are arranged as bands, the labels being clearly visible in front of a vertical rear wall of the issuer.

In one embodiment, the easy-opening device has a notch located at a corner of one of the edge portions of the wrapper in a position adjacent one end of said elongated strip formed from the single ration. Alternatively or additionally, the means for easy opening in a position adjacent to one end of the elongate strip formed by the single ration has a weakened path.

The dried food product is selected from a group comprising, for example: blocks or thin shavings of dried ham, preferably Iberian Bellota ham; Blocks of a combination of cold Iberian meats selected from Iberian pork loin, Presa, Chorizo, Morcon and Pepperoni salami; and blocks of a combination of cheeses selected from semi-ripened cheese, aged cheese and very valued cheese (very valued cheese, Gran Reserva cheese).

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• 1 eine Vorderansicht eines Gebindes, das einen Imbiss eines getrockneten Nahrungsmittelerzeugnisses enthält, gemäß einer Ausgestaltung der vorliegenden Erfindung darstellt;
• 2 eine Seitenansicht des Gebindes, das einen Imbiss eines getrockneten Nahrungsmittelerzeugnisses gemäß 1 enthält, darstellt;
• 3 eine Vorderansicht eines Gebindes, das einen Imbiss eines getrockneten Nahrungsmittelerzeugnisses enthält, gemäß einer weiteren Ausgestaltung der vorliegenden Erfindung darstellt;
• 4 eine perspektivische Ansicht von mehreren auf einem Aussteller angeordneten Gebinden gemäß 3, die einen Imbiss des getrockneten Nahrungsmittelerzeugnisses enthalten, ist;
• 5 eine Vorderansicht, die ein Gebinde, das einen Imbiss eines getrockneten Nahrungsmittelerzeugnisses, das zu seinem Verzehr aus der Umhüllung herausgenommen ist, enthält, zeigt, ist;
• 6 eine Vorderansicht ist, die das Gebinde, das einen Imbiss eines getrockneten Nahrungsmittelerzeugnisses in einem luftdichten Behälter enthält, gemäß einer alternativen Ausgestaltung zeigt, bei der das Gebinde parallel zu dem luftdichten Behälter, der das getrocknete Nahrungsmittelerzeugnis enthält, außerdem einen zusätzlichen luftdichten Behälter enthält;

The foregoing and other advantages and features can be more fully understood from the following detailed description and arrangement, with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are to be understood in an illustrative and nonlimiting manner, in which:

• 1 a front view of a container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to an embodiment of the present invention represents;
• 2 a side view of the container, the a snack of a dried food product according to 1 contains, represents;
• 3 A front view of a container that has a snack of a dried Contains food product, according to another embodiment of the present invention;
• 4 a perspective view of a plurality arranged on an exhibitor containers according to 3 containing a snack of the dried food product is;
• 5 a front view showing a container containing a snack of a dried food product, taken out of the envelope for its consumption;
• 6 Figure 4 is a front view showing the container containing a snack of a dried food product in an airtight container, according to an alternative embodiment, in which the container also contains an additional airtight container parallel to the airtight container containing the dried food product;

The 7 and 8th show the same container as it does in 6 but with smaller lengths containing smaller quantities of the food product, which corresponds to a size suitable for vending machines, and a size adapted for their distribution in aircraft or trains.

Detailed description of an embodiment

First of all, the reference number shows 1 with reference to the 1 and 2 a container containing a snack of a dried food product according to an embodiment of the present invention which is a single ration 3 of portions of the dried food product enclosed in an airtight container by a wrapper 2 is defined, the two flexible laminates 2a . 2 B ( 2 ), which are made of a transparent plastic material, are arranged on opposite sides of the individual ration 3.

The single ration 3 contains, for example, 25 to 40 grams of portions of the dried food product selected from a group comprising blocks or thin slices of dried ham, blocks of a combination of cold Iberian meats selected from Iberian pork loin, Presa, Chorizo, Morcon, and Pepperoni. Salami, and blocks of a combination of cheeses selected from semi-ripened cheese, aged cheese and very valued cheese.

The two laminates 2a . 2 B are obtained, for example, from a crushed tube made of a sheet of plastic material, which are located side by side and at peripheral areas 5 around a container that holds the single ration 3 contains, are interconnected. Preferably, the single ration is 3 portions of dried food produce in the serving 2 vacuum-packed.

Portions of dried food produce the single ration 3 form, are, a long strip that has an average width A ( 1 ) and an average thickness G ( 2 ), forming, in the enclosure 2 arranged. The average thickness G is relatively large in relation to the average width A. Preferably, the average thickness G is 30% or more of the average width A.

The serving 2 also contains a facility 4 for easy opening, which has a notch at one corner of one of the edge areas 5 the serving 2 at a position adjacent one end of the container, that of the individual ration 3 in the serving 2 formed, elongated strip is formed.

As in 5 The serving can be shown 2 through the device 4 To be torn open manually for easy opening, for the container in which the single ration 3 is included, an open end 6 and the serving of dried food produce the single serving 3 can form through the open end 6 be gradually removed by placing on an area of the enclosure 2 adjacent to the open end 6 opposite end of each ration 3 pressure is applied manually and the risk of contaminating the fingers with fat from the dried food product.

Thus, the container acts when connected to the open end 6 is provided as a guide, which is lubricated by the own fat of the dried food product, and which manually over the serving 2 applied pressure combined with the relative to the average width A of the individual ration 3 relatively large average thickness G causes the portions of the dried food product containing the single ration 3 form, along the interior of the container towards the open end 6 slip and the cladding 2 through the open end 6 leave step by step. The servings of the dried food produce can when they cover the container 2 leave, taken directly by mouth, or they can be taken out on a plate or similar object.

3 discloses another possible embodiment of the container, which is a snack of a dried food product 1 of the present invention, which is a single ration 3 portions of dried food produce enclosed in one by one serving 2 defined, airtight container, and an auxiliary spit 7 that's a sharp end 7a having, wherein the envelope 2 and the single ration 3 an identical configuration and arrangement as the previous in the 1 and 2 have described.

The pike 7 is in a parallel position to that of the individual ration 3 formed elongated strip on one of said edge regions 5 the serving 2 applied, and it is by means of a label 8th that on the spit 7 and the serving 2 is glued to the cladding 2 attached. More specifically, the label 8th a self-adhesive label on the skewer 7 is applied and that the wrapping 2 surrounding a bandage. The label 8th has an outer surface suitable for containing graphics and / or written information.

By tearing the label 8th The skewer is freed and can be used to make the portions of the dried food product containing the single ration 3 when the portions have been taken out onto a plate or similar object, to pierce and place them directly in the mouth, allowing them to be consumed without contaminating the fingers with fat from their own dried food product.

In the in the 3 and 4 shown embodiments, the skewer 7 one to the pointed end 7a neighboring part, extending from one end of the cladding 2 , preferably of the device 4 for easy opening opposite end, extends. If the spit 7 at the serving 2 attached, the pointed end may be 7a of the spit 7 in a hole 14 that consists of a plurality of holes 14 on a support plate 11 an exhibitor 10 ( 4 ) can be used to the container, the snack of a dried food product 1 contains, in an upright position on said issuer 10 to keep.

The in 4 exhibitors shown 10 points, as well as the carrier 11 , a base plate 12 and a back wall 13 , which are made with only one piece of corrugated cardboard on. The carrier plate 11 , the base plate 12 and the vertical back wall 13 are by creasing lines 15 between them, which form hinges, interconnected, meaning that the exhibitor 10 on the basis of the creasing lines mentioned 15 can be folded from a working position into a compact position.

It is intended that the base plate 12 resting on a support surface such as a counter, a table, etc. The vertical back wall 13 has front and back surfaces having printed graphics and / or written information, and is in the working position perpendicular to a rear end of the base plate 12 connected. In the working position is the carrier plate 11 in a slightly inclined position above the base plate 12 arranged and has one with a front end of the base plate 12 connected first end and one against the vertical back wall 13 leaned on the second end. Projecting parts 16 standing in on the vertical back wall 13 trained openings 17 are inserted extend from an edge corresponding to the second end of the support plate 11 , However, it must be taken into account that the configuration and arrangement of the exhibitor 10 is variable.

The holes 14 are on the backing plate 11 arranged according to a matrix of 10 x 11, giving a total of 110 holes 14 to hold up to 110 containers containing a snack from a dried food product. Of course, the number and disposition of the holes 14 also vary.

On the exhibitor 10 is the serving 2 of the pack, which is a snack of a dried food product 1 contains, arranged as a band and so that the labels 8th in front of the vertical back wall 13 of the exhibitor 10 are clearly visible when the pointed ends 7a the skewers in the holes 14 the carrier plate 11 of the exhibitor 10 are used. The a snack of a dried food product 1 Containers can be easily picked up by the exhibitor 10 be removed by simply pulling upwards. Therefore, a customer at a point of sale himself can order one or more packages containing a snack of a dried food product 1 contained by the exhibitor 10 and then pay at checkout.

According to an additional, in 6 shown embodiment is proposed that together and in parallel with the airtight container 20 containing the dried food product, an additional airtight container 21 in the same cladding 2 arranged and integrated and from the same compound of the same two flexible laminates 2a . 2 B containing the dried food product, at the edge areas 5 is achieved, and that both airtight container 20 . 21 separated by sealed route.

The additional airtight container 21 can, according to the present embodiment, contain a set of rusks in the form of small bread sticks, which within the additional airtight container 21 are arranged aligned with each other and form a strip of an additional food product.

The device 4 for easy opening, next to one end of the airtight container 20 which contains the dried food product is also placed near one end of the additional airtight container 21 placed so that the opening of the enclosure using the said device 4 for easy opening, for example by tearing the wrapping 2 , simultaneous access to both parallel airtight container 20 and 21 provides for the simultaneous or alternate consumption of the in one or the other airtight container 20 and 21 allowed from the same envelope.

The scope of the present invention is determined by the following set of claims.

Claims (15)

A package containing a snack of a dried food product comprising a wrapper (2) and a predetermined amount of portions of the food product contained in the wrapper (2), the dried food product being selected from a group comprising: blocks or thin slices from dried ham; Blocks from a combination of cold Iberian meats selected from an Iberian pork loin block, Presa, Chorizo, Morcon, and Pepperoni salami; and blocks of a combination of cheeses selected from semi-ripened cheese, ripened cheese and highly valued cheese, the wrapper (2) comprising two flexible laminates (2a, 2b) of plastic material disposed on opposite sides of the predetermined amount of portions of the dried food product and wherein the two laminates (2a, 2b) are juxtaposed and joined together at marginal portions (5) around an airtight container (20) containing the predetermined amount of portions of the dried food product, and wherein the wrapper (2) further comprising means (4) for easy opening by which the wrapper can be manually torn, characterized in that the predetermined amount of portions of the dried food product is a single ration (3) of portions of the dried food product; the portions of the dried food product forming the single ration (3) are arranged in the casing (2) forming an elongate strip having an average thickness (G) and an average width (A), the average thickness (G) is at least 20% of the average width (A); and wherein the means (4) for easy opening is placed on the enclosure (2) in a position adjacent to one of the ends of the container, when the enclosure (2) is opened by the means (4) for easy opening is torn to provide an open end (6) of the container through which the portions of the dried food product forming the single ration (3) are forced by pressure manually over a portion of the casing (2) to the one open End (6) of the container adjacent the opposite end of each ration (3) is applied, are gradually removed. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 1 wherein the single ration (3) of portions of the dried food product in the wrapper (2) is vacuum packed. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 1 or 2 wherein the two laminates (2a, 2b) forming the envelope (2) are made of a crushed tube formed of a sheet of plastic material. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 1 . 2 or 3 wherein the plastic material is transparent. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to one of Claims 1 to 4 further comprising an auxiliary spike (7) having a pointed end (7a), said spit (7) being in a position parallel to said elongated strip formed from said single ration (3) on one of said edge portions (7). 5) of the enclosure (2) is applied and connected thereto. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 5 , wherein a part adjacent to the pointed end (7a) of the spit (7) extends farther than an end of the casing (2), the pointed end (7a) of the spit (7) being inserted into a hole (14 ) which is selected from a plurality of holes (14) formed on a support plate (11) of an issuer (10) for holding the package containing a snack of the dried food product (1) in an upright position to hold on the exhibitor (10). Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 6 in that the casing (2) of the container containing a snack of a dried food product (1) when the pointed end (7a) of the skewer (7) is inserted into the hole (14) of the dispenser (10) projects as a band a vertical rear wall (13) of the issuer (10) is arranged. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 5 . 6 or 7 wherein the skewer (7) is secured to the casing (2) by means of a label (8) adhered to the skewer (7) and the casing (2). Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 8 wherein the label (8) is applied to the spit (7) and surrounds the envelope (2), forming a napkin. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 8 or 9 , wherein the label (8) is a self-adhesive label. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 1 wherein the easy-opening means (4), in a position adjacent to an end of the elongated strip formed from the individual ration (3), has a notch formed at a corner of one of the edge regions (Fig. 5) of the envelope (2) is formed. Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 1 wherein the average thickness (G) of the elongated strip formed from the single portion (3) is at least 30% of the average width (A). A package containing a snack of a dried food product according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the envelope (2) further comprises an additional independent airtight container (21) containing an additional food product, the additional independent airtight container (21) located adjacent to the airtight container (20) containing the elongated strip of dried food product, both airtight containers (20, 21) in the same envelope (2) between the two flexible laminates (2a, 2b) located side by side and at edge regions (5), wherein both airtight containers (20, 21) are separated from each other by a sealed path (22). Container containing a snack of a dried food product, according to Claim 13 wherein the means (4) will be arranged for easy opening in the enclosure (2), in a position adjacent one end of the additional airtight container (21), when the enclosure (2) is above the device (4) is torn open for easy opening to provide an open end for the additional airtight container (21). A container containing a snack of a dried food product according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the airtight container (20) containing a single ration of the portions of the dried food product will have an average width of between 15mm and 40mm ,

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