RU191891U1 - PACKAGING CONTAINING AN EASY SNACK FROM CANNED FOOD - Google Patents

Abstract

A package that contains a wrapper (2) and a certain amount of canned food product, and the wrapper (2) contains two flexible laminated materials (2a, 2b) of plastic material located on opposite sides of the canned food product next to each other and connected together in the edge the area (5) around the canned food product, forming an elongated strip with an average thickness (G) and an average width (A), while the average thickness (G) is at least 20% of said average width (A); wherein the wrapper (2) includes a device (4) for easy opening in an adjacent position to the end to provide, when it breaks, an open end (6) through which portions of the canned food product are gradually removed by pressure exerted manually over the area of the wrapper ( 2) adjacent to the end opposite the open end (6).

Description

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY TO WHICH A USEFUL MODEL IS

The present utility model relates generally to a package containing a canned food product snack and, more specifically, an appetizer including an individual diet with canned food products packaged in vacuum in a wrapper made of a sheet of plastic material. The canned food product may contain, for example, canned ham blocks or shavings, cold meat blocks, and cheese blocks, among others, preferably, said canned foods have a high fat or oil content or are soaked in fats or oils.

BACKGROUND

The commercialization of quantities corresponding to several canned food ration diets, which are vacuum-packed in a wrapped package made of a flexible sheet of plastic material, optionally equipped with an easy opening device, which has the advantage of keeping portions of canned food product under optimal preservation conditions, is well known by the fact. However, the inconvenience of this type of security is that after the wrapper of the package has been opened, several rations of the canned food product contained in the package must be consumed for a short period of time to avoid deterioration. Another inconvenience is the difficulty in extracting portions of the canned food product from the inside of the package without staining its hands with fat from its own canned food product due to the fact that numerous diets are flat and extend along the package, which forces fingers to be inserted into the package or to completely break the wrapper packaging to access portions of canned food.

The commercialization of individual rations of canned food portions located in the open top surface of the cone for immediate consumption is also a well-known fact, but this has the inconvenience of unsafe transportation due to the possible spread of the product from the cone, high complexity for medium or long-term preservation due to exposure of the food product to ambient air, and the high probability of fingers getting greasy in the canned food product due to t that the cone is designed in such a way that portions of canned food must be picked by hand for their consumption.

DE202004005465U1 discloses a flexible packaging for a paste-like food product comprising a re-sealable opening at one end through which the food product can be extruded.

US20080138000 is considered to be the closest analogue and discloses a flexible packaging containing a flowing canned baby food product, the package including a neck with a tear strip to provide an opening through which the canned baby food product can be extruded into the consumer's mouth.

No. 4,830,222A discloses an elongated package placed between a rigid member and a flexible member for containing a fluid food product, where the rigid member is a spoon handle and the package includes an opening that matches the convex region of the spoon. US2016001967A1 describes such a package, however, the rigid element in it is a knife handle. In this case, the package is described as adapted to allow it to be pressed against the hard element using the user's finger.

Mentioned documents DE202004005465U1, US4830222A and US20080138000 include an opening that forms a narrowing of the package, which makes it difficult to extract the contents from the inside of the package, especially when the content is not a paste, but is a serving of canned food product. Therefore, these documents do not provide a solution for the content and delivery of portions of canned food product from the inside of the package without dirtying the hands with fat from the canned food product.

In addition, a pasty or creamy food product is pushed through the opening of the package, regardless of where the pressure is applied to the package, since the pressure is uniformly distributed, but when the food product is portions of the food product, the pressure must be applied precisely to push the portions of the food product through the hole . None of the documents cited describes a package containing portions of a food product, nor does it offer a solution for extracting portions of a food product from a package by squeezing said package.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF USEFUL MODEL

This utility model minimizes the previously mentioned and other inconveniences by providing a package containing a light meal from a canned food product, the dimensions of which are adapted to an individual diet and make it easy to remove the product without getting your hands dirty. The proposed package contains a wrapper containing an individual ration of servings of canned food product, and the wrapper contains two flexible layered materials made of plastic material, placed on opposite sides of the individual ration of servings of canned food product, while two layered materials are almost next to each other and connected together in the marginal areas around an airtight container that contains an individual ration of canned servings food product. A wrapper further comprising a device for easy opening, by which the wrapper is subject to manual tearing.

Tentatively, an individual ration of servings of a canned food product is an amount of 25 to 40 grams, suitable for one consumption, which can be absorbed by only one user at once, referring to large packaging intended for commercialization in food institutions or consumer areas. Another possible individual diet of smaller portions of canned food was provided for more sporadic consumption with the end of saturation, for example, an average individual diet containing from 12 to 25 grams corresponding to smaller packaging, for example, to commercialize sales in snack vending machines, or, for example, a small individual diet containing 5 to 12 grams, which can be delivered on trains or planes or easily transported for consumption at any time.

The portions of the canned food product that make up the individual diet are located in a wrapper forming an elongated strip that has an average thickness and an average width.

The average thickness is 20% or more of said average width. As a simple illustrative example, for an elongated strip of canned food product that would have an average width of 20 mm, the average thickness would be 4 mm or more, and more preferably, it would be 6 mm or more. This does not exclude that the thickness may be the same or greater than the width.

Preferably, an airtight container that contains an individual ration of servings of canned food product will have an average width of 15 to 40 mm, since said width can be covered by applying pressure only with the fingertips, two fingers against one another, with an airtight container located between them.

The existing proportions and dimensions of the width and thickness of the elongated strip of servings of canned food product, limited by this utility model, the excellent sizes of individual diets, previously stated, therefore, correspond to different packaging lengths.

Therefore, the proposed package allows the size to adapt to the individual diet contained in its inner part, changing the length of the package.

For example, a large individual diet may be contained in an airtight container 3 cm wide and 25 cm long, so the average width of the elongated strip of canned food is equal to or greater than 6 mm. The average individual diet may be contained in an airtight container, for example, 2.5 cm wide and 16 cm long, so the average width of the elongated strip of canned food is equal to or greater than 5 mm.

Ultimately, the individual diet may be contained in an airtight container, for example, 2.5 cm wide and 8 cm long, so the average width of the elongated strip of canned food is equal to or greater than 5 mm.

The device for easy opening is placed on the wrapper in a position adjacent to one end of the wrapper, and the elongated strip of the canned food product contains an individual diet of portions of the canned food product.

Thus, when the wrapper is torn by means of an easy opening device, the container is provided with an open end, and the portions of the canned food product that make up the individual diet can be gradually removed by pressure exerted manually on the area of the wrapper adjacent to the end of the individual diet opposite the open end container, without the risk of getting your fingers dirty or greasy from your own canned food.

The reason is that the open-end container acts as a passage lubricated by the canned food product’s own fat, and the pressure exerted manually on top of the wrapper in combination with the relatively large thickness relative to the width of the elongated strip pushes the canned food product in the direction of the open end by sliding along the inside of the container. Portions of the canned food product can then be placed directly in the mouth when they exit the container or removed onto a plate or similar item.

A smaller thickness of the elongated strip of the canned food product will impede the sliding effect inside the passage formed by the package and will require more pressure to obtain a sliding effect, which may not be possible.

A package containing a snack of canned food product contains, in accordance with a specific embodiment of the present utility model, an additional airtight container independent and adjacent to the airtight container, which contains an elongated strip of canned food product, being simultaneously an airtight container formed in one and the same wrapper, between two flexible layered materials, but separated by a seal line.

Said device for easy opening will be located in a wrapper in an adjacent position to the end of said additional airtight container to ensure that when the wrapper is torn by the device for easy opening, an open end to the additional airtight container. This allows at the same time only one rupture maneuver to gain access to both an airtight container and an additional airtight container, which will allow its contents to be used in parallel or simultaneously through the same end of the package.

An additional food product may be included in the interior of the additional airtight container, which is another elongated strip of canned food or, preferably, an additional product, such as an elongated strip of cereal based product.

According to a preferred embodiment of the utility model, said additional airtight container will comprise one or more elongated short strips of bread, toasted bread, biscuits or crackers.

In addition, an additional or alternative method is proposed for including auxiliary skewers superimposed and attached to one of the mentioned edge regions of the wrapper in a parallel position with an elongated strip made from an individual ration of servings of canned food product.

The skewer, which is preferably made of wood, has a sharp end. Thus, if portions of the canned food product are removed from the wrapper on a plate or the like, skewer can be used to prick portions of the canned food product without the risk of contamination of the fingers.

Preferably, the individual diet of the canned food product is packaged in a vacuum in a wrapper.

In one embodiment, two laminate materials that form the wrapper are obtained by flattening a tube made of 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 adhered to the skewer and the wrapper. The label is preferably self-adhesive. In one embodiment, a label is applied to the skewer and surrounds the wrapper to form a strip. Preferably, the label has printed graphic and / or written information.

In one embodiment, the skewer has an adjacent portion to a sharp end that extends further than the end of the wrapper, said sharp end of the skewer being inserted into a hole selected from a plurality of holes made on a demonstrator support panel to support a package containing a canned food snack product upright on said demonstrator.

For example, the demonstrator may comprise a base panel for resting on a support surface, and a vertical back panel, preferably provided with printed graphic and / or written information, as well as said support panel provided with openings. For example, the rear vertical panel may be connected to the rear end of the base panel, and said support panel may be located in a position slightly inclined overlaid on the base panel connected to the front end of the base panel and adjacent to or pressed against the rear vertical panel.

Thus, when the sharp ends of the skewer are inserted into the openings of the base panel of the demonstrator, the wrappers of packages containing a snack of canned food product are arranged in the form of flags with labels that are clearly visible on the front side of the vertical rear panel of the demonstrator.

In one embodiment, the device for easy opening comprises a recess formed at the corner of one of the marginal regions of the wrapper in a position adjacent to the end of said elongated strip made from an individual diet. Alternatively or additionally, the device for easy opening contains a weakened line formed on the wrapper in a position adjacent to the end of the elongated strip formed by the individual diet.

The canned food product is selected from the group consisting of, for example, blocks or shavings of canned ham, preferably Iberian ham; blocks from a combination of Iberian cold meat selected from Iberian pork loin, pres, chorizo, morkon and pepperoni; and blocks from a combination of cheeses selected from semi-hard cheese, seasoned cheese and very valuable cheese.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The foregoing and other advantages and features will be more apparent from the following detailed description of an embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken in illustrative and not restrictive ways, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a package containing a snack of canned food product according to one embodiment of the present utility model;

Figure 2 is a side view of a package containing a snack of the canned food product of figure 1;

Figure 3 is a front view of a package containing a snack of canned food product according to another embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a package containing a snack of the canned food product of FIG. 3 located on the demonstrator;

5 is a front view that illustrates a package containing a light meal of a canned food product extracted from a wrapper for consumption;

6 is a front view that illustrates a package containing a canned food snack in an airtight container according to one alternative embodiment, wherein the package further includes an additional airtight container parallel to the airtight container containing the canned food;

Figures 7 and 8 show the same packaging as in Fig. 6, but with a shorter length, containing smaller amounts of food product, corresponding to a size adapted for vending machines, and to a size adapted for distribution on planes or trains.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT

First of all, with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a package containing a can of snacks from a canned food product according to an embodiment of the present utility model, which contains an individual diet of 3 servings of canned food product enclosed in an airtight container formed by a wrapper 2 comprising two layered materials 2a, 2b (Fig.2) made of transparent plastic material located on opposite sides of the individual diet 3.

Individual diet 3 includes, for example, 25-40 grams of servings of a canned food product selected from the group that contains blocks or shavings of canned ham, blocks from a combination of Iberian cold meat selected from Iberian pork loin, pres, chorizo, morkon and pepperoni ; and blocks from a combination of cheeses selected from semi-hard cheese, seasoned cheese and very valuable cheese.

Two laminates 2a, 2b are obtained, for example, from a squeezed tube made of a sheet of plastic, and which are located next to each other and connected together in the marginal areas 5 around a container that contains an individual diet 3. Preferably, an individual diet 3 of canned food The product is packed in a vacuum in a wrapper 2.

Portions of canned food product, which make up the individual diet 3, are located in the wrapper 2, forming an elongated strip, which has an average width A (figure 1) and an average thickness G (figure 2). The average thickness G is relatively large with respect to the average width A. Preferably, the average thickness G is 30% or more of the average width A.

Two layered packaging materials create between them a tapering inner region in areas close to compressed places. The compressive force transmitted to the food product contained in said narrowed inner region is decomposed into the compressive force and the buoyancy force that promotes the canned food product. The greater the thickness of the elongated strip of the food product, the greater is the buoyancy force generated in the narrowed inner region.

It has been determined that the required ejection force necessary to ensure easy extraction of the canned food product from the greased passage formed by the package is created when the thickness of the elongated strip of the food product is at least 20% of the average width of the elongated strip of the food product.

The wrapper 2 further comprises a device 4 for quick opening, including a recess formed in the corner of one of the edge areas 5 of the wrapper 2, in a position adjacent to the end of the container, which contains an elongated strip made from an individual diet 3 in the wrapper 2.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the wrapper 2 can be manually torn through the quick opening device 4 to provide an open end 6 for the container containing the individual diet 3, and portions of the canned food product that make up the individual diet 3 can be removed gradually from the container through the open end 6, applying pressure manually over the area of the wrapper 2 adjacent to the end of the individual diet 3 opposite the open end 6, without the risk of finger contamination with fat from nservirovannogo food.

Thus, the container, when provided with an open end 6, acts as a passage greased with the canned food product’s own fat and pressure exerted manually on top of the wrapper 2 in combination with an average thickness G relatively greater with respect to the average width A of the individual diet 3, make the portions of the canned food product, which make up a separate diet 3, slide along the inside of the container to the open end 6 and gradually exit the wrapper 2 through the open end 6. The portions of canned food This food product can be taken directly into the mouth when it leaves the container of the wrapper 2, or can be removed on a plate or the like.

Figure 3 discloses another possible embodiment of a package containing a snack of canned food product 1 according to the present utility model, which includes an individual diet of 3 servings of canned food product, enclosed in an airtight container formed by the shell 2, and auxiliary skewer 7, which has a sharp end 7a, while the wrapper 2 and the individual diet 3 have the same configuration and arrangement, as described previously in figures 1 and 2.

The skewer 7 is superimposed on one of the mentioned edge regions 5 of the wrapper 2 in a parallel position on an elongated strip made from an individual diet 3, and is attached to the wrapper 2 by means of a label 8 adhered to the skewer 7 and the wrapper 2. More specifically, the label 8 is self-adhesive a label that is applied to the skewer 7 and surrounds the wrapper 2, forming a strip. Label 8 has an external surface suitable for including graphic and / or written information.

Tearing label 8, the skewer 7 is released and can be used to prick portions of canned food that make up the individual diet 3, and place them directly in the mouth when the portions have been removed on a plate or similar object, allowing their consumption without contamination of the fingers with fat from their own canned food product.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the skewer 7 has a portion adjacent to the sharp end 7a, which extends from the end of the wrapper 2, preferably from the end opposite the device 4 for easy opening. When the skewer 7 is attached to the wrapper 2, the sharp end 7a of the skewer 7 can be inserted in a hole 14 selected from a plurality of holes 14 formed in the support panel 11 of the demonstrator 10 (FIG. 4) to support a package containing a can of snacks from a canned food product 1 in an upright position on said demonstrator 10.

The demonstrator 10, shown in figure 4, also contains a support 11, a base panel 12 and a vertical rear panel 13, made of one piece of corrugated cardboard. The support panel 11, the base panel 12 and the vertical rear panel 13 are connected between them by the fold lines 15, which make up the hinges, which means that the demonstrator 10 is bent along the mentioned fold lines 15 from the working position to the compact position.

A base panel 12 is provided for resting on a support surface such as a counter, table, or the like.

The vertical rear panel 13 has front and rear surfaces that have printed graphical and / or written information, and in the working position it is connected perpendicular to the rear end of the base panel 12. In the working position, the support panel 11 is slightly inclined above the base panel 12 and has a first an end connected to the front end of the base panel 12, and a second end reclining on the vertical rear panel 13. The protruding parts 16 extend from the edge of the support panel 11 corresponding to the second end, which are inserted lyayutsya in holes 17 formed on a vertical back panel 13. However, please note that the configuration and location of the presenter 10 are variable.

The holes 14 are located on the support panel 11 in accordance with a 10 × 11 matrix, creating a total of 110 holes 14 to support up to 110 packages containing a snack of canned food product 1. Obviously, the number and arrangement of holes 14 can also vary.

On the demonstrator 10, the wrapper 2 of the package containing a canned food snack 1 is arranged in the form of a flag and with labels 8 clearly visible in front of the vertical rear panel 13 of the demonstrator 10 when the sharp ends 7a of the skewers 7 are inserted into the openings 14 of the demonstrator support panel 11 10. Packages containing a light meal of canned food product 1 can be easily removed from the demonstrator 10 by simply pulling them up.

Thus, at the point of sale, the customer can choose one or more packages containing a light snack from a canned food product 1 from the demonstrator 10, and then pay them at the box office.

According to a further embodiment shown in FIG. 6, it is proposed that, together with and in parallel with the airtight container 20, which contains the canned food product, the additional airtight container 21 can be placed and integrated into the same wrapper 2 and obtained from the connection in the edge regions 5 the same two flexible laminated materials 2a, 2b that contain the canned food product, and both airtight containers 20, 21, separated by a sealed line 22.

The additional airtight container 21 may contain, according to the present embodiment, a set of crackers in the form of small bread sticks located aligned with each other inside the additional airtight container 21, forming a strip of additional food product.

The device 4 for easy opening, located near the end of the additional airtight container 20, which contains the canned food product, will also be placed near the end of the additional airtight container 21 so that the opening of the wrapper 2 using the said device 4 for quick opening, for example, by tearing wrappers 2, provided simultaneous access to both parallel airtight containers 20 and 21, which allows simultaneous or alternatives nd food intake, contained in one or other airtight containers 20 and 21 of the same wrapper 2.

The scope of the present utility model is limited by the following utility model formula.

Claims (17)

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A package containing a light meal of canned food product containing a wrapper (2) and a predetermined amount of canned food product contained in said wrapper (2), wherein said canned food product is selected from the group consisting of: blocks or shavings of canned ham ; blocks from a combination of Iberian cold meat selected from Iberian pork loin, pres, chorizo, morkon and pepperoni; and blocks from a combination of cheeses selected from semi-hard cheese, seasoned cheese and very valuable cheese, the wrapper (2) containing two flexible layered materials (2a, 2b) made of plastic material and located on opposite sides of the canned food product, and this, the two layered materials (2a, 2b) are located next to each other and connected together in the edge regions (5) around an airtight container (20) that contains a canned food product, and the wrapper (2) is additional itelno comprises a device (4) for quick opening, through which the wrapper is exposed to rupture by hand, providing an open end (6) an airtight container (20), characterized in that          a canned food product is a predetermined number of servings of a canned food product that defines the individual diet (3) servings of a canned food product that has a certain content of fats and oils or is soaked in fats or oils;           the airtight container (20) is lubricated with fats or oils of the canned food product contained therein, creating a lubricated product;                    portions of the canned food product that make up the individual diet (3) are located in the wrapper (2), forming an elongated strip, the wrapper (2) having a length of 8 cm to 25 cm, an average width (A) of 15 mm to 40 mm covered between the fingertips of two opposite fingers, and the elongated strip contained therein has an average thickness (G) that is at least 20% of the average width (A) of said elongated strip of the food product; and                    the said device (4) for easy opening is located on the wrapper (2) in a position adjacent to one of the ends of the container, and contains a recess formed at the corner of one of the edge regions (5) of the wrapper (2) to ensure that the wrapper ( 2) is torn by means of a device (4) for easy opening, said open end (6) extending over the entire average width of the container, said container acting as a passage, and an elongated strip of canned food product is made with possibly by gradually sliding along the lubricated passage formed by the container and removing it through the open end (6) by pressure exerted manually over the area of the wrapper (2) adjacent to the end of the individual diet (3) opposite the open end (6) of the container.           2. A package containing a snack of canned food product according to claim 1, in which the individual diet (3) servings of canned food product is vacuum packed in a wrapper (2).                    3. A package containing a snack of canned food product according to claim 1, in which the two layered materials (2a, 2b) that form the wrapper (2) are obtained from a flattened tube made of a sheet of plastic material.                    4. A package containing a snack of a canned food product according to claim 1, in which the aforementioned plastic material is transparent.                    5. A package containing a snack of canned food product according to claim 1, additionally containing auxiliary skewer (7), which has a sharp end (7a), while said skewer (7) is superimposed and connected to one of the said edge regions ( 5) wrappers (2) in a parallel position with an elongated strip consisting of an individual diet (3).                    6. A package containing a snack of canned food product according to claim 5, wherein the adjacent portion with the sharp end (7a) of the skewer (7) continues further than the end of the wrapper (2), said sharp end (7a) of the skewer ( 7) can be inserted into a hole (14) selected from a plurality of holes (14) formed on the support panel (11) of the demonstrator (10) to support a package containing a snack of canned food product (1) in a vertical position on mentioned demonstrator (10).                    7. A package containing a can of snacks from a canned food product according to claim 6, in which a wrapper (2) of a package containing a can of snacks from a canned food product (1) is located in the form of a flag in front of the vertical back panel (13) of the demonstrator (10) ) when the sharp end (7a) of the skewer (7) is inserted into said opening (14) of the demonstrator (10).                    8. A package containing a canned food snack, according to claim 5, wherein the skewer (7) is attached to the wrapper (2) by means of a label adhered to the skewer (7) and the wrapper (2).                    9. A package containing a canned food snack, according to claim 8, wherein said label (8) is applied to the skewer (7) and surrounds the wrapper (2), forming a strip.                    10. A package containing a canned food snack of claim 8, wherein said label is self-adhesive.                    11. A package containing a snack of canned food product according to claim 1, in which the average thickness (G) of the elongated strip consisting of an individual serving (3) is at least 30% of the average width (A).                    12. A package containing a snack of canned food product according to claim 1, in which the wrapper (2) further comprises an additional independent airtight container (21), which contains an additional food product, said additional airtight container (21) adjacent to the airtight a container (20), which contains an elongated strip of canned food product, and both airtight containers (20, 21) are formed in the same wrapper (2) between two flexible layers stymi materials (2a, 2b) adjacent to each other and joined together in the edge regions (5), both airtight container (20, 21) separated by a sealed line (22).          13. A package containing a canned food snack food product according to claim 12, wherein said easy opening device (4) will be located in the wrapper (2) in an abutting position to the end of said additional airtight container (21) to ensure that the wrapper (2) is torn by means of a device (4) for easy opening, an open end for an additional airtight container (21).

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