Storage bag for pizza slice

Abstract

A flexible bag for storage of food products of a configurationally sustaining nature, having somewhat the configuration of a flat segmental portion of a circular disk such as a slice of pizza, provides a peripherally defined triangular body having an interconnected rectilinear neck to define a bag containment chamber. One or both sides of the triangular body provide expandible pleat structures to accommodate food products of differing thickness in the containment chamber. At least one surface of the triangular body or neck provides at least one vent structure having an orifice with an associated closure structure to open to vent heated gas from the containment chamber and close upon cooling of the flexible bag and contents substantially to ambient atmosphere temperature.

What I claim is:  
     
         1 . A peripherally defined storage bag for containment of a relatively flat somewhat configurationally sustaining food product configured substantially as a circular sector, comprising in combination: 
 a flexible bag, having a body with first and second sides, configured substantially as a triangle interconnecting a rectilinear neck, having first and second sides, communicating with the body to define a containment chamber having an orifice defined by the neck and communicating with the containment chamber; and    closure structure defined by the first and second sides forming the neck to releasably close the orifice defined by the neck.    
     
     
         2 . The storage bag of  claim 1  further having: 
 vent structure carried by at least the first side of the flexible bag and having at least one hole defined in the at least first side of the flexible bag with an associated flexible closure flap having a first end fastened on the outer surface of the at least first side of the flexible bag adjacent the at least one hole and a second freely movable end extending over the associated hole and thereabout to cover the associated hole for opening and closing.  
 
     
     
         3 . The storage of bag of  claim 1  further having: 
 an expansible pleat structure with a forward pleat element interconnected with a rearward pleat element, said pleat structure having elongate edges at least co-extensive with the side edges of the storage bag and joined thereto to allow expansion of the first and second sides of the flexible bag away from each other to accommodate sectoral food articles of greater thickness than could be accommodated without the pleat structure.  
 
     
     
         4 . The storage bag of  claim 3  further characterized by: 
 the pleat structure extending between each side edge of the triangular body of the storage bag and at least a portion of the edges of the rectilinear neck adjacent to the triangular body to allow extension of at least portions of the neck front and back away from each other.  
 
     
     
         5 . The storage bag of  claim 1  wherein the closing structure comprises: 
 an outer portion of the first side of the neck folded outwardly upon itself toward the body with the side edges of the over-folded first side portions joined to form a pocket between the over-folded portions of the first side of the neck; and  
 the second neck side folded over the over folded first neck side portion and into the pocket defined between the over folded first side portion to close the orifice between the first and second neck portions.  
 
     
     
         6 . The storage bag of  claim 1  further characterized by a a closing structure providing: 
 a plastic bag zipper having two spacedly adjacent elongate ridges with bulbously enlarged outer portions defined on the adjacent surfaces of both the first and second sides forming the neck in such relationship that one ridge of each side element may be contained in the space between two ridges of the opposed side element to form a releasable closure structure for the orifice defined between the first and second neck sides.  
 
     
     
         7 . A peripherally defined storage bag defining a containment chamber for a relatively flat configurationally sustaining food product having a configuration substantially of a sector of a circle, comprising in combination: 
 a flexible bag having a substantially triangular body, with first and second sides having side edges, interconnecting a rectangular neck, having first and second sides, extending from the triangular body to define an elongate orifice communicating with a containment chamber defined between the first and second sides of the bag;    vent structure carried by at least the first side of the flexible bag having at least one hole defined in the at least first side of the flexible bag with an associated flexible closure flap fastened by a first end portion on the outer surface of the at least first side of the flexible bag and a second unfastened end portion extending over the associated hole and thereabout to cover said associated hole; and    closure structure carried by the adjacent surfaces of the first and second sides of the neck to releasably seal the orifice defined between the first and second sides of the neck.    
     
     
         8 . The storage bag of  claim 7  further having an expansible pleat structure comprising: 
 an elongate back pleat element foldably interconnected with a forward pleat element, said pleat structure having an edge of the forward pleat element interconnected with the first side edge of the body and a rearward side edge of the rearward pleat element interconnected with the second side edge of the body to allow expansion of the triangular body sides to accept food products having greater thickness than could be accepted without the pleat structure.