Food wrap

Abstract

A food wrap comprising a transparent sheet that has a viewing portion. The viewing portion allows portions of a plurality of sides of a wrapped food product to be visible therethrough. The food wrap also has at least one opaque sheet having a wrapping portion. The wrapping portion provides a surface for indicia separate from the viewing portion.

1 . A food wrap comprising: 
 a flexible transparent sheet having a viewing portion and at least one peripheral edge portion, the viewing portion sized to display a plurality of sides of a wrapped food product visible therethrough;    at least one sheet of a foldable, opaque material, the sheet defining a wrapping portion disposed and sized to provide a surface for informational indicia separate from the viewing portion; and    the opaque sheet defining an overlap mounting portion secured to the peripheral edge portion of the transparent sheet.    
     
     
         2 . The food wrap of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 first and second opaque sheets each having the outer overlap portion;    the transparent sheet having a pair of peripheral edge portions;    wherein the transparent sheet is substantially coplanar with and interposed between the first and second sheets; and    the outer overlap portions of each opaque sheet secured to one of the peripheral edge portions of the transparent sheet.    
     
     
         3 . The food wrap of  claim 1 , wherein a surface area of the wrapping portion being greater than a surface area of the viewing portion providing a gripping surface sufficient to maintain the wrapped food product substantially fixed to the viewing portion.  
     
     
         4 . The food wrap of  claim 2 , wherein the opaque sheet is selected from the group consisting of paper, foil, and film.  
     
     
         5 . The food wrap of  claim 4 , wherein the opaque sheet comprises perforations sized to permit the migration of heated moisture from a wrapped food product to an exterior of the wrap in amounts which prevent substantial fogging of the viewing portion.  
     
     
         6 . The food wrap of  claim 4 , wherein the opaque sheet is quilted paper.  
     
     
         7 . The food wrap of  claim 4 , wherein the opaque sheet comprises a laminate of paper and film.  
     
     
         8 . The food wrap of  claim 4 , wherein the opaque sheet is grease and water resistant.  
     
     
         9 . The food wrap of  claim 2 , wherein the transparent sheet is selected from the group consisting of polyester, polypropylene, and cellophane.  
     
     
         10 . The food wrap of  claim 9 , wherein the transparent sheet is anti-fog polyester.  
     
     
         11 . The food wrap of  claim 9 , wherein the transparent sheet comprises perforations sized to permit the migration of heated moisture from a wrapped food product to an exterior of the wrap in amounts which prevent substantial fogging of the viewing portion.  
     
     
         12 . The food wrap of  claim 2 , wherein the first and second opaque sheets each have a width and wherein the width of the first opaque sheet is greater than the width of the second opaque sheet such that the viewing portion is off-center on a wrapped food product.  
     
     
         13 . A method of making a food wrap comprising: 
 providing an input web comprising substantially coplanar and transversely alternating separate transparent webs and separate relatively thicker and stiffer opaque webs;    securing peripheral portions of each transparent web to outer portions of each opaque web to form a laminated web;    slitting an opaque portion of the laminated web longitudinally to form at least two intermediate webs each comprising two opaque webs and an interposed transparent web; and    cutting each intermediate web to form the food wrap.    
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein a tension on the transparent web is different than a tension on the opaque web.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein a roll of the transparent web is positioned a first predetermined distance to a laminator and a roll of the opaque web is positioned a second predetermined distance to the laminator, wherein the first predetermined distance is less than the second predetermined distance such that the tension on the transparent web is different than the tension on the opaque web.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the method forms a food wrap comprising: 
 a flexible transparent sheet having a viewing portion and at least one peripheral edge portion, the viewing portion sized to display a plurality of sides of a wrapped food product visible therethrough;    at least one sheet of a foldable, opaque material, the sheet defining a wrapping portion disposed and sized to provide a surface for informational indicia separate from the viewing portion; and    the opaque sheet defining an overlap mounting portion secured to the peripheral edge portion of the transparent sheet.    
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the food wrap further comprising: 
 first and second opaque sheets each having the outer overlap portion;    the transparent sheet having a pair of peripheral edge portions;    wherein the transparent sheet is substantially coplanar with and interposed between the first and second sheets; and    the outer overlap portions of each opaque sheet secured to one of the peripheral edge portions of the transparent sheet.    
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein a surface area of the wrapping portion being greater than a surface area of the viewing portion providing a gripping surface sufficient to maintain the wrapped food product substantially fixed to the viewing portion.  
     
     
         19 . A food wrap produced from a process comprising: 
 providing an input web comprising substantially coplanar and transversely alternating separate transparent webs and separate relatively thicker and stiffer opaque webs;    securing peripheral portions of each transparent web to outer portions of each opaque web to form a laminated web;    slitting an opaque portion of the laminated web longitudinally to form at least two intermediate webs each comprising two opaque webs and an interposed transparent web; and    cutting each intermediate web to form the food wrap.