Packaging For Food Product

Abstract

A package for holding and protecting a food product. The package has a first tray with a first liner laminated to the first tray and a second tray with a second liner laminated to the second tray. The first liner and the second liner are sealed together to hold the package in a first position protecting the food contained therein from being damaged. The package can be converted to a second position wherein the first tray and the second tray are separated and the food product is removed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A package for holding a food product, the package comprises:
 a first tray having a first bottom wall and a first side wall that cooperate to form a first cavity;   a second tray having a second bottom wall and a second side wall that cooperate to form a second cavity;   at least one liner attached to at least one of the first tray and the second tray, the liner encloses the food product,   the first tray and the second tray are positioned so that the food product and at least a portion of the liner are contained in the first cavity and the second cavity.   
     
     
         2 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one liner comprises a first liner attached to the first tray and a second liner attached to the second tray. 
     
     
         3 . The package of  claim 2 , further comprising a seal between the first liner and the second liner so that the food product is contained in a sealed inner enclosure formed by the first liner and the second liner. 
     
     
         4 . The package of  claim 3 , wherein the first tray and the second tray form a rigid outer enclosure of the package that contains the sealed inner enclosure. 
     
     
         5 . The package of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one liner is attached to the first tray. 
     
     
         6 . The package of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one liner is folded to enclose the food product and form a sealed inner enclosure. 
     
     
         7 . The package of  claim 6 , wherein the first tray and the second tray from a rigid outer enclosure of the package that contains the sealed inner enclosure. 
     
     
         8 . A method of forming a package for holding a food product, the method comprises:
 obtaining a first blank;   obtaining a second blank;   attaching at least one liner to at least one of the first blank and the second blank;   forming the first blank into a first tray having a first bottom wall and a first side wall that cooperate to form a first cavity;   forming the second blank into a second tray having a second bottom wall and a second side wall that cooperate to form a second cavity;   enclosing the food product with the at least one liner that is attached to at least one of the first tray and the second tray; and   positioning the first tray and the second tray so that the food product and at least a portion of the liner are contained in the first cavity and the second cavity.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one liner comprises a first liner and a second liner, and the attaching the at least one liner comprises attaching the first liner to first blank and attaching the second liner to the second blank. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising forming a seal between the first liner and the second liner and forming a sealed inner enclosure defined by the first liner and the second liner that contains the food product. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising forming a rigid outer enclosure of the package defined by the first tray and the second tray, the rigid outer enclosure contains the sealed inner enclosure. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising opening the rigid outer enclosure by separating the first tray from the second tray and opening the sealed inner enclosure by tearing at least one of the first liner and the second liner. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the attaching the at least one liner comprises attaching the at least one liner to the first tray. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , the enclosing the food product comprises folding the at least one liner to enclose the food product and forming a sealed inner enclosure. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising forming a rigid outer enclosure of the package defined by the first tray and the second tray, the rigid outer enclosure contains the sealed inner enclosure. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising opening the rigid outer enclosure by separating the first tray from the second tray and opening the sealed inner enclosure by tearing the at least one liner. 
     
     
         17 . A package for holding a food product, the package comprises:
 a tray having a bottom wall and a side wall that cooperate to form a cavity;   a liner attached to the tray, the liner encloses the food product, the tray is positioned so that the food product and at least a portion of the liner are contained in the cavity.   
     
     
         18 . The package of  claim 17 , wherein the liner is folded to enclose the food product and form a sealed inner enclosure. 
     
     
         19 . The package of  claim 18 , wherein the tray is a first tray and the package further comprises a second tray, the first tray and the second tray cooperate to form a rigid outer enclosure of the package that contains the sealed inner enclosure. 
     
     
         20 . A package for holding a food product, the package comprises:
 a first tray having a first bottom wall and a first side wall that cooperate to form a first cavity;   a second tray having a second bottom wall and a second side wall that cooperate to form a second cavity,   the first tray and the second tray are positioned so that the food product is contained in the first cavity and the second cavity.   
     
     
         21 . The package of  claim 20 , wherein the first tray comprises a first flange and the second tray comprises a second flange, the first flange and the second flange are in face-to-face contact to seal the package. 
     
     
         22 . The package of  claim 21 , wherein the first flange is adhesively connected to the second flange.