Disposable container with breachable sauce packet

Abstract

Disclosed are disposable containers, such as a stand-up pouch, for heating food in a microwave oven and while automatically dispensing sauce onto the food. Methods and apparatuses for making sauce packets and disposable containers are also disclosed. eodcmaster

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A disposable container for heating food, the disposable container comprising:
 parallel container sidewalls coming together to form a container top, a container bottom, the container sidewalls and the container bottom defining a pouch interior, the pouch interior including a food region between the container top and the container bottom; and   a thermally breachable packet within and attached to the pouch interior, the thermally breachable packet having a seal encompassing a liquid and having a longest side facing the container bottom, the longest side of the seal directing pressure of the liquid to burst the longest side of the seal toward the container bottom.   
     
     
         2 . The disposable container of  claim 1 , wherein the seal includes three additional sides, including a top side. 
     
     
         3 . The disposable container of  claim 2 , wherein the top side of the seal is connected to the pouch interior. 
     
     
         4 . The disposable container of  claim 1 , wherein the longest side of the seal is free to move away from the container sidewalls. 
     
     
         5 . The disposable container of  claim 1 , the thermally breachable packet including a laminate of a peelable inner packet layer in contact with the liquid and an outer packet layer. 
     
     
         6 . The disposable container of  claim 5 , wherein the inner layer of the packet is fused to the at least one of the container sidewalls. 
     
     
         7 . The disposable container of  claim 1 , wherein the liquid is an emulsion. 
     
     
         8 . The disposable container of  claim 7 , the emulsion comprised of a 90/10 ratio of butter and water, the food region containing food. 
     
     
         9 . The disposable container of  claim 1 , the disposable container further comprising information specifying a heating interval and a power level, the thermally breachable packet to breach within a fraction of the heating interval. 
     
     
         10 . The disposable container of  claim 9 , the food region containing the food, the thermally breachable packet breaching within a fraction of the heating interval and releasing the liquid onto the food. 
     
     
         11 . The disposable container of  claim 1 , the packet comprising at least two olefin polymers and a peelable seal having a cohesive strength less than a fusion weld. 
     
     
         12 . The disposable container of  claim 11 , the container sidewall having an inner pouch surface of a type comprising at least one of the two olefin polymers, the inner pouch surface connected to the thermally breachable packet. 
     
     
         13 . A container comprising:
 at least one sidewall between a container bottom and a container top, the container sidewall encompassing a container interior; and   a thermally breachable packet within the container interior, the thermally breachable packet including:
 a top packet edge attached to at least one of the sidewall and the container top; 
 a bottom packet edge detached from the at least one sidewall and facing the container bottom; and 
 a laminate with an inner layer forming a seal encapsulating a sauce, the seal including a breachable longest side. 
   
     
     
         14 . The container of  claim 13 , wherein the seal encapsulating the sauce is a polygon. 
     
     
         15 . The container of  claim 14 , the seal having at least four sides, including the longest side. 
     
     
         16 . The container of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one sidewall, the container top, and the container bottom form a stand-up pouch. 
     
     
         17 . The container of  claim 13 , wherein the breachable longest side comprises a stress concentrator.