Carton

Abstract

A package for preserving perishable products, such as food and flowers, in which the product is in .[..[.an impermeable.]..]. .Badd.a .Baddend.container which has been purged, after the product is in the container, by forcing an inert gas through the container. The composite package includes the container enclosed in an inherently stable carton.

I claim: 
     
       1. An inherently stable package for shipping and preserving perishable products such as food and flowers, said package comprising: (A) an inherently stable carton having: (1) two openings for tubes;     (B) a flexible and sealable container having: (1) a sealable product opening,   (2) a permanently sealable inlet tube, for purging gas, hermetically connected with the container, said tube being aligned with and extendable through one of the said openings in the carton for connecting the same with a source of purging gas,   (3) a permanently sealable outlet tube hermetically connected with the container, said latter tube being aligned with and extendable through the other of said openings in the carton.     
     
     
       2. A combination as defined in claim 1, characterized in that both openings are in the same side of the carton. 
     
     
       3. A combination as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the openings are positioned so that the incoming gas is directed by the inlet tube from one side of the carton and toward the opposite side and then directed toward the outlet tube spaced from the incoming gas. .Iadd. 4. An inherently stable package for shipping and preserving products such as food and flowers, said package comprising: (A) walls forming an inherently stable carton;   (B) a flexible and sealable container having: (1) a sealable product opening,   (2) a permanently sealable inlet tube for purging gas, hermetically connected with the container and extending through a wall of said carton for connecting the same with a source of purging gas,   (3) a permanently sealable outlet tube hermetically connected with the container, said latter tube extending through a wall of said carton; said tubes being positioned with respect to the container so that the incoming gas is directed by the inlet tube to one side of the container, and rearwardly, then along the rear of the container, and then along the opposite side of the container and toward the outlet tube. .Iaddend..Iadd. 5. A combination as defined in claim 4, characterized in that both tubes extend through the same wall of the carton. .Iaddend.