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1. A container designed for use with food products and which can be exposed to temperatures of at least about 200° F., container, said container having a base and a container rim that at least partially encircles said base, said container comprising an inner liner, an outer liner and a corrugated layer positioned between said inner and outer liners; said corrugated layer is formed of a plurality of flutes, said corrugated layer having a corrugated base portion, a corrugated rim portion and a corrugated transition region; said outer liner having an upper and a lower surface, said outer liner having a weight of at least about 10 pounds per thousand square feet, said lower surface of said outer liner forming a bottom surface of said container, said outer liner having an outer base portion, an outer rim portion and an outer transition region; said inner liner having an upper and a lower surface, said inner liner having a weight of at least about 20 pounds per thousand square feet, said inner liner is formed of an inner base portion, an inner transition region and an inner rim portion; said inner transition region of said inner liner is positioned between said inner base portion and said inner rim portion; said outer transition region of said outer liner is positioned between said base portion and said rim; said corrugated transition region of said corrugated layer is positioned between said corrugated base portion and said corrugated rim portion; said inner rim portion of said inner liner is at least partially encircling said inner base portion; said outer rim portion of said outer liner is at least partially encircling said outer base portion; said corrugated rim portion of said corrugated layer is at least partially encircling said corrugated base portion; said inner base portion of said inner liner is generally planar; said inner rim portion of said inner liner extending above said inner base portion of said inner liner; an upper surface of said inner rim portion, an upper surface of said inner base portion and an upper surface of said inner transition region of said inner liner forming said upper surface of said inner liner, said upper surface of said inner liner is absent a seam; a majority of said upper surface of said inner rim portion of said inner liner is at a higher elevation than said upper surface of said inner base portion of said inner liner; at least a portion of said upper surface of said inner rim portion and said inner base portion of said inner liner can engage a food product that is placed on said container; said corrugated layer having a weight of at least about 1 pound per thousand square feet; said corrugated layer is at least partially connected to at least one of said upper surfaces of said outer liner and said lower surface of said inner liner by an adhesive; a height of a majority of said flutes of said corrugated layer that form said corrugated rim portion of said corrugated layer is less than a height of a majority of said flutes of said corrugated layer in said corrugated base portion of said corrugated layer, a height of at least one said flutes located in said corrugated transition region of said corrugated layer has a height that is less than a height of a majority of said flutes in said corrugated base portion of said corrugated layer, a height of said flutes in said corrugated rim portion of said corrugated layer varying in at least one region of said container rim along a longitudinal length of said container rim, said inner liner including a polymeric coating, said polymeric coating is present on said upper surface of said inner liner, said polymeric coating is formulated to engage a food product that is placed on said container and to inhibit the food product from sticking to said container while the food is heated on said container. |
