Partially shielded microwave heating container

摘要

A paperboard container (10) for heating products placed therein by microwave energy. The container comprises a first region (152) and a second region (154) both being formed from a unitary single sheet of microwave permeable paperboard material. The first and second regions each include a top panel (14) and a bottom surface (16). The bottom surface of each region has a peripheral edge and the bottom surface of the first region being defined by an area shielded from microwave energy commences along the peripheral edge and extends across less than the entire bottom surface. The second region being defined by the area of the bottom surface that is not shielded from microwave energy. A single bottom panel (16) forms the bottom surface for both of the first and second regions with a plurality of side panels extending upwardly from the bottom panel and extending downwardly from the top panel.