ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,896, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Cellcomb AB (Saffle, Sweden).
"Pouch type food pad" was invented by Mikael Solberg (Saltsjobaden, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a pouch-type food pad for use in a food tray to absorb and withhold liquid, comprising an absorbing kernel (11) enclosed in a pouch (10, 12) formed by a first pouch layer (10) and a second pouch layer (12) adjoined by a bond (13), wherein said absorbing kernel (11) comprise two layers (11A, 11B) including a cellulose based support layer (11B) having a grammage between 12-50 g/m2, and wherein said first and second pouch layers (10, 12) ha...