Microwave food heating package with accordion pleats

Claim 1

A microwave heating package containing a susceptor for heating, browning or crisping food, comprising, an outer packaging enclosure formed from a material that is at least partially transparent to microwave energy, at least two susceptor segments, each comprising a laterally extending sheet of susceptor material for absorbing microwave energy to heat, brown and crisp the food, said susceptor segments are present in pairs wherein each segment is paired with a segment above or below it, each susceptor segment is folded to have a plurality of parallel, alternatively oppositely directed accordion folds so that each successive fold is bent in the opposite direction from the preceding and succeeding folds to form a plurality of adjacent panels that produce V-shaped pockets in each segment on opposite sides of each fold, a food piece is located in each pocket for being heated by the susceptor during heating in a microwave oven, said susceptor segments are arranged so that the segments of each pair are located on opposite sides of a piece of food, the arrangement being such that the pockets are aligned on opposite sides of the same food piece with a pocket in one segment of the pair enclosing the food piece on two adjacent upwardly facing sides and a pocket in the other segment of the pair enclosing the same food piece on its two opposite downwardly facing sides, said pockets defining chambers for the food pieces that are tipped on an edge with respect to a plane in which a row of said chambers are aligned, and the chambers in said row are staggered between the chambers of an adjacent row of chambers.