Claims
- 1. A container for storing and transporting food made of a biaxially oriented film having less than about 10% haze when haze is measured with a sample of the film which is less than or equal to 15 mil thick and having an impact strength of about 10 lbs to about 200 lbs between -30.degree. F. and ambient temperature, said biaxially oriented film consisting essentially of about 88 to about 98 weight percent polystyrene and about 2 to about 12 weight percent high impact polystyrene, said high impact polystyrene further comprising rubber particles with an average diameter of about 0.1 micron to about 10 microns, wherein said biaxially oriented film has a rubber content of about 0.1 to about 1.4 weight percent of the total weight of said biaxially oriented film.
- 2. The container for storing and transporting food of claim 1, wherein the rubber content of said biaxially oriented film is about 0.15 to about 0.8 weight percent of the total weight of said biaxially oriented film.
- 3. The container for storing and transporting food of claim 1, wherein the rubber content of said biaxially oriented film is about 0.2 to about 0.6 weight percent of the total weight of said biaxially oriented film.
- 4. The container for storing and transporting food of claim 1, wherein the average diameter of said rubber particles is about 0.15 micron to about 8 microns.
- 5. The container for storing and transporting food of claim 1, wherein the average diameter of said rubber particles is about 0.2 micron to about 6 microns.
- 6. The container for storing and transporting food of claim 1, wherein said high impact polystyrene comprises about 2 to about 8 weight percent of the total weight of said biaxially oriented film.
- 7. The container for storing and transporting food of claim 1, wherein said high impact polystyrene comprises about 2 to about 6 weight percent of the total weight of said biaxially oriented film.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/294,655, filed Aug. 23, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,643,664.
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