# US 10,870,512 B2 · Ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,512 B2 - Document ID: US10870512B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/045,738 - Filed: 2018-07-26 - Published: 2019-01-31 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-31 - Assignees: Mimet S.A. - Applicants: Mimet S.A. - Inventors: Andres Luis Montanari Ibarra - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870512B2 ## CPC - B65D 11/10: {of polygonal cross-section and all parts being permanently connected to each other (B65D11/18 takes precedence)} - B65D 21/0213: {Containers presenting a continuous stacking profile along the upper or lower edge of at least two opposite side walls} - B65D 25/08: with provisions for removing or destroying, e.g. to facilitate mixing of contents - B65D 25/24: for spacing bases of containers from supporting surfaces, e.g. legs (for pallets B65D19/40) - B65D 25/282: {provided on a local area near to or at the upper edge or rim} - F25D 25/022: {Baskets} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract An ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket, useful for horizontal preserving units, irrespective for inclined or straight up models. The basket is composed of polymeric materials (plastics) which allow the product to be recycled. Unlike metal coated baskets, currently used, it does not rust, lose its shape, crack and can be easily cleaned. All these are significant and differentiating advantages when compared to the frozen product and/or ice cream baskets currently used in the commercial refrigeration market. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) for storing ice cream and other refrigerated products within refrigeration machines, said basket comprising: three components of polymeric removable materials, wherein said three components are detachable from one another, further comprising: (i) a body container (10) of rectangular volume, formed by four vertical walls (11, 12, 13, 14) and a lower basal wall (15), all perforated in a shape of a plot of geometric figures, wherein two large vertical walls (11, 12) of said four vertical walls are symmetrically identical, and two small vertical walls (13, 14) of said four vertical walls are of different height, with a rear wall (14) being of greater height than a front wall (13); (ii) at least one internal separator (20) that includes devices of lateral projections (21, 22, 23, 24) and inferior projection (25) to be attached to the container body (10); and (iii) a set of two holding handles (30) that consist, each, of at least three different types of anchors (31, 32, and 33). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein the container body (10) is formed by said four vertical walls (11, 12, 13, 14) joined by their respective vertical sides and the lower wall (15) is joined by its edges to the four vertical walls (11, 12, 13, 14). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 2, wherein the vertical walls (11, 12, 13, 14) of the container body (10), have an inclination between 1 and 10 degrees, from its upper edge to its lower edge, so that two or more container bodies (10) can be stacked. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 2, wherein each of the vertical walls (11, 12, 13, 14) of the container body (10), on its upper edge, has a flange curved concave (16), which allows the adjustment of container bodies (10) when they are stacked and the coupling with one of the anchors of the handles (30). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein the geometric figure that forms the scheme of the perforated walls, can be: a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a rhomboid, a circle, an oval, a star of at least three points, or a combination of them. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 5, wherein the geometric figure that forms the scheme of the perforated walls, is preferably a rhombus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 6, wherein the rhombus can measure from 5 mm by 5 mm and up to 30 mm by 30 mm and have a separation between them of 1 mm and up to 10 mm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim claim 7, wherein the lower wall (15), in addition to the diamond-shaped scheme, includes two longitudinal rows of perforations circular (17) of a diameter that varies between 5 mm and 9 mm, to receive the lower protrusion devices (25) for coupling the internal separator (20). ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 8, wherein said circular perforations (17) preferably have a diameter of 7 mm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the bottom wall (15) of the container body (10) includes eight supports spacers (18) that support and move away the base of the basket (1) with respect to the ground and prevent it from touching the compressor slot of the preserving machine, ensuring a constant cold air flow in the bottom of the preserving machine. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) An ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein the minor vertical walls (13, 14) include in their upper zone, in a first level, a first pair of perforations (131), each one close to each edge of each wall, and immediately, under said perforations (131), includes a first pair of circular perforations (141) of 6 mm in diameter, said first pair of perforations (131) in a shape of an “inverted wine cup” together said first pair of circular perforations (141), form a first level set (151) for the coupling of the handles (30), in addition, in a second level lower than the first level of the first level set (151) in each of the smaller vertical walls (13, 14), a second pair of perforations (132) each close to each edge of each wall, and immediately, under perforations (132), a second pair of circular perforations (142) of 6 mm in diameter, said second pair of perforations (132) together said second pair of circular perforations (142), form a second level set (152) for the coupling of the handles (30). ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein the polymeric material of which the container body is made of polypropylene (PP). ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein the lateral protrusion devices (21, 22, 23, 24) of the internal separator for coupling to the container body (10), comprise: (a) a rhombus-shaped protrusion (27) that is located on each side in the upper area of the internal separator; and (b) a bulge in the form of a quarter of diamond (28) that is located on each side in the bottom area of the internal separator. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein the lateral protrusion devices (21, 22, 23, 24) of the internal separator for coupling to the container body (10), comprise: (a) a rhombus-shaped protrusion (27) that is located on each side in the upper area of the internal separator; and (b) a bulge in the form of a quarter of diamond (28) that is located on each side in the bottom area of the internal separator. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein the internal separator (20) has perforations in the form of a pattern of geometric figures. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The An ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) pf claim 15, wherein said geometric figures correspond to rhombuses or rhomboids. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein the polymeric material of which the inner separator is made is polypropylene (PP). ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 1, wherein each of the supporting handles (30) consist of three different anchoring types (31, 32, 33) for the union to the container body (10) and a bar anchor (34) that fits with a cold cutting profile of the horizontal preserver machine. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim 18, wherein the three different types of anchorage for the joining of each handle to the container body, comprise: (a) an arch anchor (31), which consists of the union between one of the arches (31) that has the handle (30) with one of the cavities in the flange (16) that presents the container body (10), where, according to the horizontal preserving machine model, will vary the position or corresponding height of the anchor of arch (31) with respect to one of the smaller vertical walls (13, 14) of the container body (10); (b) clip type anchor (32), which consists of two protuberances (321) in the form of a semicircle with an intermediate division (322) that allows a slight contraction and pressure when they are embedded in perforations (131 or 132) similar to an inverted wine glass that are located on the smaller vertical walls (13, 14) of the container body (10), acting as a consolidator between the body container (10) and handle (30); and (c) a cylinder anchor (33), which consists of a pair of cylinders (331) of 5.5 mm in diameter, slightly conical and 6 mm high, which are introduced in circular perforations (141 or 142) that are located on the minor vertical walls minors (13, 14) of the container body (10). ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The ice cream and/or refrigerated products basket (1) of claim claim 18, wherein the bar anchor (34) consists of a crossbar (341) that runs almost the entire counterpart to the handle (35) on the handle (30), which fits with the cold-cutting profile of the horizontal preserving machine, in order to ensure the position of the basket (1) in the machine, independent of the model and whether it is loaded or not with frozen or cold products.