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US 11,618,994 B2Granted
Integrated strainer and container for soaking clothes and the like
AssigneeMango Street Holdings Pty Ltd
InventorKelly Lavery
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Abstract
An integrated strainer and container includes a strainer with a plurality of openings in at least one wall thereof and at least one engagement foot; and the container for holding a liquid and having an open top, configured to receive the strainer within in a soaking position, the container having an upper structure configured to engage at least one engagement foot to hold the strainer relative to the upper structure in a raised, drainage position.
Claims15
An integrated strainer and container comprising:
- a) a strainer with a plurality of openings in at least one wall thereof and at least one container engagement adapted to engage a container when the strainer is in a raised drainage position;
- b) a container for holding a liquid and having an open top, configured to receive the strainer within the container, in a lower position, the container having an upper structure configured to engage at the least one container engagement to hold the strainer relative to the upper structure in a raised, drainage position;
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- c) wherein the strainer has two opposed side walls at least one of the side walls has a lower side wall portion and an upper side wall portion and the at least one engagement is provided on said at least one sidewall externally between the lower side wall portion and the upper side wall portion;
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- d) wherein the at least one container engagement is configured as an inverted U-shaped portion defining an opening configured to receive the upper structure of the container when the strainer is moved sideways into the raised drainage position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.