Apparatus and method for holding objects in a container

A container comprising:

• an outer wall defining a cavity and having an opening to an outside of the cavity;
• a holding device arrangeable in the cavity such that an outer surface of a wall of the holding device is spaced apart from the outer wall and defines a gap therebetween, the gap having a width from the outer surface of the wall of the holding device to the outer wall;
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• an object comprising a fruit or a vegetable having a thickness equal to or greater than the width of the gap such that the object is configured to contact both the outer surface of the wall and the outer wall and to be snugly held in the gap by a friction fit or an interference fit at any of a plurality of positions that are spaced from one another along a direction from a top of the cavity adjacent the opening to a bottom region of the cavity opposite the opening,
• wherein the gap extends to an end of the wall that is adjacent to the opening such that the object is insertable into the gap from the outside of the cavity,
• wherein the holding device is a separate component from the outer wall so as to be insertable into and freely movable within the cavity in a state in which the object is not inserted in the gap, and wherein the holding device is arrangeable in the cavity such that the width of the gap is constant along the direction from the top of the cavity to the bottom region of the cavity, and the gap is continuous from the top of the cavity to the bottom region of the cavity such that the object is insertable into the gap from the outside of the cavity to the bottom region of the cavity,
• wherein the container is configured to contain a fluid in the cavity, and
• wherein the holding device has at least one opening through the wall such that a first region of the cavity that is inside the wall is in fluidic communication with a second region of the cavity defined between the wall and the outer wall.

A method of holding an object in a container, the container including an outer wall defining a cavity of the container and having an opening to an outside of the cavity, and a holding device arranged in the cavity such that an outer surface of a wall of the holding device is spaced apart from the outer wall and defines a gap therebetween extending to an end of the wall that is adjacent to the opening, wherein the gap has a width from the outer surface of the wall of the holding device to the outer wall along a direction from a top of the cavity adjacent the opening to a bottom region of the cavity opposite the opening, wherein the container is configured to contain a fluid in the cavity, and wherein the holding device has at least one opening through the wall such that a first region of the cavity that is inside the wall is in fluidic communication with a second region of the cavity defined between the wall and the outer wall, the method comprising:

• inserting a plurality of objects into the gap between the outer surface of the wall and the outer wall from the outside of the cavity, each of the plurality of objects having a thickness equal to or greater than the width of the gap such that each of the plurality of objects is configured to contact both the outer surface of the wall and the outer wall and to be snugly held in the gap by a friction fit or an interference fit and spaced apart from an adjacent one of the plurality of objects along the direction from the top of the cavity to the bottom region of the cavity, wherein the holding device is a separate component from the outer wall so as to be insertable into and freely movable within the cavity in a state in which the plurality of objects is not inserted in the gap, and wherein the holding device is arrangeable in the cavity such that the gap is continuous from the top of the cavity to the bottom region of the cavity such that at least one of the plurality of objects is insertable into the gap from the outside of the cavity to the bottom region of the cavity.

A container comprising:

• an outer wall defining a cavity and having an opening to an outside of the cavity;
• a holding device arrangeable in the cavity such that an outer surface of a wall of the holding device is spaced apart from the outer wall and defines a gap therebetween, the gap having a width from the outer surface of the wall of the holding device to the outer wall;
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• a plurality of objects, each having a thickness equal to or greater than the width of the gap such that each of the plurality of objects is configured to contact both the outer surface of the wall and the outer wall and to be snugly held in the gap by a friction fit or an interference fit and spaced apart from an adjacent one of the plurality of objects along a direction from a top of the cavity adjacent the opening to a bottom region of the cavity opposite the opening,
• wherein the gap extends to an end of the wall that is adjacent to the opening such that each of the plurality of objects is insertable into the gap from the outside of the cavity, wherein the holding device is a separate component from the outer wall so as to be insertable into and freely movable within the cavity in a state in which the plurality of objects is not inserted in the gap, and wherein the holding device is arrangeable in the cavity such that the gap is continuous from the top of the cavity to the bottom region of the cavity such that at least one of the plurality of objects is insertable into the gap from the outside of the cavity to the bottom region of the cavity,
• wherein the container is configured to contain a fluid in the cavity, and
• wherein the holding device has at least one opening through the wall such that a first region of the cavity that is inside the wall is in fluidic communication with a second region of the cavity defined between the wall and the outer wall.