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US 2004/0200844 A1Published application
Dual chamber salad container
OwnerDavid Watzke, Maureen Watzkeinventors
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a salad container having a container body an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier secured to the interior surface of the body to selectively exclude relatively large ingredients such as salad roughage from entry into the lower chamber and to provide passage therethrough of relatively small food ingredients, such as granular ingredients including, for example, ground pepper and/or such as liquids, including, for example, salad dressing, into and out of the lower chamber.
Claims45
A salad container comprising:
- a container body having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier secured to the interior surface and sufficiently configured to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage through the barrier of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
A salad container comprising:
- a container body having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier having a plurality of openings, the barrier releasably secured to the interior surface and sufficiently configured to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
A salad container comprising:
- a unitary container body having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier integrally formed as part of the body and having one opening and a plurality of upwardly facing barrier surfaces separated and connected together by a grid of interconnected troughs defining the lower chamber, each trough having opposing longitudinally parallel interior surface top edges connected to adjacent barrier surfaces and positioned sufficiently apart to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
A salad container comprising:
- a container body means having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity for containing food items, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier means secured to the interior surface and sufficiently configured to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage through the barrier of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
A salad container comprising:
- a container body having means an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity for containing food items, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier means having a plurality of openings, the barrier means releasably secured to the interior surface and sufficiently configured to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
A salad container comprising:
- a unitary container body means having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity for containing food items, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier means integrally formed as part of the body means and having one opening and a plurality of upwardly facing barrier surfaces separated and connected together by a grid means of interconnected troughs defining the lower chamber, each trough having opposing longitudinally parallel interior surface top edges connected to adjacent barrier surfaces and positioned sufficiently apart to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
A method for containing foodstuffs separately in one container, said method comprising:
- selecting a container body having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity;
- dividing the cavity into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier;
- securing the barrier to the interior surface;
- and
- sufficiently configuring the barrier to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage through the barrier of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
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A method for containing foodstuffs separately in one container, said method comprising:
- selecting a container body having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity;
- dividing the cavity into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier having a plurality of openings;
- releasably securing the barrier to the interior surface;
- and
- sufficiently configuring the barrier to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
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A method for containing foodstuffs separately in one container, said method comprising:
- selecting materials to form a unitary container body having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier integrally formed as part of the body and having one opening and a plurality of upwardly facing barrier surfaces separated and connected together by a grid of interconnected troughs defining the lower chamber, each trough having opposing longitudinally parallel interior surface top edges connected to adjacent barrier surfaces and positioned sufficiently apart to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber;
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- forming said container body.
A salad container kit comprising:
- a container body having an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity, the interior surface having at least one barrier retainer positioned thereon;
- and
- a selective barrier having a plurality of openings and being releasably secureable to the at least one barrrier retainer and when secured to the retainer divides the cavity into an upper chamber and a lower chamber to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage of relatively small food ingredients into and out of the lower chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.