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US 2011/0236542 A1Published application
Single use butter preserving container
OwnerRosemarie Arnoldinventor
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Abstract
The invention includes a single use (disposable) container with a lid and a base. The base includes an amount of seal-forming liquid, such as water. The lid includes a butter reservoir and cooperates with the base to enclose the butter reservoir and the water. The water and the butter reservoir form a seal to keep butter in the butter reservoir fresh at room temperature.
Claims19
A method for sale or non-sale distribution of butter between different persons, comprising the steps of:
- a) selecting a container structure that is designed and dimensioned for storing a predetermined amount of butter and configured for storing a seal forming liquid that is designed for extending a time of preservation of said butter stored within said container structure;
- b) constructing said container structure from an amount and type of material that is water resistant and having a cost to manufacture that is less than a cost of a first amount of butter, said first amount of butter being equal to a maximum amount of butter that said container structure is designed to store when said fluid barrier is also stored within said container structure;
- c) storing a second amount of unspoiled butter into said container, said second amount being less than or equal to said first amount of butter;
- d) providing said container structure and said butter stored within said container structure as one combined item for sale or non-sale transfer of possession to another person.
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A low cost and light weight butter preserving container, comprising:
- a base configured to contain a liquid reservoir, the liquid reservoir including a seal-forming liquid;
- a lid configured to enclose a butter reservoir, the lid configured to physically engage the base to enclose the butter reservoir and the liquid reservoir, and configured to provide a seal to the butter reservoir when the seal-forming liquid is contained within the base;
- the base and the lid are each configured as a structure of material having an insubstantial cost of manufacture, the base and the lid being configured to support at least a single use of each said structure of material and where said single use includes a single filling of butter within said butter reservoir and subsequent removal of said butter from said butter reservoir.
A method of using a room temperature storage device for butter, comprising the steps of:
- a) purchasing a single use container of butter that is designed to accommodate storage of a seal-forming liquid that preserves said butter;
- b) adding an amount of a seal-forming liquid to a liquid reservoir of a single use base, the amount of seal-forming liquid sufficient to form a seal when a disposable lid and said base are assembled;
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- c) separating said lid from said base thereby unsealing the butter reservoir from the seal-forming liquid to provide access to the butter reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.