Pot drainage system

Abstract

A container with an integrated drainage system. The container may include a pot used to boil pasta or other types of foods. The integrated drainage system may be configured with the pot to enable heated water to be drained from within the pot without having to pour the pasta and/or the heated water over the top rim of the pot (which typically releases dangerous amounts of steam). The drainage system may include a bell crank configured with a piston. The piston may include a lower sealing member that may correspond to an aperture in the bottom of the pot. Movement of the bell crank may cause the piston and its lower sealing member to open the aperture for drainage and/or to close the aperture for use of the pot.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.