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US 5,474,188 AGranted
Fruit/vegetable storage unit
OwnerChristopher J. McArdleinventor
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Abstract
A storage unit for fruit and vegetables consisting of a stand which includes a pair of spaced upwardly extending end members, and a soft open-weave fabric net suspended between the end members for supporting fruit and vegetables in a suspended manner in mid air displaced up from the stand.
Claims2
In combination:
- a pliable soft fabric-like open weave net member configured as a pocket to hold and display fruit and vegetables on a counter or table in a manner to permit air circulation around and between and fruit and vegetables;
- and means for supporting said net member at its ends to cause said pliable fabric-like net member to be suspended so as to hold the fruit and vegetables in mid air, said supporting means comprising a stand including a base member and a pair of upwardly extending elongated end members supported by said base member, and in which said pliable net member is suspended between the distal ends of said end members displaced up from said base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.