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US 7,591,221 B2Granted
Salad shaker
AssigneeFounder Plastics, Inc.
InventorChor Joseph Ho
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Abstract
A salad shaker for selectively mixing a salad product with the dressing. In a storage/transportation position, salad stuffed in a bowl having a lid does not contact the dressing sealed in a container having a cover with a handle. In a mixing portion, the cover is removed from outside the shaker to release the dressing into the bowl for preparing the serving when desired.
Claims20
A container for non-contact storage of at least two components of a mixture and allowing selective mixing of the components, comprising:
- a bowl for receiving a first component;
- a compartment provided inside the bowl for receiving a second component;
- a removable lid for enclosing the components inside the bowl wherein said removable lid includes a locking means for engaging with said bowl and wherein said removable lid includes an opening;
- and
- a cover assembly for sealing the second component into the compartment wherein said cover assembly includes a free end not engaged to said removable lid,
- a removable cap which seals said opening in said removable lid and which overlies said cover assembly
- wherein said opening in said lid allows access to the cover assembly for releasing said second component from the compartment and facilitate mixing of the components.
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A salad shaker comprising:
- a bowl having a bottom wall and a lateral wall, the lateral wall having an upper edge;
- a lid having locking means for engaging the upper edge and for closing the shaker, the lid having an opening and a cap for covering the opening;
- a dressing compartment attached to an inside wall of the bowl;
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- a dressing cover assembly including a cover for closing the dressing compartment and a handle attached to the cover and a free end not engaged with said lid,
- wherein, in a storage position the cover seals the dressing compartment, the cap seals and covers the opening and overlies said dressing cover assembly, and the handle assumes a position in the vicinity of the opening to allow firm grip of the handle through the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.