# US 8,783,491 B2 · Washing container assembly

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- Number: US 8,783,491 B2
- Document ID: US8783491B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/905,355
- Filed: 2013-05-30
- Published: 2013-12-05
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2012-06-01
- Applicants: Shih-Chin Fu
- Inventors: Shih-Chin Fu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783491B2

## CPC

- B08B 13/00: Accessories or details of general applicability for machines or apparatus for cleaning
- A47J 43/24: Devices for washing vegetables or the like
- A47L 15/26: with movement of the crockery baskets by other means {(for drinking glasses A47L15/0065)}
- B08B 3/06: using perforated drums in which the article or material is placed {(B08B3/042 takes precedence)}
- B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)

## Abstract

A washing container assembly for washing an article includes an outer container, a perforated inner container, and a perforated and dish-shaped lid. The outer container has a first top opening and a first compartment in spatial communication with the first top opening. The perforated inner container is coupled removably to the outer container, and defines a second opening and a second compartment that is in spatial communication with the second top opening and that is for receiving the article therein. The lid includes a peripheral wall connected removably to the first and second top portions of the outer and inner containers, and a depressed wall extending from the peripheral wall into the second compartment and for maintaining the article in the second compartment.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A washing container assembly for washing an article, said washing container assembly comprising:
an outer container having a top portion that defines a first top opening and defining a first compartment that is in spatial communication with said first top opening;
a perforated inner container having a top portion that defines a second top opening, coupled removably to said outer container, and defining a second compartment that is within said first compartment, that is in spatial communication with said second top opening, and that is adapted for receiving the article therein;
a perforated and dish-shaped lid including
a peripheral wall that is connected removably to said first and second top openings of said outer and inner containers, and
a depressed wall that extends from said peripheral wall into said second compartment and that is adapted for maintaining the article in said second compartment;
said outer container and said perforated inner container are cylindrical and said lid is circular;
said perforated inner container has a main portion formed with a plurality of through holes and a plurality of supporting members disposed adjacent to said second top opening to support said depressed wall of said lid thereon, said top portion of said perforated inner container being configured as a flange that protrudes from a top end of said main portion away from said second top opening, and that is formed with at least one pin hole extending therethrough and at least one first attaching member including
a pivot pin that extends rotatably through said pin hole, and
an elongated block that is disposed above said flange of said perforated inner container and said peripheral wall of said lid, that is connected fixedly to said pivot pin, and that is rotatable to lock said peripheral wall of said lid and said flange of said perforated inner container; and
said outer container has a main portion that defines said first compartment and that receives said main portion of said perforated inner container and said lid therein, said top portion of said outer container being configured as a flange that protrudes radially from a top end of said main portion of said outer container away from said first top opening, that is disposed under said flange of said perforated inner container, and that is formed with at least one third attaching member, said at least one third attaching member including an inverted L-shaped groove-defining wall that extends from said flange of said outer container beyond said elongated block, and that cooperates with said flange of said outer container to define an engaging groove that is to be removably locked by said elongated block.