Barbara Lynn Duncan

US Patent:

60360380, Mar 14, 2000

Filed:

Jun 10, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/095526

Inventors:

Diane H. Lovelace - Grosse Pointe MI
Barbara H. Duncan - Grosse Pointe MI

International Classification:

B65D 8300
B65D 2538

US Classification:

215391

Abstract:

A food packaging system that includes a jar with a mouth opening and a food holding chamber, a screw on lid that is securable over the mouth opening of the jar, and a resilient cupped lifting basket assembly that is positionable within a food holding chamber of the jar. The resilient cupped lifting basket assembly includes a resilient, cupped shaped, molded plastic, basket element and a rigid rectangular cross-sectional, grasping rod. The resilient, cupped shaped, molded plastic, basket element has a resiliently flexible, raised circumferential lip, a plurality of drain holes formed entirely therethrough and a centrally positioned rod connecting disk. The system optionally includes at least one resilient, cup shaped lifting attachment. Each lifting attachment has a number of drain apertures provided therethrough, a resilient, flexible circumferential attachment lip, a central rectangular shaped grasping rod insertion opening formed through a center thereof, and a diameter greater than the predetermined diameter of the resilient, cupped shaped, basket element. The central rectangular shaped grasping rod insertion opening is sized to restrict rotation of the lifting attachment about the rectangular cross sectioned grasping rod.