CPC B65D 51/24 (2013.01) [A47J 47/10 (2013.01); B65D 43/0229 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00518 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00546 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00851 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00972 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. An apparatus for the storage of food, comprising:
a body portion having a hollow interior configured to receive food, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end, wherein an inner wall of the hollow interior of the body portion at both the first end and the second have a threaded surface disposed thereon;
a lid configured to be selectively secured to the second end of the body portion; and
a lid assembly configured to be selectively secured to the first end of the body portion, the lid assembly including a removable crumb filter having a plurality of apertures configured to permit the passage of food crumbs, wherein the crumb filter includes a panel containing the plurality of apertures that spans across the body portion to cover the hollow interior thereof, a first annular flange encircling a first side of the panel and extending away from an outer periphery of the panel, an interior wall of the first annular flange encircling the first side of the panel having a threaded surface disposed thereon, a second annular flange encircling a second side of the panel opposing the first side of the panel and extending away from an inner periphery of the panel on the second side in a direction opposite of a direction that the first annular flange extends away from the outer periphery of the first side of the panel, an interior wall of the second annular flange encircling the second side of the panel having a threaded surface disposed thereon that is configured to threadably engage with the threaded surface of the inner wall of the hollow interior of the body portion at the first end for securing the second annular flange within the hollow interior of the body portion, and a cap, which may be selectively removed from the crumb filter so that food crumbs may be discarded from the body portion, the cap having a threaded outer periphery that is configured to threadably engage with the threaded surface on the interior wall of the first annual flange for securing the threaded surface of the cap within the first annular flange.
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