US 12,133,535 B2
Banana preservation device
Sean Adler, Walnut, CA (US)
Filed by Sean Adler, Walnut, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/355,004.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/042,376, filed on Jun. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392910 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A23B 7/152 (2006.01); A23L 19/00 (2016.01); B65D 85/34 (2006.01); A23B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A23B 7/152 (2013.01) [A23L 19/03 (2016.08); B65D 85/34 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A banana crown cover, comprising:
a body, said body formed of elastomer material;
said body having a sidewall surrounding an interior cavity of said body;
said sidewall extending between an opening at a first end of said body, to a second end of said body, said opening communicating with said interior cavity;
a first annular ring formed of said elastomer material in a first unitary structure as part of said sidewall, said first annular ring surrounding said opening;
said sidewall having a second annular ring formed of said elastomer material, said second annular ring formed in a second unitary structure as part of said sidewall;
a portion of said sidewall positioned between said first annular ring and said second annular ring defining a gap therebetween;
a projecting portion of said first annular ring extending from an exterior surface of said sidewall thereby forming a grip for pulling said body to position a crown of a banana bunch into said interior cavity to an engaged position thereof;
said first annular ring forming a first seal encircling around said banana bunch with said body in said engaged position;
said second annular ring forming a second seal encircling around said banana bunch with said body in said engaged position;
an endwall positioned at said second end of said body in a connection with said sidewall, then endwall including at least one recess;
a magnet connected to a clip configured to connect with the at least one recess;
a cap, said cap having an engaged position engaged around said second end of said body;
said cap having a magnetically attractive component; and
a magnetic attraction between said magnet and said magnetically attractive component, forming a magnetic engagement to hold said cap in said engaged position around said second end of said body.