Patent ID: 11970314
Assignee: BIG BEE, LITTLE BEE LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A storage container comprising:
a frame structure having a hinge with a pivot axis, a first frame component, and a second frame component; the hinge coupling the first frame component and the second frame component and configured to facilitate rotation about the pivot axis (i) of the first frame component away from the second frame component to achieve an open configuration or (ii) of the first frame component toward the second frame component to achieve a closed configuration;
a first shell that is configured to be releasably secured by the first frame component, and a second shell that is configured to be releasably secured by the second frame component; wherein, when the first shell is secured by the first frame component, the second shell is secured by the second frame component, and the storage container is in the closed configuration, an interior volume bounded by the frame structure, first shell and second shell is isolated from a space exterior to the interior volume; and
a securing structure configured to facilitate maintenance of the storage container in the closed configuration;
wherein the frame structure comprises a material having a Shore A durometer of about 50 to about 80; wherein at least one of the first shell or the second shell comprises a food-grade silicone having a Shore A durometer of about 35-45; wherein the first shell comprises a seating edge around a first-shell inner perimeter and the second shell comprises a raised ridge around a second-shell inner perimeter; and wherein the seating edge and raised ridge are configured to form a friction fit when the frame structure is in the closed configuration that isolates, in a substantially airtight and liquid-tight manner, the interior volume from the space exterior to the interior volume.