Patent ID: 7712623
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: B23P,B65F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A receptacle, comprising: a first chamber section configured to receive items, the first chamber section having a first side wall and a bottom wall; a second chamber section located above the first chamber section, wherein the second chamber section has a second side wall and an internal width that is wider than an internal width of the first chamber section; and a vent providing fluid communication between the second chamber section and a bottom area of the first chamber section, wherein the vent is formed by first, second, third, and fourth outward protrusions along an outer periphery of the first side wall and each protrusion includes two side surfaces, wherein each outward protrusion has an internal width between the two side surfaces ranging from about 1 inch to about 3.5 inches and a depth ranging from about 0.25 inches to about 0.90 inches, wherein the first side wall includes a first side wall portion between the first and second protrusions, a second side wall portion between the second and third protrusions, a third side wall portion between the third and fourth protrusions, and a fourth side wall portion between the fourth and first protrusions, wherein a distance along the first side wall portion between the first and second protrusions and a distance along the third side wall portion between the third and fourth protrusions are both greater than a distance along the second side wall portion between the second and third protrusions and a distance along the fourth side wall portion between the fourth and first protrusions, and wherein no other outward protrusions are formed along the first side wall portion between the first and second protrusions and along the third side wall portion between the third and fourth protrusions.