Patent ID: 6547080
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: A47J,Y10S

Abstract:
Colander apparatus for straining and rinsing, comprising:a first rim portion; a second rim portion hingedly connected by at least one hinge to the first rim portion, the first and second rim portions being hingedly movable one relative to the other about an axis between a generally coplanar position and a folded position wherein the rim portions are generally parallel or oriented at a small acute angle one to the other, the first and second rim portions when in the generally coplanar position jointly extending around and defining a single bowl opening extending between the rim portions, the first and second rim portions including a first end portion and a second end portion located adjacent to opposite ends of the bowl opening, the end portions extending in opposite directions away from the bowl opening; a bowl portion integrally formed with or attached to the first and second rim portions around the bowl opening in spanning relation thereto, the bowl portion including a plurality of openings therethrough; and wherein the first and second rim portions when in the generally coplanar position have a combined extent in the plane thereof between the first and second end portions sufficient so as to span a sink, and the first and second rim portions include cooperatively engageable elements for holding them in the coplanar position such that the end portions are positionable on opposed rim portions of the sink with the first and second rim portions held in the coplanar position by the cooperatively engageable elements for supporting the bowl portion in spanning relation to a basin of the sink.