Patent ID: 7207160
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A vacuum packaging appliance for evacuating a container, said vacuum packaging appliance comprising: a base defining an upper support surface adapted to receive an open end of said container; a lid operatively associated with said base, said lid and said base defining a vacuum chamber there between to receive said open end of said container; at least one gasket surrounding said vacuum chamber for directly engaging said container such that said open end of said container is operatively associated with said vacuum chamber; a vacuum source operatively associated with said vacuum chamber for selectively evacuating said vacuum chamber and said operatively associated container; a vacuum latch chamber; and a vacuum latch for restraining movement of said base relative to said lid when said vacuum packaging appliance is in use and said vacuum latch includes a latch gasket formed into said vacuum latch chamber such that said latch gasket forms a seal between said lid and said base when said lid and said base are engaged.