Patent ID: 6513671
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A kit from which a plurality of parts are selected and arranged to store a plurality of food items in a refrigerated space at a food preparation station having rails over the refrigerated space, the kit comprising:a plurality of plastic food containers each having an upper rim and upper and lower portions, each container having a larger cross-sectional area proximate the upper portion than the cross sectional area proximate the lower portion, each container to contain a food item in the lower portion thereof; a first set of panels comprising a plurality of food quality plastic panels, each of the panels having upper and lower surfaces and overhang portions at opposite ends thereof to support the panels on the rails; and a second set of panels comprising a plurality of food quality plastic spacer panels without holes, the spacer panels of varying widths to ensure that the panels selected from the kit form a substantially continuous upper wall over the refrigerated space, the spacer panels having overhang portions at opposite ends thereof to support the spacer panels on the rails; wherein when selected panels are arranged side-by-side at the food preparation station, the panels form an upper wall of the refrigerated space and wherein the panels from the first set of the panels have a plurality of holes arranged in a two-dimensional array, each hole adapted to receive one of the plurality of containers wherein the hole is sized larger than the cross sectional area proximate the lower portion of a container but smaller than the cross sectional area proximate the upper portion of the container such that the container forms a seal around the hole and the container is supported such that the upper rim of the container is spaced above the panels so that the lower portions of the containers are suspended in the refrigerated space below the lower surfaces of the arranged panels.