Patent ID: 6041931
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A01K,B65D,F25D,Y10S

Abstract:
A lidded container for lobsters and other crustacean comprising:a container formed of plastics material having a pair of sidewalls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall; said sidewalls, endwalls and bottom wall having water passing apertures therein;a lid formed of plastics material adapted to be hingedly secured to the container sidewalls to move between an open position and a close position; said lid having a top wall formed of a series of upwardly projecting ribs defining wells to receive and retain therein ice; said wells having a bottom face with perforations therein to allow melted ice water in said wells to infiltrate said container, circulate about lobsters and other crustacean in said container and exit through said apertures in said container walls.