Patent Publication Number: US-10327390-B2

Title: Food storage system

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to storage devices and more particularly pertains to a new storage device for enhancing freshness of a food item. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bowl that is positioned on a support surface. A plate is provided and the plate is selectively positioned in the bowl. The plate is perforated to pass air between the plate and the bowl. A food item is selectively positioned on the plate thereby facilitating the food item to be kept dry. In this way the plate inhibits the food item from rotting and the plate enhances freshness of the food item. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of a food storage system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is an exploded view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new storage device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the food storage system  10  generally comprises a bowl  12  that is selectively positioned on a support surface  14  such as a table top or the like. The bowl  12  has a bottom wall  16  and a perimeter wall  18  extending upwardly therefrom. The perimeter wall  18  has a distal edge  20  to define an opening  22  into the bowl  12  and the perimeter wall  18  has an inwardly facing surface  24 . The bowl  12  may be a mixing bowl, a food bowl or any other type of bowl commonly found in a kitchen. 
     A plate  26  is provided and the plate  26  is selectively positioned in the bowl  12 . The plate  26  is perforated to pass air between the plate  26  and the bowl  12 . A food item  28  is selectively positioned on the plate  26  thereby facilitating the food item  28  to be kept dry. The food item  28  may be fresh fruit, fresh vegetables or other perishable food item  28 . 
     The plate  26  has a top surface  30 , a bottom surface  32  and an outer surface  34  extending therebetween. The outer surface  34  curves inwardly between the top surface  30  and the bottom surface  32 . Moreover, the outer surface  34  frictionally engages the inwardly facing surface  24  of the bowl  12  when the plate  26  is positioned in the bowl  12 . The bottom surface  32  is spaced from the bottom wall  16  and the top surface  30  is spaced from the distal edge  20  of the bowl  12  when the plate  26  is positioned in the bowl  12 . Additionally, the top surface  30  may extended outwardly beyond the outer surface  34  to define a lip  35  extending around the plate  26 . 
     The plate  26  has a plurality of apertures  36  extending through the top surface  30  and the bottom surface  32  to pass the air between the plate  26  and the bowl  12 . The apertures  36  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed on the top surface  30 . The food item  28  is positioned on the top surface  30  of the plate  26 . 
     In use, the plate  26  is positioned in the bowl  12  and the food item  28  is positioned on the plate  26 . In this way the food item  28  is inhibited from lying in the bowl  12  and the apertures  36  facilitate moisture from the food item  28  to drip through the plate  26 . Additionally, the apertures  36  facilitate air the pass between the plate  26  and the bowl  12 . In this way the food item  28  is kept dry to inhibit the food item  28  from rotting and to enhance freshness. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.