Patent ID: 7428976

Claim:
A container, comprising: a basket portion of metal mesh material having a bottom wall, upwardly extending first and second spaced apart sidewalls, upwardly extending third and fourth spaced apart sidewalls, and an upwardly extending opening, said first, second, third and fourth sidewalls including an outer surface; an upper section of said first, second, third and fourth sidewalls extending generally horizontally outwardly away from said upwardly-extending opening; a rail including a first section, a second section, and a curved section joining said first and second sections to define an opening therein; said upper section of said first, second, third and fourth sidewalls positioned in said opening; and said upper sections of said first, second, third and fourth sidewalls being compressed within said opening such that said first and second sections of said rail are generally parallel and horizontally extending outwardly away from said upwardly-extending opening and a substantial portion of said rail extends generally horizontally away from said upwardly-extending opening substantially outwardly from and substantially continuously around said outer surface of said first, second, third and fourth sidewalls of said basket portion.