Patent ID: 7325694

Claim:
A strainer, comprising: a generally rectangular, flexible sheet having a plurality of apertures therethough and an outer periphery, the sheet defined by first and second generally parallel sides and first and second generally parallel ends perpendicular to the sides; and first and second flexible handles projecting from the outer periphery of the flexible sheet and including corresponding apertures therethrough, the handles movable between a first position wherein the first and second handles and the flexible sheet lie in a generally common plane and second position wherein the flexible sheet forms a bag; and wherein the sheet includes: a first slit having a first end communicating with a first corner of the sheet and a second end, the first slit extending along an axis at an acute angle to the first and second sides and the first and second ends; and a second slit having a first end communicating with the second end of the first slit and a second end, the second slit extending along an axis that is generally parallel to the first and second sides and perpendicular to the first and second ends.