Patent ID: 7441672

Claim:
A produce container comprising: a basket body with a bottom portion having a base and wherein the basket body comprises a pair of sidewalls and a pair of endwalls such that the base, sidewalls, and endwalls are integrally connected; a lid for covering the basket body; a plurality of ventilation slots formed in the container to facilitate a flow of cooling air through the container when the lid is closed; a bottom portion of the pair of endwalls have a substantially straight contour; a first ventilation channel is formed in the bottom portion of the basket body by forming a curved bottom portion and curved bottom portions of the sidewalls that together define an arched ventilation channel that passes under the container to facilitate a flow of cooling air underneath the container along the length of the channel in a first direction; and a plurality of supports formed at the bottom portion of the basket body to elevate the container above a resting surface forming a space thereunder to facilitate flow of cooling air underneath the container in a second direction such that the flow in the first direction and the flow in the second direction are transversely oriented with respect to each other.