Patent ID: 7742360

Claim:
A combined container and date-notification mechanism for identifying a freshness date of a perishable food item stored within the container, said combined container and date-notification mechanism comprising: a container having a body and a lid removably attached to said body for maintaining the perishable food item isolated from the environment; means for identifying a date when the perishable food item is placed inside said body such that a user can quickly identify a number of days that the perishable food has been housed within said container without removing said lid from said body; an identification marker adjustably connected to said date-identifying means; and means for removably affixing said date-identifying means onto said lid such that the user can selectively affix said date-identifying means onto alternate containers, said affixing means being formed from water insoluble material, wherein said identification marker is spaced from said affixing means; wherein said date-identifying means comprises a first rotatable disc having an outer band displaying numeric indicia thereon in a sequential pattern ranging from the numerals 1 - 12 , each of said numerals identifying a month in a calendar year; a linear shaft having a top end directly and statically coupled to said first rotatable disc and protruding downwardly therefrom; and a second rotatable disc statically coupled directly to a bottom end of said shaft such that said second rotatable disc is disposed subjacent said first rotatable disc, said first and second rotatable discs rotating in sync when the user rotates said first rotatable disc, said second rotatable disc having an outer band displaying numeric indicia thereon in a sequential pattern ranging from the numerals 1 - 31 , each of said second rotatable disc numerals identifying a day in a calendar month, wherein said second rotatable disc numerals are outwardly spaced from said first rotatable disc numerals such that the user can visually identify said first rotatable disc numerals and at least one second rotatable disc numerals from a top plan view.