Patent ID: 8079499

Claim:
Container for a food product that is a mixture of solid and liquid components, the container comprising a jar body having a generally cylindrical inside wall of a predetermined inside diameter, a mouth at a top thereof, and a bottom end, the jar body having a plurality of vertical channel recesses formed on said inside wall; said bottom end having a bottom opening that is substantially the same diameter as said cylindrical inside wall; a rotatable base fitted onto the bottom opening at said bottom end of the jar body and retained therein, and adapted to be rotated by hand about a center axis of the jar body, wherein said rotatable base is contained within the cylindrical body at a bottom end thereof; a threaded post affixed to said base and extending along the center axis of the jar body; and a platform member which is slidable along the inside wall of said jar body to urge said food product towards the mouth of the jar body, the platform member including a generally rigid disk having a central female threaded opening engaging said threaded post; an annular peripheral recess; a flexible seal ring in said peripheral recess and being slidably biased against the inside cylindrical wall of said jar body, a plurality of radially extending lips which project into said channel recesses, respectively; and respective flexible seal members positioned on said radial lips and forming a slidable seal against the associated channel members.