Patent ID: 8250975

Claim:
A container comprising: a container bottom; a lid operably couplable to the container bottom, the lid and container bottom defining a cavity; and a compactor within the cavity defining a storage portion of the cavity, the compactor selectively movable relative to the container bottom to adjust the size of the storage portion of the cavity; wherein the compactor further defines an empty portion of the cavity, the compactor separating the storage portion from the empty portion such that when the compactor increases the volume of one of the storage or empty portions, the compactor decreases the volume of the other one of the empty or storage portions; a compactor wall extending upward from a bottom wall of the container bottom; the compactor includes a compactor blade, the storage portion being defined, at least in part, between the compactor wall and the compactor blade, the compactor blade being movable relative to the container bottom such that the position of the compactor blade is adjustable relative to the compactor wall to adjust the storage portion therebetween; wherein the container bottom is cup-shaped including an annular sidewall extending from the bottom wall, the bottom wall and annular sidewall defining the cavity, the compactor wall extending radially inward toward a central axis of the annular sidewall, the compactor blade movable angularly about the central axis generally relative to the compactor wall; and wherein a radial gap is formed between the annular sidewall and a radial end of the compactor wall, the compactor further including a cylindrical compactor wall from which the compactor blade extends radially inward, the cylindrical compactor wall received in the radial gap.