Patent ID: 8684600

Claim:
A flexible-walled container having an interior for holding food therein while the container is submerged in a liquid comprising: a top portion having an opening to the interior of the container; a flexible sidewall; the container configured for submersion in a liquid with the opening above the liquid and while preventing the liquid from entering the interior of the container and the container including a bottom portion, the bottom portion including a gusset portion that extends upwardly into the container interior, the gusset portion including a first gusset tab and a second gusset tab opposed to the first gusset tab, the first and second gusset tabs each having a top portion, a bottom end, a first side end and a second side end, the first side end of the first gusset tab positioned opposite and adjacent to the first side end of the second gusset tab wherein the first side end of the first gusset tab is moveable to a position spaced apart from the first side end of the second gusset tab to provide a first passageway between the spaced apart first side end of the first gusset tab and the first side end of the second gusset tab, and the second side end of the first gusset tab positioned opposite and adjacent to the second side end of the second gusset tab wherein the second side end of the first gusset tab is moveable to a position spaced apart from the second side end of the second gusset tab provide a second passageway between the spaced apart second side end of the first gusset tab and the second side end of the second gusset tab, and so that when the container is submerged in the liquid, the first passageway and the second passageway are provided to allow liquid flow exteriorly of the container through the first passageway and through the second passageway to allow increased circulation of the liquid into and out from a space that is between the first gusset tab and the second gusset tab; the gusset portion having a junction between the first and second gusset tabs extending along the top portions of the first and second gusset tabs, the junction having a first side portion and a second side portion, the first and second side portions of the junction attached to the sidewall to thereby act to restrain movement of the junction downward towards the bottom ends of the first and second gusset tabs when food is placed in the gusset portion of the container; at least a first attachment structure positioned proximate the top opening for mounting the top portion of the container; and, a retaining structure positioned proximate the bottom portion for restraining the bottom portion of the container to prevent upward buoyant movement of the lower portion of the container when the container is submerged in the liquid with the opening above the liquid.