Patent ID: 7594582

Claim:
An apparatus for holding a food submerged in a fluid and contained in a flexible-walled container without direct contact of the food product and the fluid comprising: a frame having a bottom portion and a top portion; a flexible-walled container having flexible sidewalls, a closed bottom portion, and an opening in an upper portion of the container for providing access into the interior of the container, the container mounted to the frame with the container secured to the frame adjacent the opening of the container, the frame acting to maintain the sidewalls of the container in a spaced apart relationship adjacent to the opening of the container to provide access to the interior of the container, the container also secured to the frame to limit movement of the bottom portion of the container in an upward direction; and the flexible sidewalls of the container movable inwardly to contact each other at a position between the opening and bottom portion of the container while the container is secured to the frame to seal the interior of the container between the opening of the container and the bottom of the container and above the food that is placed in the container.