Patent ID: 8215230

Claim:
A salad spinner, comprising: a bowl having a bowl rim, a bowl base, and a bowl sidewall between the bowl rim and the bowl base, the bowl further having a first bowl living hinge adjacent the bowl base and a second bowl living hinge adjacent the bowl rim; and a basket, the basket being nested within the bowl and defining an interior space, the basket having at least one opening to allow water to pass from the interior space through the basket, the basket further having a basket rim, a basket base, and a basket sidewall between the basket rim and the basket base, the basket further having a first basket living hinge adjacent the basket base and a second basket living hinge adjacent the basket rim; wherein the bowl and the basket are configurable between a first position in which the bowl and the basket are expanded and a second position in which the bowl and the basket are collapsed, the bowl in the collapsed position being folded at the first bowl living hinge and the second bowl living hinge, the basket in the collapsed position being folded at the first basket living hinge and the second basket living hinge, the basket further being nestable within the bowl in both the first position and the second position.