Patent ID: 6949190

Claim:
A device for washing, serving and storing fruits, comprising a first container provided with a plurality of throughgoing openings so that when fruits are deposited in an interior of the first container and water is poured into it for washing fruits, after washing water can flow out of said first container; and a second container which is substantiaiiy solid and formed so that said first container can be inserted into said second container so that water flowing out of said first container is accumulated in an interior of said second container and thereby the water is substantially and continuously removed from the fruits located in the interior of said first container, so that the device can be used for washing, serving and storing the fruits, said first container having a substantially flat bottom wall having a central axis and a side wall which is curved in an upward radial direction, some of said throughgoing openings being provided on said bottom wall and consisting of radial rows, of at least four circular holes, which are arranged on said bottom circumferentially around said central axis, wherein the first circular hole of each radial row is a common circular hole coinciding with said central axis and wherein each of the other three circular holes of said radial rows are also respectively arranged over concentric circles on said bottom about said axis, while the rest of said curved side wall and consist exclusively of upwardly radially extending single elongated slots spaced from one another in a circumferential direction so as to surround said bottom and each extending substantially upright over a part of said curved side wall, said elongated slots being located in the circumferential direction denser than said holes.