Patent ID: 7487881

Claim:
A salad container comprising: a removable lid; and a container body comprising: an open top, a closed bottom, and a sidewall extending therebetween, the sidewall having an exterior surface, an interior surface defining a cavity between the open top and the closed bottom, and at least one protrusion projecting inwardly into the cavity; the protrusion being an inwardly extending shoulder extending from a larger diameter upper portion of the sidewall and a smaller diameter lower portion of the sidewall, wherein the cavity is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier extending across the cavity, the upper chamber is defined by the upper portion of the sidewall, and the lower chamber is defined by the lower portion of the sidewall, the selective barrier having an apertured planar central portion, a rim extending substantially vertically from the central portion and then forming an angled extension, the selective barrier is at least partially supported by the at least one protrusion, such that the substantially vertically extending portion of the rim is received by the sidewall, and the angled extension rests on an upper surface of the protrusion, the selective barrier being sufficiently configured to selectively exclude entry of relatively large food items into the lower chamber and to provide passage through the barrier of relatively small food ingredients both into and out of the lower chamber so that the relatively large food items are stored away from the small food ingredients until just before consumption, wherein the selective barrier is releasably secured to the body.