Patent ID: 8402775

Claim:
An apparatus for storing, preserving and dispensing perishable and degradable food and goods comprising: a) at least one modular unit comprising a storage unit for holding items, having a top, further comprising at least one container or bag inside the modular unit, the container or bag having a one-way valve wherein when a partial vacuum is created inside the modular unit a partial vacuum is also created inside each independently sealed one-way valve container or bag therein; b) means operatively connected to, but physically removed from, said modular unit for creating a partial vacuum inside the modular unit and inside each one-way valve container or bag therein; c) means for sealing and maintaining said partial vacuum inside the modular unit; and d) the modular unit and each one-way valve container and bag being constructed and arranged wherein when the partial vacuum, or part thereof, is released from inside the modular unit a partial vacuum is retained inside each independently sealed one-way valve container or bag therein.