Lidded container for lobsters or like crustacean
US6041931A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S220/15
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A lidded container for lobsters or like crustacean comprises a container formed of plastics material having sidewalls, endwalls and a bottom wall and a lid formed of plastics material which is adapted to be hingedly secured to the container sidewalls to move between an open position and a close position. The lid has a top wall formed of a series of upwardly projecting ribs defining wells to receive and retain therein ice which, when melted, passes through perforations in the bottom faces of the wells to circulate about the lobsters. The water then exits through apertures in the sidewalls, endwalls and bottom wall of the container.
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