Twist and Lock Cap for Vacuum Container
A vacuum container and pump system including a vacuum container including: a rounded rectangular or square base with an opening at the top to receive foodstuffs and adapted with an edge; an optional cover comprising at least two locking latches adapted to couple to said edge, said optional cover to close the opening of the vacuum container, said cover comprising: a circular vacuum tubular opening forming a cylindrical hole through said cover, and a cross-shaped notch on the inner cross-section of the tube, through which at least a portion of a plug may be received and disposed when evacuating air from the container. A vacuum bag comprising: a bag having an opening; a plurality of resealable fasteners; a hole for evacuating air with a pump from the bag; a cap for covering said hole; and a removable clip for easing closure of said plurality of fasteners that is adapted to be used with a plurality of the bags. In one embodiment, a twist and lock cap may be included to prevent loss of vacuum of the container from the plug, when the cap has been twisted in a locked position.
1 . A vacuum container comprising:
a base having sidewalls defining a volume and an opening at a top of the sidewalls to receive foodstuff into the volume, the opening having an edge;
a cover comprising at least two locking latches configured to couple to the edge to close the opening, the cover comprising:
a vacuum tubular interface opening forming a cylindrical hole through the cover, and
a cross-shaped notch on an inner cross-section of the vacuum tubular interface opening, through which at least a portion of a plug may be received and disposed when evacuating air from the container.
2 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , wherein the cover and the base are comprised of different transparent colored plastics.
3 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , wherein the cover has at least four locking latches.
4 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , further comprising a salad spinner configured to be positioned within the volume of the base after removing the cover.
5 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , further comprising a salad chopper configured to be positioned within the volume of the base after removing the cover.
6 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , further comprising a pump comprising at least one of a manually-powered air evacuation pump and an electric-powered air evacuation pump.
7 . The vacuum container of claim 6 , wherein the pump comprises a manually-powered air evacuation pump comprising a hole in the pump to ease release of air evacuating the pump.
8 . The vacuum container of claim 6 , wherein the pump comprises an electric-powered air evacuation pump, the electric-powered pump comprising at least one of a cavity to receive at least one battery, an interface adapted to power the pump by providing AC to DC converted power, and a rechargeable energy source.
9 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a concave annular cavity for receiving an annular protrusion of a bottom of another container base to allow stacking a pair of vacuum containers.
10 . The vacuum container of claim 9 , wherein the annular protrusion of the bottom of the container base is of a depth to securely couple a stacked pair of vacuum containers when the vacuum containers are in an evacuated state.
11 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , further comprising a vacuum indicator positioned on one of either the base or the cover.
12 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , further comprising a removable divider for positioning within the volume of the base.
13 . The vacuum container of claim 1 , further comprising an age of contents day indicator dial.
14 . A vacuum bag comprising:
a vacuum bag having an opening;
a plurality of resealable fasteners;
a interface for evacuating air with a pump from the bag;
a cap for covering the interface; and
a removable clip for easing closure of the plurality of resealable fasteners adapted to be used with a plurality of vacuum bags.