A basket assembly is provided. The basket assembly includes a molded basket body having opposed side walls with minimal draft angles. The basket body defines a front opening for receiving fluid and items, an interior area of receiving and holding the items, and a plurality of perforations for allowing the fluid to escape the interior area while retaining the items within the interior area. The perforations are placed, oriented, sized, and configured to maximize fluid flow and item retention while the basket assembly is positioned in flowing fluid of a washing machine wash tank. Support pins retain the basket assembly at the top of the wash tank and handles extending therebetween facilitate removal of the basket assembly from the wash tank.

A carrying device is described in which a first portion and second portion are coupled together by a third portion. The first and second portion defining a free space there between such that a user can position a portion of their body for carrying of the carrying device.

The invention provides a method of holding combat sport equipment, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a container, and placing combat sport equipment in the container. The container comprises: (a) a hollow body defined by four sidewalls that extend from a closed base to an open mouth; and (b) a handle provided on one of the sidewalls of the hollow body. The handle comprises a first elongate member and a second elongate member, wherein the first elongate member has an elongate axis that lies parallel to the plane of the closed base; and the second elongate member has an elongate axis that lies perpendicular to the plane of the closed base.

A handheld food storage container including a body having a food storage area and an opening for receiving food items into the food storage area. The container may include a handle mounted to the body, a primary alert device housed in the handle, a secondary alert device housed in the body and a metal detector for detecting metal objects located in the food storage area and for causing the actuation of the primary alert device and the secondary alert device.

Various carrying mechanisms to transport a storage device, container or unit are shown. The carrying mechanisms actuate between various positions that may interfere with opening a lid of the storage unit. Various configurations of the carrying mechanisms reduce their profile when in use. Also described are multi-segmented carrying mechanisms that provides a beneficial weight distribution while facilitating actuating the carrying mechanism between different positions.

A carrying device is described in which a first portion and second portion are coupled together by a third portion. The first and second portion defining a free space there between such that a user can position a portion of their body for carrying of the carrying device.

A handheld food storage container including a body having a food storage area and an opening for receiving food items into the food storage area. The container may include a handle mounted to the body, a primary alert device housed in the handle, a secondary alert device housed in the body and a metal detector for detecting metal objects located in the food storage area and for causing the actuation of the primary alert device and the secondary alert device.

The present invention relates to a container of storing packets of edible items. The container comprises a plurality of compartments for storing one kind of packet in each compartment, the compartments having an opening configured thereon; a lid having a handle, the lid being configured to selectively facilitate a ejection of at least one packet when the handle is operated by a user; and a biasing means configured at an operative bottom edge of the plurality of compartments, the biasing means configured to provide an upward push to the packets, thereby facilitating the ejection of the packets from the opening when the handle is operated by the user.

A binding strip storing and dispensing device for organizing and dispensing binding strips for quilting includes a box and a lid. The box has a top that is open and configured for insertion of a plurality of binding strips, which are used in binding quilts, into the box. The lid is hingedly coupled to the box and is selectively couplable to the box so that the lid is positioned to selectively close the top to contain the binding strips. A set of slots is positioned in the lid. Each slot is configured to allow extension of a respective binding strip from the lid, wherein the respective binding strip is positioned for grasping in a hand of a user, positioning the user for pulling a desired length of the respective binding strip through the slot.

A plastic container used for holding fluid material with an attachable handle is provided. The container includes a body, a plurality of walls, a spout, an attachable handle and a sliding structure. The spout is a hollow, cylindrical portion that extends from an opening in one of the walls. The cylindrical portion is configured to insert or remove the fluid material from the container. The attachable handle includes a rail structure that further includes a pair of non-parallel offset rails and a latch. The latch has a latching surface that is located at the ends of the offset rails farthest from each other. The slide structure includes a generally rectangular projection. The projection further includes a pair of non-parallel offset grooves and a latching surface. The latching surface is located where the grooves are farthest from each other. The offset grooves are adapted to mate with the offset rails and are fully engaged by the offset rails when the latch is engaged with the latching surface.