CONTAINER FOR CONSERVING FRESH FRUIT

A container adapted for conserving a fresh fruit is provided. The container includes a bottom plate, a sidewall, and a top cover. The sidewall is configured encircling the bottom plate and upwardly extending from a periphery edge of the bottom plate, such that the bottom plate and the sidewall constitute a body portion of the container and define a receiving space inside the body portion of the container. The body portion of the container has an opening configured at an opposite side of the bottom plate. The top cover is adapted for correspondingly covering the opening of the body portion of the container.

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Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a container for accommodating a fresh fruit therein and carrying or conserving the fresh fruit therewith.

2. The Prior Arts

Generally, as the fruits are harvested, except those delivered immediately, some fruits are conserved for a certain time during which the fruits get riper before sold in the market.

Such fresh fruits are typically accommodated in a container for conservation therein. Therefore, the container is desired to be helpful for sustaining the freshness of the fruits. Further, the container is also desired to have a certain structural strength, so that the fruits can be accommodated in a plurality of such containers and then stacked up for saving space. In addition, the cost of the container is also an important concern for those fabricating or buying the container.

Conventionally, typical containers used for accommodating and conserving the fresh fruits generally include carton boxes, wooden boxes, and foamex boxes. Should the containers satisfy the foregoing requirements, they could be popularly used for containing and conserving the fruits.

Furthermore, it should be mentioned that during the conservation, plant hormone and ethylene gases are often generated. In many circumstances, the plant hormone and ethylene gases adversely accelerate the conserved fruits in getting aged and ripped. Therefore, the container is often desired to be able to exhaust the gases out of the container.

Some containers are configured with openings on sidewalls or top covers for avoiding the accumulation of the undesired gases. However, the opening may unfortunately allow pests or insects entering the containers therefrom.

Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 11, a container 100 is proposed for conserving fresh fruits. An opening portion 104 is configured at a sidewall of the container 100. A non-woven fabric 106 is disposed extending over the entirety of the opening portion 104. The provision of the non-woven fabric 106 effectively prevents pests or insects to enter the container 100, and allows the gas generated by the fruits conserved therein to be exhausted therefrom.

However, it should be noted that the provision of the non-woven fabric disadvantageously introduces a vulnerable factor to the container 100, because of which the strength of the container 100 may be seriously undermined.

In addition, the provision of a plurality of non-woven fabrics 106 respectively to a plurality of such containers 100 has often to be manually executed. Therefore, the job is usually arduous and less efficient.

Even further, the non-woven fabric 106 is intrinsically made of multiple different kinds of fabrics, the pests or insects may still have the chance to enter the container 100 from interstices thereof.

As such, even those fresh fruits grown and harvested in a pest-free environment under very strict supervision may still be invaded by pests during the delivering process.

Moreover, fresh fruits originated from Japan, particularly apples, have been improved by many times of upgrade, and have now achieved outstanding taste and appearance, and thus now highly demanded by overseas market.

Therefore, most countries, which have an import demand of these fresh fruits, usually adopt strict supervision of inspections to prevent alien pests from invading their countries. New types of alien pests may seriously destroy the environment of their countries due to lack of natural enemies against these “imported” pests. Therefore, the fresh fruits are usually required by the importing countries to be conserved in a sealed container for avoiding the invasion of pests. Unfortunately, fruits such as apples generate ethylene. When the fruits are conserved in sealed containers, the accumulated ethylene will degrade the freshness of the fruits.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A primary objective of the present invention is to provide a container for conserving fresh fruit which is adapted for avoiding the invasion of pests, and also adapted for exhausting a gas generated by the fruit conserved inside the container.

A secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a cheap, solid container having an improved structure with a stronger impact durability for conserving fresh fruit.

For solving the foregoing and other problems and achieving the foregoing objectives and others, the present invention provides a container for conserving fresh fruit.

The container includes a bottom plate, a sidewall, and a top cover. The sidewall is configured encircling the bottom plate and upwardly extending from a periphery edge of the bottom plate, such that the bottom plate and the sidewall constitute a body portion of the container and define a receiving space inside the body portion of the container. The body portion of the container has an opening configured at an opposite side of the bottom plate. The top cover is adapted for correspondingly covering the opening of the body portion of the container.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the body portion and the top cover of the container is configured with a distribution of a plurality of fine through-holes communicating the receiving space with outside. Each fine through-hole has an inner end and an outer end. The inner end is adjacent to the receiving space and the outer end is adjacent to the outside of the container. The outer end is configured with a diameter smaller than that of the inner end.

Since the fine through-holes can be solely configured at the top cover or the body portion of the container, they can be easily made together with the top cover or the body portion of the container by an integral injection molding process.

Further, the fine through-holes are directly configured at the top cover or the body portion of the container, and therefore the container as a whole remains stronger structural strength and a better endurance for external impact than the conventional.

According to an aspect of the embodiment, the distribution of the fine through-holes on the body portion and/or top cover of the container has a distribution density ranging from 1 to 10 holes/cm2.

According to a further aspect of the embodiment, the distribution occupies 0.05% to 1.00% of an entire area of the bottom plate of the body portion.

According to another further aspect of the embodiment, the distribution occupies 0.05% to 1.00% of an entire area of a front surface of the top cover.

According to a still further aspect of the embodiment, the diameter of the outer end of the fine through-hole is within a range of 1.00 mm to 1.50 mm.

According to a still further aspect of the embodiment, the diameter of the inner end of the fine through-hole is within a range of 1.05 mm to 1.55 mm.

According to an aspect of the embodiment, a variation between an average of the diameters of the outer ends of the fine through-holes and that of the inner ends of the fine through-holes is within the range of 0.05 mm to 0.10 mm, and a ratio between the variation and the average of the diameters of the outer ends of the fine through-holes (variation/diameter) is within a range of 3.3% to 10.0%.

The distribution of such fine through-holes is adapted for exhausting the gas generated by the fresh fruits conserved inside the container, and allowing outside air entering therein. In such a way, the gas inside the container can be circulated with the outside. In addition, the fine through-holes are tiny enough for avoiding the invasion of the pests. Therefore, the container is especially suitable for the delivery of exporting fresh fruits.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, each of the bottom plate of the body portion and the top cover of the container is configured with a distribution of a plurality of fine through-holes communicating the receiving space with outside. An orthographic projection of the distribution of fine through-holes configured at the top cover is staggered from the distribution of fine through-holes configured at the bottom plate of the body portion of the container. In such a way, the gas generated by the fresh fruits conserved inside the container can be more effectively circulated and exhausted to the outside. Further, the density difference between the gas generated by the fresh fruits inside the container and the outside air drives a naturally air exchange therebetween in accordance with the foregoing embodiment of the present invention, in which the gas inside the container can be exhausted out from the container, and the fresh air can be guided inside the container from outside.

In addition, when the container containing the fresh fruit therein is put in a cold storage, the cold air inside the cold storage can be efficiently guided into the container via the fine through-holes. In such a way, the cooling effect can be promptly achieved.

Further, according to an aspect of the embodiment, the gas generated by the fresh fruit includes ethylene.

According to a further aspect of the embodiment, the gas is generated by apples.

According to another aspect of the embodiment, the container is made of a foamex material.

According to a further aspect of the embodiment, the foamex material is styrene.

Such a container made of a foamex material is featured with a light weight and optimal heat insulation, and also has certain strength for resisting external impact. Further, the container can be formed by a molding process, and is thus adapted for mass production with a low production cost.

Particularly, styrene is a cheaper material which is easy to obtain, and is also adapted for saving the production cost.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a container having a plurality of fine through-holes configured at the body portion and/or the top cover of the container. The present invention is adapted for avoiding the invasion of pests, and exhausting the gas generated by the fresh fruits conserved inside the container to the outside. The container according to the present invention is cheap, and has a better strength than conventional, and is thus adapted for conserving fresh fruits.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, with reference to the attached drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a container adapted for conserving a fresh fruit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the container as shown in FIG. 1 along line II-II according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the container having a fresh fruit conserved in the receiving space therein according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a partial enlargement view of the B portion of the cross-sectional view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 illustrates a method of fabricating a top cover of the container of the present invention, in which FIG. 5(a) is a schematic diagram illustrating a mold in an opening state, FIG. 5(b) is a schematic diagram illustrating a mold in a closing state, and FIG. 5(c) is a schematic diagram illustrating beads of raw materials foaming in the closed mold;

FIG. 6 illustrates the method of fabricating the top cover of the container of the present invention, in which FIG. 6(a) is a schematic diagram illustrating a mold in an opening state, and FIG. 6(b) is a schematic diagram illustrating the process of removing the configured top cover from the mold;

FIG. 7 is a partial enlargement view of FIG. 6(b) illustrating the details of the fine through-holes configured at the top cover of the container;

FIG. 8 illustrates a method of fabricating a body portion of the container of the present invention, in which FIG. 8(a) is a schematic diagram illustrating a mold in an opening state, and FIG. 8(b) is a schematic diagram illustrating a mold in a closing state;

FIG. 9 illustrates the method of fabricating the body portion of the container of the present invention, in which FIG. 9(a) is a schematic diagram illustrating beads of raw materials foaming in the closed mold, and FIG. 9(b) is a schematic diagram illustrating the process of opening the mold;

FIG. 10 illustrates the method of fabricating the body portion of the container of the present invention, and schematically illustrates the process of removing the configured body portion from the mold; and

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a conventional container for conserving fresh fruit.

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a container adapted for conserving a fresh fruit according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the container as shown in FIG. 1 along line II-II according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the container having a fresh fruit conserved in the receiving space therein according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partial enlargement view of the B portion of the cross-sectional view of FIG. 3.

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 4, there is shown a container 10 adapted for conserving fresh fruit therein. The container 10 includes a bottom plate 12, a sidewall 14, and a top cover 20. The sidewall 14 is configured encircling the bottom plate 12 and upwardly extending from a periphery edge of the bottom plate 12, such that the bottom plate 12 and the sidewall 14 constitute a body portion 18 of the container 10 and define a receiving space 16 inside the body portion 18 of the container 10. The body portion 18 of the container 10 has an opening configured at an opposite side of the bottom plate 12. The top cover 20 is adapted for correspondingly covering the opening of the body portion 18 of the container 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1 through 4, each of the body portion 18 and the top cover 20 of the container 10 is configured with at least one distribution of a plurality of fine through-holes 22a and 22b communicating the receiving space 16 with outside. The fine through-holes 22a and 22b as clearly shown in FIG. 3 are adapted for exhausting a gas generated by the fresh fruit 24 conserved in the container 10 therefrom.

During the conservation, plant hormone and ethylene gases are often generated. In many circumstances, the plant hormone and ethylene gases adversely accelerate the conserved fresh fruits to get aged and ripe. Accordingly, if ethylene gas is accumulated in the container 10, it increases the speed of losing freshness of the fresh fruit 24.

As such, the distributions of the fine through-holes 22a and 22b distributed at the body portion 18 and the top cover 20 respectively are adapted for preventing the accumulation of the gas generated by the fresh fruit 24 conserved in the container 10.

It should be noted that the fine through-holes 22a and 22b can be distributed at any position of the body portion 18 and the top cover 20, and are not restricted to be distributed at the bottom plate 12 of the body portion 18 and the front surface 26 of the top cover 20 respectively as exemplified in the embodiment.

Preferably, the distributions of the fine through-holes 22a and 22b on the body portion 18 and/or the top cover 20 of the container 10 have a distribution density ranging from 1 to 10 holes/cm2.

Preferably, the distribution of the fine through-holes 22a occupies 0.05% to 1.00% of an entire area of the bottom plate 12 of the body portion 18.

Further, the distribution of the fine through-holes 22b preferably occupies of 0.05% to 1.00% of an entire area of the front surface 26 of the top cover 20.

In such a way, even though the fresh fruit 24 conserved in the receiving space 16 may generate the gas, the gas can be effectively exhausted from the fine through-holes 22a and 22b, and therefore the freshness of the fresh fruit 24 can be optimally sustained. Further, the provision of the fine through-holes 22a and 22b does not occupy too much area of the body portion 18 and the top cover 20, so that the strength of the container 10 won't be apparently decreased, and therefore the container 10 remains enough strength for delivery operation.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, each of the fine through-hole 22b has an inner end 28b and an outer end 28a. The inner end 28b is adjacent to the receiving space 16 and the outer end 28a is adjacent to the outside of the container. The outer end 28a is configured with a diameter L1 smaller than a diameter L2 of the inner end.

Preferably, the diameter L1 of the outer end 28a is within the range of 1.00 mm to 1.50 mm, and the diameter L2 of the inner end 28b is within the range of 1.05 mm to 1.55 mm.

In accordance with the fine through-holes 22b having outer ends 28a which diameter L1 is smaller than the diameter L2 of the inner ends 28b of the fin through-holes 22b, the pests or insects are less likely to invade therefrom.

According to an aspect of the embodiment, a variation between an average of the diameters L1 of the outer ends 28a of the fine through-holes 22b and that of the inner ends 28b of the fine through-holes 22b is within the range of 0.05 mm to 0.10 mm, and a ratio between the variation and the average of the diameters L1 of the outer ends 28a of the fine through-holes 22b (variation/diameter) is within a range of 3.3% to 10.0%.

According to a further aspect of the embodiment, the fine through-holes 22a are configured similar with the fine through-holes 22b and can be learnt by referring to FIG. 4 as well as the discussion thereof.

In such a way, the substantial diameters of the fine-through holes 22a and 22b are L1, which can be effective for avoiding the invasion of the pests or insects. For example, if the fresh fruit 24 is loaded in the container 10 in a pest-free environment for conservation and subsequent exporting, during the later storage or delivery process, the pests or insects are avoided from invading the container 10.

Further, according to a preferred aspect of the embodiment, an orthographic projection of the distribution of fine through-holes 22b configured at the top cover 20 is staggered from the distribution of fine through-holes 22a configured at the bottom plate 12 of the body portion 18 of the container 10.

In such a way, the gas generated by the fresh fruits conserved inside the container 10 can be more effectively circulated and exhausted to the outside. Further, when the container 10 containing the fresh fruit 24 therein is put in a cold storage, the cold air inside the cold storage can be efficiently guided into the container 10 via the fine through-holes 22a and 22b. In such a way, the cooling effect can be promptly achieved.

According to an aspect of the embodiment, the container is preferred but not restricted to be made of foamex material.

According to a further aspect of the embodiment, the foamex material is preferred but not restricted to be styrene.

When the foamex material is used in fabricating the container 10, the fine through-holes 22a and 22b can be integrally configured together with the container 10, by which the fabrication cost can be saved.

A method for fabricating the container 10 for conserving a fresh fruit is discussed therebelow, in which a mold 30 is employed.

At first, the fabrication of the top cover 20 of the container 10 is depicted.

Referring to FIG. 5(a), the mold 30 includes an upper mold 32 and a lower mold 34. Then, as shown in FIG. 5(b), the upper mold 32 and the lower mold 34 are assembled together and locked to secure, thus configuring a molding space 40 for fabricating the top cover 20.

As shown in FIG. 5(c), beads of a foamex material 50 are injected into the molding space 40 from a portion as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 5(c).

The beads of the foamex material 50 are then heated with a steam to foam up for gaplessly filling up the molding space 40 defined between the upper mold 32 and the lower mold 34.

As shown in FIG. 6(a), the mold 30 is opened. Then, as shown in FIG. 6(b), a foamed body of the top cover 20 is extruded out from the upper mold 32. The foamed body of the top cover 20 is removed away from the upper mold 32, and then the top cover 20 of the container 10 is obtained.

It should be noted that the upper mold 32 includes a plurality of pins 36 having a diameter L3 adapted for configuring the fine through-holes 22b. When separating the foamed body of the top cover 20 from the upper mold 32, the pins 36 are sequentially withdrawn from the outer ends 28a to the inner ends 28b, during which the foamed body of the top cover 20 is controlled to allow the occurrence of a slight thermal contraction of the foamed body and a slight thermal expansion of the beads of the foamex material such that the diameter L1 of the outer ends 28a of the fine through-holes 22b is slightly smaller than the diameter L3 of the pins 36.

In such a way, the fine through-holes 22a and 22b can be controlled to obtain the diameter L1 of the outer ends 28a smaller than the diameter L2 of the inner ends 28b.

In this embodiment, the pins 36 are straight column shaped pins having a uniform diameter L3. In other embodiments, the pins 36 may be cone-shaped. Each of the cone-shaped pins 36 has a fore-tip having a diameter smaller than a body of the cone-shaped pin 36. In accordance with this embodiment, the cone-shaped pins 36 are adapted for configuring fine through-holes 22a and 22b having a more variation between the diameters L1 and L2 of the outer ends 28a and the inner ends 28b than the foregoing embodiment.

Then, the fabrication of the body portion 18 of the container 10 is depicted.

Referring to FIG. 8(a), a mold 60 including an upper mold 62 and a lower mold 64 is employed for fabricating the body portion 18. As shown in FIG. 8(b), the upper mold 62 and the lower mold 64 are assembled together and locked to secure, thus configuring a molding space 70 for fabricating the body portion 18.

As shown in FIG. 9(a), beads of a foamex material 50 are injected into the molding space 70 from a portion as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 9(a).

The beads of the foamex material 50 are then heated with a steam to foam up for gaplessly filling up the molding space 70 defined between the upper mold 62 and the lower mold 64.

As shown in FIG. 9(b), the mold 60 is opened. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, a foamed body of the body portion 18 is extruded out from the upper mold 62. The foamed body of the body portion 18 is removed away from the upper mold 62, and then the top cover 20 of the container 10 is obtained. Till now, the container 10 including the top cover 20 and the body portion 18 as shown in FIG. 1 is obtained.

With respect to the molds 30 and 60, it can be learnt from the related drawings that the configurations of the molds 30 and 60 are substantially similar. However, in correspondence with the top cover 20, the lower mold 64 includes a plurality of pins 66 for configuring the fine through-holes 22b. Similar to the process of fabricating the top cover 20, the pins 66 are sequentially withdrawn from the outer ends 28a of the fine through-holes 22a to the inner ends 28b of the fine through-holes 22b.

Also, as discussed above, similar to the fine through-holes 22a configured by the foregoing discussed process of fabricating the top cover 20, even when the pins 66 are straight column shaped, the diameter L1 of the outer ends 28a of the fine through-holes 22a is slightly smaller than the diameter L2 of the inner ends 28b of the fine through-holes 22a.

As such, because of the provision of the distributions of the fine through-holes 22a and 22b on the body portion 18 and the top cover 20, respectively, the invasion of pests or insects can be prevented, and the gas generated by the fresh fruit 24 conserved in the container 10 can be effectively exhausted. In addition, the foamex material is cheap, impact endurable, and can be shaped by molding.

Detailed Embodiment 1

Table 1 enumerates data of a top cover 20 of the container 10 fabricated by a process as illustrated in FIGS. 5(a) through 6(b), in which when the top cover 20 is used as a part of the container 10 for conserving the fresh fruit 24, the diameters L1 of the outer ends and the diameters L2 of the inner ends of 10 fine through-holes 22b are measured. The pins 36 of the mold 30 are straight column shaped pins having a diameter L3=1.44 mm

TABLE 1 Diameter of Diameter of Outer End L1(mm) Inner End L2(mm) Fine Through-hole 1 1.32 1.45 Fine Through-hole 2 1.31 1.51 Fine Through-hole 3 1.35 1.48 Fine Through-hole 4 1.31 1.42 Fine Through-hole 5 1.38 1.45 Fine Through-hole 6 1.40 1.48 Fine Through-hole 7 1.38 1.41 Fine Through-hole 8 1.41 1.41 Fine Through-hole 9 1.35 1.50 Fine Through-hole 10 1.38 1.48 Average 1.36 1.46

It can be learnt from table 1 that the diameters L1 of the outer ends 28a are substantially smaller than the diameters L2 of the inner ends 28b of the fine through-holes 22b of the top cover 20.

Further, it can also be learnt that the diameters L1 have a variation range relative to the average thereof within 0.05 mm.

Detailed Embodiment 2

Table 2 enumerates data of a body portion 18 of the container 10 fabricated by a process as illustrated in FIGS. 8(a) through 10, in which when the body portion 18 is used as a part of the container 10 for conserving the fresh fruit 24, the diameters L1 of the outer ends and the diameters L2 of the inner ends of 10 fine through-holes 22a are measured. The pins 66 of the mold 60 are straight column shaped pins having a diameter L3=1.44 mm

TABLE 2 Diameter of Diameter of Outer End L1(mm) Inner End L2(mm) Fine Through-hole 1 1.33 1.50 Fine Through-hole 2 1.30 1.43 Fine Through-hole 3 1.32 1.48 Fine Through-hole 4 1.38 1.45 Fine Through-hole 5 1.31 1.48 Fine Through-hole 6 1.30 1.41 Fine Through-hole 7 1.38 1.44 Fine Through-hole 8 1.29 1.50 Fine Through-hole 9 1.36 1.42 Fine Through-hole 10 1.36 1.42 Average 1.33 1.45

It can be learnt from table 2 that the diameters L1 of the outer ends 28a are substantially smaller than the diameters L2 of the inner ends 28b of the fine through-holes 22a of the body portion 18.

Further, it can also be learnt that the diameters L1 have a variation range relative to the average thereof within 0.05 mm.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A container for conserving a fresh fruit, comprising:

a bottom plate, a sidewall, and a top cover, wherein the sidewall is configured encircling the bottom plate and upwardly extending from a periphery edge of the bottom plate, such that the bottom plate and the sidewall constitute a body portion of the container and define a receiving space inside the body portion of the container,
wherein the body portion of the container has an opening configured at an opposite side of the bottom plate, and the top cover is adapted for correspondingly covering the opening of the body portion of the container,
wherein at least one of the body portion and the top cover of the container is configured with a distribution of a plurality of fine through-holes communicating the receiving space with outside for exhausting a gas generated by the fresh fruit to the outside, and each fine through-hole has an inner end and an outer end,
wherein the inner end is adjacent to the receiving space and the outer end is adjacent to the outside of the container, and the outer end is configured with a diameter smaller than that of the inner end.

2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the distribution of the fine through-holes on the body portion and/or the top cover of the container has a distribution density ranging from 1 to 10 holes/cm2.

3. The container according to claim 1, wherein the distribution of the fine through-holes occupies 0.05% to 1.00% of an entire area of the bottom plate of the body portion.

4. The container according to claim 1, wherein the distribution of the fine through-holes occupies 0.05% to 1.00% of an entire area of a front surface of the top cover.

5. The container according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of the outer end of the fine through-hole is within a range of 1.00 mm to 1.50 mm, and the diameter of the inner end of the fine through-hole is within a range of 1.05 mm to 1.55 mm.

6. The container according to claim 5, wherein a variation between an average of the diameters of the outer ends of the fine through-holes and that of the inner ends of the fine through-holes is within the range of 0.05 mm to 0.10 mm, and a ratio between the variation and the average of the diameters of the outer ends of the fine through-holes (variation/diameter) is within a range of 3.3% to 10.0%.

7. The container according to claim 1, wherein each of the bottom plate of the body portion and the top cover of the container is configured with a distribution of a plurality of fine through-holes communicating the receiving space with outside, and an orthographic projection of the distribution of the fine through-holes configured at the top cover is staggered from the distribution of the fine through-holes configured at the bottom plate of the body portion of the container.

8. The container according to claim 1, wherein the gas generated by the fresh fruit comprises ethylene.

9. The container according to claim 1, wherein the container is made of a foamex material.

10. The container according to claim 9, wherein the foamex material is styrene.

Patent History
Publication number: 20110132909
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 8, 2009
Publication Date: Jun 9, 2011
Inventor: Wen-Cheng Chiou (Taipei City)
Application Number: 12/633,028
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Vent In Closure (220/367.1); Apertured Sidewall (e.g., Hole, Slot, Etc.) (220/676)
International Classification: B65D 51/16 (20060101); B65D 6/00 (20060101);