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A bread storage device for keeping bread fresher for longer periods of time. The bread storage device includes a container having top, back, bottom and side walls, and also having an open front; and also includes a door being removably closed over the open front of the container; and further include

A bread storage device for keeping bread fresher for longer periods of time. The bread storage device includes a container having top, back, bottom and side walls, and also having an open front; and also includes a door being removably closed over the open front of the container; and further includes a bread support assembly including a board member, a plurality of rollers being attached to a bottom side of the board member, and a handle being attached to the board member for the movement thereof in and out of the container through the open front; also includes a bread retaining member being disposed in the container and being adapted to engage a loaf of bread to allow a user to slice the loaf of bread; and further includes a freshness seal being disposed in the top wall of the container.

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1. A bread storage device comprising: a container having top, back, bottom and side walls, and also having an open front; a door being removably closed over said open front of said container; a bread support assembly including a board member, a plurality of rollers being attached to a bottom si

1. A bread storage device comprising: a container having top, back, bottom and side walls, and also having an open front; a door being removably closed over said open front of said container; a bread support assembly including a board member, a plurality of rollers being attached to a bottom side of said board member, and a handle being attached to said board member for the movement thereof in and out of said container through said open front; a bread retaining member being disposed in said container and being adapted to engage a loaf of bread to allow a user to slice the loaf of bread; and a freshness seal being disposed in said top wall of said container. 2. A bread storage device as described in claim 1, wherein said container includes a longitudinal opening being disposed through said top wall thereof, and also includes a plurality of lateral slots being spaced apart and traversing said longitudinal opening. 3. A bread storage device as described in claim 2, wherein said container further includes a door catch being attached to an edge of one of said walls of said container at said open front thereof, and also includes support feet being attached to a bottom side of said bottom wall for securing said container upon a surface. 4. A bread storage device as described in claim 3, wherein said door includes a wall having a bottom edge which is hingedly attached to a lateral edge of said bottom wall of said container, and also includes a slot handle being disposed in said wall for opening and closing said door upon said open front of said container, and further includes a door latch being attached to said wall of said door and being attachable to said door catch. 5. A bread storage device as described in claim 2, wherein said bread support assembly further includes inverted U-shaped brackets being spacedly attached to said bottom side of said board member with said rollers being rotatably mounted to said inverted U-shaped brackets for movement upon said bottom wall of said container. 6. A bread storage device as described in claim 5, wherein said handle member includes a shaft having a bottom end which is disposed in said board member near a back end thereof and also having a top portion which is disposed through said longitudinal opening of said top wall of said container, and also includes a cross member being attached to a top end of said shaft, and further includes a handle locking member being attached to said shaft and being removably received in said lateral slots of.said top wall of said container. 7. A bread storage device as described in claim 6, wherein said handle locking member includes a shaft portion extending perpendicular through said shaft in said top portion thereof, and also includes enlarged end portions being removably received in said lateral slots. 8. A bread storage device as described in claim 7, wherein said bread retaining member includes a panel being movably disposed in said container and being disposed on edge upon said board member, and also includes a knob being movably disposed through a hole in one of said side walls of said container and being attached to said panel for the movement thereof to engage and compress of loaf of bread in said container. 9. A bread storage device as described in claim 8, wherein said freshness seal includes a strip made of rubber material and being disposed in said longitudinal opening of said top wall and having a longitudinal slit being centrally disposed therethrough and extending generally a length thereof, said top portion of'said handle being movably disposed through said longitudinal slit. 10. A bread storage device as described in claim 9, wherein said bread support assembly further includes heating elements being disposed in a top side of said board member, and also includes a power cord being attached to said heating elements and being disposed through said back wall of said container.