A device for serving and preserving food items, the device including an open container for holding the food items having one or more side walls and a floor, wherein when the food items are immersed in fluid, typically a preserving fluid, the device is in a preserving state; a liquid-holding compartm
A device for serving and preserving food items, the device including an open container for holding the food items having one or more side walls and a floor, wherein when the food items are immersed in fluid, typically a preserving fluid, the device is in a preserving state; a liquid-holding compartment, having a tubular form, for holding the fluid when the device is in a serving state; and a liquid-transfer mechanism for transferring the preserving fluid from the open container into the liquid-holding compartment and back. One or more passageways, interconnecting the open container and the liquid-holding compartment, facilitate the transfer of fluid between the open container and the liquid-holding compartment.
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1. A device for holding, serving and preserving non-liquid food items, the device comprising: an open container, having one or more side walls and a floor, for holding the food items, wherein the device is adapted to be in an immersed state when the food items are immersed in fluid;a liquid-holding
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A device for holding, serving and preserving non-liquid food items, the device comprising: an open container, having one or more side walls and a floor, for holding the food items, wherein the device is adapted to be in an immersed state when the food items are immersed in fluid;a liquid-holding compartment, having a tubular form and a cylindrical configuration, for holding said fluid when the device is in a non-immersed state; anda liquid-transfer mechanism for bidirectionally transferring said fluid between said open container and said liquid-holding compartment, while said non-liquid food items remain in said open container; wherein one or more passageways, interconnecting said open container and said liquid-holding compartment, facilitate said transfer of fluid between said open container and said liquid-holding compartment, in both directions, back and forth, as well as holding said fluid in either said open container or said liquid-holding compartment, wherein said liquid-holding compartment includes an inner wall, an outer wall, a bottom edge disposed adjacent or proximal to said floor of said open container, and a top edge, wherein said one or more passageways are formed at or proximal to said bottom edge, facilitating the transfer of substantially all of said fluid to either said open container or said liquid-holding compartment; wherein said liquid-holding compartment is detachable from said open container, and wherein said liquid-holding compartment is operatively attached to said open container by a lock/unlock mechanism; and wherein said lock/unlock mechanism includes: one or more dowels, having a width and a height, disposed on the cylindrical external surface of said liquid-holding compartment, at or proximal to said bottom edge; andone or more “L”-shaped grooves formed on the inner walls of a cylindrical cavity, wherein said cylindrical cavity is formed at the bottom of the inner surface of said open container; wherein each of said “L”-shaped grooves includes an axial section, substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said liquid-holding compartment, and a lateral section, substantially perpendicular to said axial section; wherein the number of said “L”-shaped grooves is at least the number of said one or more dowels; wherein the radial distance between adjacent “L”-shaped grooves match the radial distance between adjacent respective dowels; wherein said axial sections of said “L”-shaped grooves are wider than said width of said respective dowels, thereby facilitating the sliding of said dowels inside said axial section of said respective “L”-shaped grooves; and wherein the height of said lateral section of said “L”-shaped grooves is slightly higher than said height of said respective dowels, thereby facilitating the sliding of said dowels inside said lateral section of said respective “L”-shaped grooves. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein said liquid-holding compartment is securely attached to said open container. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein said dowels further include a mobility-limiting projection disposed at a first end of selected dowels, wherein said projection projects toward or away from said bottom edge of said liquid-holding compartment; wherein said lateral sections of said “L”-shaped grooves include a fitted notch, formed at the closed end of said lateral section, at a location that corresponds to a preconfigured location of said projection;wherein said first end of said selected dowels is the end that is configured to first enter said lateral section of said “L”-shaped grooves; andwherein when in a locked state, said projection of said selected dowels is disposed inside a respective fitted notch of said lateral section of said “L”-shaped grooves. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein said liquid-transfer mechanism includes: a. disc member having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a peripheral edge;b. at least one sealing member; andc. a handle, wherein said handle is securely attached to said top surface of said disc member; wherein a peripheral contour of said peripheral edge of said disc member is fitted to the contour of said inner wall of said liquid-holding compartment; and wherein said sealing member is operatively disposed on said peripheral contour of said disc member. 5. The device of claim 4, wherein said liquid-transfer mechanism is operatively disposed inside said liquid-holding compartment, and wherein said sealing member substantially seals said top surface of said disc member from said bottom surface of said disc member. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein said liquid-transfer mechanism is disposed inside said liquid-holding compartment adjacent to said floor of said open container when the device is in said preserving state, thereby said fluid is sustained inside said open container. 7. The device of claim 1, wherein said liquid-transfer mechanism is disposed inside said liquid-holding compartment adjacent to said top edge of said liquid-holding compartment when the device is in said serving state, thereby said fluid is sustained inside said liquid-holding compartment. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein said liquid-transfer mechanism is pulled up toward said top edge of said liquid-holding compartment, and away from said floor of said open container in order to switch the device from said preserving state to said serving state, thereby forming a vacuum inside said liquid-holding compartment, and thereby sucking said fluid from said open container into said liquid-holding compartment through said one or more passageways. 9. The device of claim 1, wherein said liquid-transfer mechanism is pushed down toward said floor of said open container in order to switch the device from said serving state to said preserving state, thereby pushing said fluid from said open container into said liquid-holding compartment through said one or more passageways. 10. The device of claim 1, wherein a surge absorber is disposed at or proximal to one or more of said passageways, said surge absorber is adapted to prevent a surge of said fluid from said liquid-holding compartment into said open container. 11. The device of claim 1, wherein a filter is disposed at or proximal to one or more of said passageways, said filter is adapted to prevent debris from entering said liquid-holding compartment. 12. The device of claim 1 the device further comprising one or more additional open containers, thereby facilitating serving multiple types of food items. 13. The device of claim 12, wherein each of said additional open containers is operatively coupled with a respective additional liquid-holding compartment. 14. The device of claim 1, wherein said liquid-holding compartment shares at least one mutual wall with said open container; and wherein said one or more passageways are formed at a preconfigured location in said at least one mutual wall. 15. The device of claim 14, wherein said at least one mutual wall is one or more of said side walls of said open container; and wherein said preconfigured location is proximal to the bottom section of said at least one mutual wall.
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