A system for easy organizing and storing of food items within a refrigerator or cooling unit comprising one or more stackable modular assemblies each having a housing unit and one or more slidably insertable drawers having flexible substantially transparent or translucent drawer covers and are confi
A system for easy organizing and storing of food items within a refrigerator or cooling unit comprising one or more stackable modular assemblies each having a housing unit and one or more slidably insertable drawers having flexible substantially transparent or translucent drawer covers and are configured for containing a variety of rearrangeable and removeable food storage trays. Each housing is vented to increase air circulation at drawer bottom, sides and back. Each drawer is easily removeable from the housing and may be used as a serving tray. Each drawer cover may be positioned on the peripheral support edge of the drawer to seal the drawer as well as the open trays positioned therein without inhibiting movement of the drawer within the housing. A user can easily identify food within the drawer, partially slide the drawer from the container, and lift the drawer cover to access food items quickly.
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1. A food storage system comprising: one or more modular assemblies having a housing unit having top, bottom, sides and back each having interior and exterior surfaces and defining an interior space wherein the interior surfaces accept one or more drawers, the one or more drawers having an interior
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A food storage system comprising: one or more modular assemblies having a housing unit having top, bottom, sides and back each having interior and exterior surfaces and defining an interior space wherein the interior surfaces accept one or more drawers, the one or more drawers having an interior portion with front, back, bottom and sides each having interior and exterior surfaces and defining an interior storage space and having a drawer top peripheral edge and a drawer peripheral support edge, the one or more drawers being accessible from a substantially open top and configured to receive a plurality of trays,each of the drawer front, back and sides having a top and bottom edge,one or more drawer covers having bottom and top surfaces manufactured from a translucent material selected from the group consisting of silicone, rubber or vinyl,one or more trays positioned within the one or more drawers, each tray having a front, back, bottom and sides and defining an interior storage space and having a tray top peripheral edge,wherein the tray top peripheral edge of the one or more trays is substantially the same height as the drawer peripheral support edge of the one or more drawers when the one or more trays are positioned within the interior storage space of the one or more drawers,wherein the bottom surface of each of the one or more drawer covers is smooth and seals the drawer peripheral support edge of the one or more drawers as well as the tray top peripheral edge of the one or more trays positioned within the storage space of the one or more drawers via direct contact between the bottom surface of the drawer covers and the top peripheral edges of the trays; wherein each drawer cover is able to seal the drawer peripheral support edge and the tray top peripheral edges regardless of the shape or dimension of the tray top peripheral edges; andwherein the one or more drawer covers are configured to be removed from the housing. 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the bottom side of the housing unit is substantially open with rails extending inward from the sides and extending continuously longitudinally from the front to back defining a drawer support edge configured to support one or more drawers. 3. The system of claim 1 wherein the exterior surface of the bottom side of the housing unit has two or more feet extending downward from the bottom surface of the housing and configured for insertion into corresponding receptacles provided in the top surface of the housing unit. 4. The system of claim 1 wherein the exterior surface of the top side of the housing unit has one or more receptacles configured for accepting one or more corresponding feet of a separate modular assembly placed thereon. 5. The system of claim 1 wherein the housing unit sides define one or more ventilation openings positioned between the top and bottom edges of the one or more sides. 6. The system of claim 1 wherein the drawer top peripheral edge of the one or more drawers extends outward and longitudinally along each side to form a lip extending continuously from front to back upon which the drawer may be supported within the housing. 7. The system of claim 1 wherein the housing unit has one or more rails having a drawer support edge extending inward from the interior surface of each side and are configured for supporting the one or more drawers at the drawer support edge when the one or more drawers are positioned within the housing unit. 8. The system of claim 7 wherein the interior surface of each side of the housing unit has one or more wheels configured for applying pressure onto the top surface of the drawer cover to seal the drawer cover to the drawer peripheral support edge as the drawer is slid back into the housing unit. 9. The system of claim 1wherein the cover for the one or more drawers is flexible material to allow enough lateral flexibility along the length of the cover from front to back to allow a portion of the drawer cover to be lifted upwards to access the drawer contents without disengaging the seal between the bottom of the drawer cover and the drawer peripheral support edge of the remaining portion of the drawer. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the one or more covers of the one or more drawers is configured to have enough lateral strength to maintain the seal between the cover and the drawer peripheral support edge even when no trays are present within the drawer. 11. The system of claim 1 wherein the front side of the one or more drawers is substantially transparent to allow users to view the drawer contents when the one or more drawers is inserted fully within the housing. 12. The system of claim 1 wherein the cover of the one or more drawers has a uniform bottom surface configured for sealing the drawer peripheral support edge of the one or more drawers when no trays are placed therein. 13. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the one or more trays has a tray peripheral support edge and is configured for accepting a tray lid so that the tray lid does not extend above the tray peripheral support edge of the one or more trays. 14. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more trays has a shape that is one of square, rectangular, circular, elliptical, trapezoidal and triangular. 15. The system of claim 1 in which the two of more modular assemblies are configured to be easily stackable. 16. The system of claim 1 in which the one or more modular assemblies are detachably mated to one another using a temporary mating mechanism. 17. A method for storing food using a food storage system comprising one or more modular assemblies having a housing unit having tip, bottom, sides and back each having interior and exterior surfaces and defining an interior space wherein the interior surfaces accept one or more drawers, the one or more drawers having an interior portion with front, back, bottom and sides each having interior and exterior surfaces and defining an interior storage space and having a drawer top peripheral edge and a drawer peripheral support edge, the one or more drawers being accessible from a substantially open top and configured to receive a plurality of trays, each of the drawer front, back and sides having a top and bottom edge, one or more drawer covers having bottom and top surfaces manufactured from a translucent material selected from the group consisting of silicone, rubber or vinyl, one or more trays positioned within the one or more drawers, each tray having a front, back, bottom and sides and defining an interior storage space and having a tray to peripheral edge, wherein the tray tp peripheral edge of the one or more trays is substantially the same height as the drawer peripheral support edge of the one or more drawers when the one or more trays are positioned within the interior storage space of the one or more drawers, wherein the bottom surface os each of the one or more drawers is smooth and seals the drawer peripheral support edge of the one or more drawers as well as the tray top peripheral edge of the one or more trays positioned within the storage space of the one or more drawers via direct contact between the bottom surface of the drawer covers and the top peripheral edges of the trays; wherein each drawer cover is able to seal the drawer peripheral support edge and the tray top peripheral edges regardless of the shape or dimensions of the tray top peripheral edges; and wherein the one or more drawer covers are configured to be removed from the housing, consisting of the following steps: positioning one or more modular assemblies on a shelf of a refrigerator,placing food in one or more trays,sliding a drawer out of the housing unit and lifting a portion of the flexible drawer cover to access the interior storage space of the drawers without dislodging the seal between the remaining portion of the flexible drawer cover and the drawer,positioning the one or more trays in the drawer,placing the cover down on the drawer, andsliding the drawer back into the housing unit. 18. The method of claim 17 including additional step: Lifting a portion of the drawer cover upwards to access the contents within the drawer while maintaining a seal between the bottom surface of the drawer cover and the drawer peripheral support edge of a remaining portion of the drawer cover. 19. A method for removing food stored in a storage system comprising one or more modular assemblies having a housing unit having tip, bottom, sides and back each having interior and exterior surfaces and defining an interior space wherein the interior surfaces accept one or more drawers, the one or more drawers having an interior portion with front, back, bottom and sides each having interior and exterior surfaces and defining an interior storage space and having a drawer top peripheral edge and a drawer peripheral support edge, the one or more drawers being accessible from a substantially open top and configured to receive a plurality of trays, each of the drawer front, back and sides having a top and bottom edge, one or more drawer covers having bottom and top surfaces manufactured from a translucent material selected from the group consisting of silicone, rubber or vinyl, one or more trays positioned within the one or more drawers, each tray having a front, back, bottom and sides and defining an interior storage space and having a tray to peripheral edge, wherein the tray tp peripheral edge of the one or more trays is substantially the same height as the drawer peripheral support edge of the one or more drawers when the one or more trays are positioned within the interior storage space of the one or more drawers, wherein the bottom surface os each of the one or more drawers is smooth and seals the drawer peripheral support edge of the one or more drawers as well as the tray top peripheral edge of the one or more trays positioned within the storage space of the one or more drawers via direct contact between the bottom surface of the drawer covers and the top peripheral edges of the trays; wherein each drawer cover is able to seal the drawer peripheral support edge and the tray top peripheral edges regardless of the shape or dimensions of the tray top peripheral edges; and wherein the one or more drawer covers are configured to be removed from the housing, consisting of the following steps: sliding a drawer partially out of the housing unit,lifting the drawer cover by holding a drawer cover handle connected with the drawer cover and lifting longitudinally to provide access to a portion of the interior of the drawer defined anywhere along the entire length of the drawer from front to back, andremoving contents from the drawer without disengaging the seal between the bottom of the drawer cover and the drawer peripheral support edge along the remaining portion of the drawer.
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