Dual purpose container

Claim 1

A dual purpose container comprising: a container having a double tapered sidewall, the outside of said wall being textured and the inside of said wall being smooth to facilitate material slippage, said container having an open top and a closed bottom, said top having a radially outwardly projecting locking flange, said bottom having a plurality of prethinned portions, said prethinned portions removable to provide aeration to the container, said container having a plurality of concentric feet members providing essentially a full circumference concentric ring, said feet being spaced to provide narrow slot openings directly opposite said prethinned areas of said container bottom, the junctions of said double taper sidewall to each other and to the bottom being rounded with fillets to provide additional impact strength, to facilitate removal of materials and to prevent material build-up at the junctions; and a lid having a skirt portion, the inside of said skirt portion being complementary with the locking flange to seal the top of said container, said lid having a plurality of concentrically spaced lugs on the inside thereof complementary with the periphery of the bottom of said container to provide concentric centering for the bottom of said container and drainage through said prethinned portions and said slot openings when said lid is removed and placed on the bottom of said container as a saucer.