# US 10,479,582 B2 · Heated utility bag > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,582 B2 - Document ID: US10479582B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/368,810 - Filed: 2016-12-05 - Published: 2017-03-23 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-15 - Assignees: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation - Applicants: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation - Inventors: Jason R. Crowe; Douglas G. Schwartz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479582B2 ## CPC - B65D 81/18: providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient (with thermal insulation B65D81/38) - A45C 13/103: {Arrangement of zip-fasteners} - A45C 13/26: Special adaptations of handles (A45C13/22 takes precedence) - B25H 3/00: Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments (containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00; {nail dispensers B25C3/00}) - B65D 81/3888: {wrappers or flexible containers, e.g. pouches, bags (for shock absorbing purposes B65D81/03)} - H05B 1/0227: {Applications} - H05B 3/36: heating conductor embedded in insulating material - H05B 2203/03: Heaters specially adapted for heating hand held tools - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS - B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A utility bag having a plurality of panels defining an interior and an exterior, the interior including a cavity configured to receive an item. The utility bag includes a heater element disposed in the cavity, a battery pack configured for electrical communication with the heater element for powering the heater element, and a controller removably coupled in selective electrical communication to the battery pack. The controller is shaped and sized to mechanically mate with the battery pack for electrical communication therewith. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A utility bag comprising: a plurality of panels defining an interior and an exterior, the interior including a cavity configured to receive an item; a heater element disposed in the cavity; a battery pack configured for electrical communication with the heater element for powering the heater element; and a controller removably coupled in selective electrical communication to the battery pack and removably coupled in selective electrical communication with the heater element, wherein the controller includes a housing shaped and sized to mechanically mate with the battery pack for electrical communication therewith, and wherein the housing includes a jack receptacle therein, the utility bag further comprising a jack electrically coupled to the heater element and configured to be received in the jack receptacle in the housing to define the selective electrical communication between the controller and the heater element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The utility bag of claim 1, wherein the cavity is a first cavity, the utility bag further comprising a second cavity configured to receive the battery pack and the controller. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The utility bag of claim 2, further comprising a pocket coupled to the plurality of panels outside of the first cavity, wherein the pocket defines the second cavity. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The utility bag of claim 2, wherein the plurality of panels further comprises an insulating material, wherein the insulating material at least partially separates the first cavity from the second cavity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The utility bag of claim 1, wherein the battery pack includes a power tool battery pack shaped and sized to mechanically mate with a power tool for electrical communication therewith, and wherein the power tool battery pack is interchangeably coupleable with the controller and the power tool. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The utility bag of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured for distributing power from the battery pack to the heater element in a plurality of modes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The utility bag of claim 6, further comprising a control switch in communication with the controller for selecting between the plurality of modes, wherein the control switch is disposed on at least one of the plurality of panels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The utility bag of claim 1, wherein the controller includes a jack receptacle, the utility bag further comprising a jack electrically coupled to the heater element and configured to be received in the jack receptacle for electrically coupling the controller to the heater element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The utility bag of claim 1, wherein the plurality of panels include first and second openable and closeable openings each providing access to the cavity when open. ### Claim 10 A utility bag comprising: a plurality of panels defining an interior and an exterior, the interior including a cavity configured to receive an item; a heater element disposed in the cavity; a battery pack configured for electrical communication with the heater element for powering the heater element; and a controller removably coupled in selective electrical communication to the battery pack and removably coupled in selective electrical communication with the heater element, wherein the controller includes a housing configured to slidingly mate with the battery pack for electrical communication therewith, and wherein the housing includes a jack receptacle therein, the utility bag further comprising a jack electrically coupled to the heater element and configured to be received in the jack receptacle in the housing to define the selective electrical communication between the controller and the heater element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The utility bag of claim 10, wherein the cavity is a first cavity, the utility bag further comprising a second cavity configured to receive the battery pack and the controller. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The utility bag of claim 11, further comprising a pocket coupled to the plurality of panels outside of the first cavity, wherein the pocket defines the second cavity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The utility bag of claim 10, wherein the battery pack includes a power tool battery pack configured to slidingly mate with a power tool for electrical communication therewith, and wherein the power tool battery pack is interchangeably coupleable with the controller and the power tool. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The utility bag of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured for distributing power from the battery pack to the heater element in a plurality of modes. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The utility bag of claim 14, further comprising a control switch in communication with the controller for selecting between the plurality of modes, wherein the control switch is disposed on at least one of the plurality of panels. ### Claim 16 A utility bag comprising: a plurality of panels defining an interior and an exterior, the interior including a cavity configured to receive an item; a heater element disposed in the cavity; a battery pack configured for electrical communication with the heater element for powering the heater element; and a controller removably coupled in selective electrical communication to the battery pack and removably coupled in selective electrical communication with the heater element, wherein the controller includes an interface that is substantially shaped and sized for mechanically mating with the battery pack in electrical communication therewith, and wherein the controller includes a housing having a jack receptacle therein, the utility bag further comprising a jack electrically coupled to the heater element and configured to be received in the jack receptacle in the housing to define the selective electrical communication between the controller and the heater element. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The utility bag of claim 16, wherein the cavity is a first cavity, the utility bag further comprising a second cavity configured to receive the battery pack and the controller. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The utility bag of claim 17, further comprising a pocket coupled to the plurality of panels outside of the first cavity, wherein the pocket defines the second cavity. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The utility bag of claim 16, wherein the battery pack includes a power tool battery pack configured to mechanically mate with a power tool for electrical communication therewith, and wherein the power tool battery pack is interchangeably coupleable with the controller and the power tool. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The utility bag of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured for distributing power from the battery pack to the heater element in a plurality of modes, further comprising a control switch in communication with the controller for selecting between the plurality of modes, wherein the control switch is disposed on at least one of the plurality of panels.