Collapsible cooling insert
AssigneeMerchants First, LLC
InventorMarcus French
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Abstract
The cooling insert provides an aperture for cooling or warming items within the aperture. The insert collapses to a collapsed position and expands to a use position. The insert stores a heat transfer material to provide a cooling or warming effect depending on the needs of the user. Adjustable walls pivot toward a central wall to collapse to a storage position. The adjustable walls pivot outward from the central wall to expand to the use position to form compartments for placement of items to be cooled or warmed.
Claims20
A cooling insert device for receiving at least one item, the device extending along a longitudinal axis, the device collapsing towards the longitudinal axis to a collapsed position and the device expanding to a use position that provides compartments for placement of an item to be cooled or heated, the device comprising:
- a central wall extending along the longitudinal axis, the central wall having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end;
- a longitudinal portion of the central wall wherein the longitudinal portion extends from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end;
- a long end of the central wall extending laterally outwards to a right side and a left side of the longitudinal portion of the central wall at the first longitudinal end, wherein the long end remains fixed in relation to the longitudinal portion;
- a short end of the central wall extending laterally outwards to the right side and the left side of the longitudinal portion of the central wall at the second longitudinal end, wherein the long end extends laterally outward to the right side and the left side more than the short end extends laterally outward to the right side and the left side, wherein the short end remains fixed in relation to the longitudinal portion;
- a first lateral terminal wall pivotally secured to the long end of the central wall;
- a first connecting wall pivotally secured to the short end of the central wall;
- a first side terminal wall pivotally secured to the first connecting wall.
A cooling insert device for receiving at least one item, the device extending along a longitudinal axis, the device collapsing towards the longitudinal axis to a collapsed position and the device expanding to a use position that provides compartments for placement of an item to be cooled or heated, the device comprising:
- a central wall extending along the longitudinal axis, the central wall storing a coolant, the central wall having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end;
- a longitudinal portion of the central wall, wherein the longitudinal portion extends along the longitudinal axis from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end;
- a long end of the central wall extending perpendicularly outwards to a right side and a left side of the longitudinal portion at the first longitudinal end, wherein the long end remains fixed in relation to the longitudinal portion;
- a short end of the central wall extending perpendicularly outwards to the right side and the left side of the longitudinal portion at the second longitudinal end, wherein the long end extends laterally outward to the right side and the left side from the longitudinal portion more than the short end extends laterally outward to the right side and the left side from the longitudinal portion, wherein the short end remains fixed in relation to the longitudinal portion;
- wherein the central wall, the longitudinal portion, the long end, and the short end are constructed from a rigid material and store a coolant;
- a first lateral terminal wall pivotally secured to the long end of the central wall, the first lateral terminal wall storing a coolant;
- a first connecting wall pivotally secured to the short end of the central wall, the first connecting wall storing a coolant;
- a first side terminal wall pivotally secured to the first connecting wall, the first side terminal wall storing a coolant.
A cooling insert device for receiving at least one item, the device extending along a longitudinal axis, the device collapsing towards the longitudinal axis to a collapsed position and the device expanding to a use position that provides compartments for placement of an item to be cooled or heated, the device comprising:
- a central wall extending along the longitudinal axis, the central wall storing a coolant, the central wall having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end;
- a longitudinal portion of the central wall, wherein the longitudinal portion extends along the longitudinal axis from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end;
- a long end of the central wall extending perpendicularly outwards from a right side and a left side of the longitudinal portion at the first longitudinal end, wherein the long end remains fixed in relation to the longitudinal portion;
- a short end of the central wall extending perpendicularly outwards from the right side and the left side of the longitudinal portion, wherein the long end extends laterally outward from the longitudinal portion more than the short end to the right side and the left side, wherein the short end remains fixed in relation to the longitudinal portion;
- wherein the central wall, the longitudinal portion, the long end, and the short end are constructed from a rigid material and store a coolant;
- a first right lateral terminal wall pivotally secured to a right end of the long end of the central wall, the first right lateral terminal wall storing a coolant, the first right lateral terminal wall formed in a parallelepiped shape;
- a first left lateral terminal wall pivotally secured to a left end of the long end of the central wall, the first left lateral terminal wall storing a coolant, the first left lateral terminal wall formed in a parallelepiped shape;
- a first right connecting wall pivotally secured to a right end of the short end of the central wall, the first right connecting wall storing a coolant, the first right connecting wall formed in an L shape;
- a first left connecting wall pivotally secured to a left end of the short end of the central wall, the first left connecting wall storing a coolant, the first left connecting wall formed in an L shape;
- a first right side terminal wall pivotally secured to the first right connecting wall, the first right side terminal wall storing a coolant, the first right side terminal wall formed in a parallelepiped shape;
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- a first left side terminal wall pivotally secured to the first left connecting wall, the first left side terminal wall storing a coolant, the first left side terminal wall formed in a parallelepiped shape.
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