Container assembly and lid therefor with thermal reservoir

A cooler lid, said cooler lid comprising:

• a hollow body having an outside wall, an inside wall, and a peripheral wall joining said outside wall to said inside wall;
• said outside wall, inside wall, and peripheral wall defining boundaries of an internal chamber of said lid;
• said internal chamber of said lid being located between said inside wall and said outside wall and being surrounded by said peripheral wall;
• said internal chamber having a filler port;
• said filler port being inset from said peripheral wall;
• said filler port having an entrance to said chamber that is intermediate said outside wall and said inside wall;
• and
• without regard to orientation of said lid, a first portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level above said entrance of said filler port, and a second portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level below said entrance of said filler port;
• said structural section including a hollow channel;
• said hollow channel being in fluid communication with and being part of said chamber;
• said channel having a back and a pair of spaced apart legs;
• said inside wall having a spanning membrane extending front to rear and left to right;
• said channel merging into said inside wall;
• said channel standing away from said outside wall;
• and, when said lid is mounted on a mating container, said entrance of said filler port into said chamber being higher than said hollow channel and lower than said outside wall.

A cooler lid, said cooler lid comprising:

• a hollow body having an outside wall, an inside wall, and a peripheral wall joining said outside wall to said inside wall;
• said outside wall, inside wall, and peripheral wall defining boundaries of an internal chamber of said lid;
• said internal chamber of said lid being located between said inside wall and said outside wall and being surrounded by said peripheral wall;
• said internal chamber having a filler port;
• said filler port being inset from said peripheral wall;
• said filler port having an entrance to said chamber that is intermediate said outside wall and said inside wall;
• without regard to orientation of said lid, a first portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level above said entrance of said filler port, and a second portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level below said entrance of said filler port;
• said inside wall having a peripheral formation, said peripheral formation including a land that, in use, engages a mating container body;
• said inside wall having at least one stiffener extending one of (a) spanwise in a front-to-rear direction;
• and (b) spanwise in a left-to-right direction;
• said at least one stiffener divides said internal chamber into at least a first portion and a second portion, said first portion and said second portion being joined by a neck;
• said peripheral formation is hollow and has a cavity formed therewithin, said cavity is joined to, and forms part of said internal chamber;
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• when said cooler lid is sitting on the cooler body, said peripheral formation defines a channel having a back that extends downwardly and said at least one spanwise formation defines a channel having a back that extends upwardly.

A cooler lid, said cooler lid comprising:

• a hollow body having an outside wall, an inside wall, and a peripheral wall joining said outside wall to said inside wall;
• said outside wall, inside wall, and peripheral wall defining boundaries of an internal chamber of said lid;
• said internal chamber of said lid being located between said inside wall and said outside wall and being surrounded by said peripheral wall;
• said internal chamber having a filler port;
• said filler port being inset from said peripheral wall;
• said filler port having an entrance to said chamber that is intermediate said outside wall and said inside wall;
• without regard to orientation of said lid, a first portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level above said entrance of said filler port, and a second portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level below said entrance of said filler port;
• said inside wall having a peripheral formation, said peripheral formation including a land that, in use, engages a mating container body;
• said inside wall having at least one stiffener extending one of (a) spanwise in a front-to-rear direction;
• and (b) spanwise in a left-to-right direction;
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• said at least one stiffener divides said internal chamber into at least a first portion and a second portion, said first portion and said second portion being joined by a neck said at least one spanwise formation defines at least one spanwise extending channel having a back and a pair of legs, said legs extending downwardly of said back of said spanwise extending channel;
• said peripheral formation defines a peripheral channel, said peripheral channel having a back, an inner leg and an outer leg, said inner leg and said outer leg extending upwardly from said back of said peripheral channel;
• said inner wall having at least one spanwise extending web, said at least one spanwise extending web being bounded by a combination of said at least one spanwise formation and at least one portion of said peripheral formation;
• said inner leg of said peripheral channel merging with said at least one spanwise extending web and extending downwardly therefrom;
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• at least one of said legs of said channel of said at least one spanwise formation merging with said spanwise extending web and extending upwardly therefrom.

A cooler lid, said cooler lid comprising:

• a hollow body having an outside wall, an inside wall, and a peripheral wall joining said outside wall to said inside wall;
• said outside wall, inside wall, and peripheral wall defining boundaries of an internal chamber of said lid;
• said internal chamber of said lid being located between said inside wall and said outside wall and being surrounded by said peripheral wall;
• said internal chamber having a filler port;
• said filler port being inset from said peripheral wall;
• said filler port having an entrance to said chamber that is intermediate said outside wall and said inside wall;
• without regard to orientation of said lid, a first portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level above said entrance of said filler port, and a second portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level below said entrance of said filler port;
• said inside wall having a peripheral formation, said peripheral formation including a land that, in use, engages a mating container body;
• said inside wall having at least one stiffener extending one of (a) spanwise in a front-to-rear direction;
• and (b) spanwise in a left-to-right direction;
• and
• said at least one stiffener divides said internal chamber into at least a first portion and a second portion, said first portion and said second portion being joined by a neck;
• said inside wall of said lid has at least a first spanwise extending web and a second spanwise extending web;
• a first of said spanwise extending stiffeners is located between, and bounds one edge of each of said first spanwise extending web and said second spanwise extending web;
• said peripheral formation bounding at least two other edges of said first spanwise extending web;
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• said filler port is mounted to said first spanwise extending web.

A cooler lid, said cooler lid comprising:

• a hollow body having an outside wall, an inside wall, and a peripheral wall joining said outside wall to said inside wall;
• said outside wall, inside wall, and peripheral wall defining boundaries of an internal chamber of said lid;
• said internal chamber of said lid being located between said inside wall and said outside wall and being surrounded by said peripheral wall;
• said internal chamber having a filler port;
• said filler port being inset from said peripheral wall;
• said filler port having an entrance to said chamber that is intermediate said outside wall and said inside wall;
• without regard to orientation of said lid, a first portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level above said entrance of said filler port, and a second portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level below said entrance of said filler port;
• said outside wall has at least a first out-of-contour formation formed therein, said first out-of-contour formation defining a drink pocket;
• and
• said at least one spanwise extending stiffener of said inside wall has a locally extending portion connecting it to said drink pocket of said outside wall.