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US 12,134,510 B2Granted
Insulating device
AssigneeYETI Coolers, LLC
InventorsKyle Edward Rogers, Jeffrey Charles Munie, John Loudenslager
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Abstract
An insulating device can include a body assembly and a lid assembly where an insulating layer is connected to both the body assembly and the lid assembly. An aperture with a closure is formed between the body assembly and lid assembly to form a storage compartment. An insulating tab may be formed from a portion of the insulating layer and an inner liner of the body assembly to help insulate the closure region. In addition, a first magnetic element may be secured within the insulating tab that may engage a second magnetic element secured within the lid assembly.
Claims20
A soft-sided lunchbox comprising:
- a body assembly, wherein the body assembly includes a bottom layer, a first sidewall attached to the bottom layer, an inner liner, and a sidewall insulating portion, wherein at least a portion of the sidewall insulating portion is positioned between the first sidewall and the inner liner;
- a lid assembly rotatably connected to the body assembly, wherein the lid assembly is rectangular in shape, wherein the lid assembly includes an upper layer, a lid insulating layer, a lid liner, and perimeter edges that extend upward from a top surface of the upper layer, wherein the lid insulating layer is positioned between the upper layer and the lid liner;
- a storage compartment formed by the body assembly and the lid assembly, wherein the soft-sided lunchbox has an open configuration providing access to the storage compartment, wherein the lid assembly rotates away from the body assembly along a hinge, and a closed configuration preventing access to the storage compartment;
- a closure positioned between the body assembly and the lid assembly, wherein the closure is adapted to selectively connect the body assembly and the lid assembly;
- wherein the soft-sided lunchbox has a cuboid shape that has a length that is greater than a width, and wherein the width is greater than a height;
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- wherein the perimeter edges of the lid assembly have an edge height defined as a vertical height from a top surface of the perimeter edges of the lid assembly to the top surface of the upper layer, wherein the edge height of the perimeter edges of the lid assembly is within a range of 10 percent and 20 percent of the height of the soft-sided lunchbox;
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- wherein the perimeter edges of the lid assembly are configured to be gripped by a user when opening and closing the closure.
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A soft-sided lunchbox comprising:
- a body assembly, wherein the body assembly includes a bottom layer, a first sidewall attached to the bottom layer, an inner liner, and a sidewall insulating portion, wherein at least a portion of the sidewall insulating portion is positioned between the first sidewall and the inner liner;
- a lid assembly rotatably connected to the body assembly;
- wherein the lid assembly includes an upper layer, a lid insulating layer, a lid liner, and perimeter edges that extend upward from a top surface of the upper layer, wherein the lid insulating layer is positioned between the upper layer and the lid liner;
- a storage compartment formed by the body assembly and the lid assembly, wherein the soft-sided lunchbox has an open configuration providing access to the storage compartment when the lid assembly is rotated away from the body assembly along a hinge, and a closed configuration;
- a zipper assembly adapted to selectively connect the body assembly and the lid assembly;
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- wherein the soft-sided lunchbox has a cuboid shape has a length that is greater than a width, and wherein the width is greater than a height;
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- wherein the perimeter edges of the lid assembly have an edge height defined as a vertical height from a top surface of the perimeter edges of the lid assembly to the top surface of the upper layer, wherein the edge height of the perimeter edges of the lid assembly is within a range of 10 percent and 20 percent of the height of the soft-sided lunchbox;
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- wherein the edge height of the perimeter edges of the lid assembly is at least two times greater than a thickness of the lid insulating layer.
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A lid assembly for a soft-sided lunchbox, wherein the lid assembly is rotatably connected to a body assembly of the soft-sided lunchbox, the lid assembly comprising:
- an upper layer, wherein the upper layer of the lid assembly includes perimeter edges that extend upward from a top surface of the upper layer;
- a lid liner;
- a lid insulating layer positioned between the upper layer and the lid liner;
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- a magnetic element positioned between the lid liner and the lid insulating layer;
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- wherein the lid assembly has a rectangular shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.