# US 12,223,461 B2 · Devices for portable environment controlled containers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,461 B2 - Document ID: US12223461B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/475,836 - Filed: 2023-09-27 - Published: 2024-03-14 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-07 - Assignees: Pavel & Sprauve LLC - Applicants: Pavel & Sprauve LLC - Inventors: Steven S. Escobar; Michael Sprauve; Michael Pavel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223461B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/083: Shipping - G01P 15/08: with conversion into electric or magnetic values - G01S 19/05: providing aiding data - G06Q 10/0841: {Compliance with shipping requirements} - G06Q 50/12: Hotels or restaurants - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/38: for collecting sensor information - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed are portable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location. More specifically, the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable container comprising: a soft-sided enclosure having an openable section, the openable section operable to move from an open position, for receiving a container, and a closed position; an environmental control module operable to engage an environmental control module interface surface; a humidity sensor; a temperature sensor one or more exhaust fans in communication with the humidity sensor and the temperature sensor; one or more environmental controllers operable to control the one or more exhaust fans in response to a sensed humidity parameter from the humidity sensor and a sensed temperature parameter from the temperature sensor; and a power supply. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable container of claim 1, wherein the soft-sided enclosure has a three-dimensional shape selected from a cube, a cuboid, a pyramid, a cone, a triangular prism, and a cylinder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable container of claim 1, further comprising one or more environmental sensors selected from moisture sensors, atmospheric pressure sensors, oxygen sensors, air quality sensors, smoke sensors. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The portable container of claim 3, wherein more than one of any of the environmental sensors can be provided. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The portable container of claim 3, wherein the one or more environmental sensors positioned within the portable container at a location away from the one or more environmental controllers. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable container of claim 1, wherein one or more of the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor are positioned within the portable container at a location away from the environmental controller. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable container of claim 1 further comprising a communication device for transmitting sensor information from one or more sensors and receiving environment control instructions in response to the transmitted sensor information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable container of claim 1 further comprising one or more of a GPS sensor and a G-force sensor. ### Claim 9 A transportation method comprising: providing a portable container comprising a soft-sided enclosure having an openable section, the openable section operable to move from an open position, for receiving a container, and a closed position, an environmental control module operable to engage an environmental control module interface surface, a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, one or more exhaust fans in communication with the humidity sensor and the temperature sensor, one or more environmental controllers operable to control the one or more exhaust fans in response to a sensed humidity parameter from the humidity sensor and a sensed temperature parameter from the temperature sensor, and a power supply; opening the soft-sided enclosure; placing a food container within the soft-sided enclosure for transport; closing the soft-sided enclosure; configuring the environmental control module to maintain an environment within the soft-sided enclosure based on an identification of food within the food container; and transporting the soft-sided enclosure. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The transportation method of claim 9 further comprising determining a GPS location for the soft-sided enclosure. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The transportation method of claim 9 further comprising determining a G-force for the soft-sided enclosure. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The transportation method of claim 9 further comprising the step of determining if the soft-sided enclosure has maintained one or more environmental conditions during transport, and if the portable container has maintained the one or more environmental conditions, delivering the food container. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The transportation method of claim 9 further comprising the step of determining if the soft-sided enclosure has been subjected to any G-force during transport, and if the portable container has not been subjected to any G-force, delivering the food container. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The transportation method of claim 9 further comprising the step of determining if the soft-sided enclosure has been subjected to any G-force during transport, and if the soft-sided enclosure has been subjected to any G-force, determining whether the G-force is within a predetermined range of allowable G-force, and if the G-force is within the predetermined range of allowable G-force, delivering the food container.