Storage sleeve for food and beverages
OwnerFred L. Hileman JR.inventor
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Abstract
A storage sleeve comprised of a plurality of side panels defining and open-ended hollow box-like structure appropriately sized for placement in a conventional cooler container and surrounded by a coolant. At least one of the plurality of side panels includes a mesh-like section to readily facilitate heat transfer therethrough. When the storage sleeve is placed within the cooler container and at least partially surrounded by a solid coolant such as ice, the box-like structure as defined by the plurality of side panels prevents the coolant from occupying the storage area. At the same time, the mesh-like section accommodates heat transfer between the storage area and the coolant itself.
Claims20
A storage sleeve for use in a cooler container, comprising:
- a plurality of side panels defining a hollow polygonal structure adapted to be placed within a conventional cooler container with the interior of said polygonal structure defining a storage area;
- at least one of the plurality of side panels including a mesh-like section to facilitate heat transfer therethrough;
- and,
- wherein when said polygonal structure is placed within an associated cooler container and at least partially surrounded by a coolant in solid form, said side panels substantially prevent the coolant from penetrating the storage area while the mesh-like section of said at least one side panel allows heat transfer between the storage area and coolant.
A storage sleeve adapted for defining a segregated storage area within a container, comprising:
- a first generally rectangular panel member having first and second side edges;
- a second generally rectangular panel member having first and second side edges, the first side edge of the second panel member being connected to the second side edge of the first panel member;
- a third generally rectangular panel member having first and second side edges, the first side edge of the third panel member being flexibly connected to the second side edge of the second panel member;
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- a fourth generally rectangular panel member having first and second side edges, the first side edge of the fourth panel member flexibly connected to the second side edge of the third panel member, the second side edge of said fourth panel member being flexibly connected to said first panel member first side edge to form an open-ended box-like structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.