# US 2013/0153585 A1 · Food And Beverage Server > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0153585 A1 - Document ID: US20130153585A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/658,883 - Filed: 2012-10-24 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14 - Assignees: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. - Inventors: Michael J. Lonsway; David Kisela; karl A. Reisig - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153585A1 ## CPC - F25D 3/08: portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally - F25D 31/007: {Bottles or cans} - F25D 2303/08221: Fasteners or fixing means for the element - F25D 2303/0841: external to the container for a beverage, e.g. a bottle, can, drinking glass or pitcher - F25D 2303/0845: below the product - Y02A 40/963: Off-grid food refrigeration - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract A food or beverage server includes a container having a body with a sidewall, a base, and at least one external engagement element on the sidewall or the base. A thermal core includes a hollow body with at least one internal engagement element for engaging the at least one external engagement element on the container to retain the thermal core on the container. The hollow body has a central portion for heat-transfer with the base of the container and a thermal medium, such as a saline solution, refrigerant, water, oil or sand, within the hollow body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A food or beverage server that includes: a container having a body with a sidewall, a base and at least one external engagement element on said sidewall or said base, and a thermal core that includes a hollow body with at least one internal engagement element for engaging said at least one external engagement element on said container to retain said thermal core on said container, a central portion for heat-transfer with said base, and a thermal medium within said hollow body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The server set forth in claim 1 wherein said at least one external engagement element comprises a radially outwardly extending shoulder on said base, and wherein said at least one internal engagement element comprises an internal bead on said peripheral wall for snap receipt over said shoulder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The server set forth in claim 2 including angularly spaced longitudinal slots in said peripheral wall segmenting said internal bead and facilitating expansion of said wall over said shoulder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The server set forth in claim 1 wherein said at least one external engagement element comprises at least one external thread segment on a radially outwardly facing portion of said base beneath said sidewall, and wherein said at least one internal engagement element comprises at least one internal thread segment on said peripheral wall of said ice core. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The server set forth in claim 1 wherein said at least one external engagement element comprises at least one thread-like rib on a radially outwardly facing portion of said base beneath said sidewall, and wherein said at least one internal engagement element comprises a pocket on said thermal core adapted to be received over said base and at least one internal tab within said pocket for bayonet-locking engagement with said at least one external rib on said base. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The server set forth in claim 5 comprising a pair of said external rib-like elements on said base and a pair of said tabs within said pocket of said thermal core. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The server set forth in claim 1 wherein said container is of glass, plastic or metal construction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The server set forth in claim 1 wherein said hollow body is of plastic construction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The server set forth in claim 1 wherein said thermal medium comprises a saline solution, a refrigerant, water, oil or sand. ### Claim 10 A server that includes: a container having a body with a sidewall, a cylindrical base, a radially outwardly extending shoulder on said base, and a thermal core that includes a hollow plastic body having an annular peripheral wall with an internal bead for snap receipt over said radially extending shoulder on said base, angularly spaced longitudinal slots in said peripheral wall to facilitate expansion of said wall and said bead over said shoulder, a central portion for heat-transfer with said base, and a thermal medium within said hollow body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The server set forth in claim 10 wherein said container is of glass, plastic or metal construction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The server set forth in claim 10 wherein said thermal medium comprises a saline solution, refrigerant, water, oil or sand. ### Claim 13 A food or beverage server that includes: a container having a body with a sidewall, a cylindrical base recessed radially inwardly from said sidewall, and at least one thread segment on a radially outwardly facing portion of said base beneath said sidewall, and a thermal core that includes a hollow plastic body having an annular peripheral wall with at least one internal thread segment for threaded receipt over said radially outwardly facing portion of said base, a central portion for heat-transfer with said base, and a thermal medium within said hollow body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The server set forth in claim 13 wherein said container is of glass, plastic or metal construction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The server set forth in claim 13 wherein said thermal medium comprises a saline solution, refrigerant, water, oil or sand. ### Claim 16 A server that includes: a container having a body with a sidewall, a cylindrical base, a radially outwardly extending shoulder on said base and an outwardly extending dome on said base, and a thermal core that includes a hollow plastic body having an annular peripheral wall with an internal bead for snap receipt over said radially extending shoulder on said base, angularly spaced longitudinal slots in said peripheral wall to facilitate expansion of said wall and said bead over said shoulder, a central recess for heat-transfer with said dome, and a thermal medium within said hollow body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The server set forth in claim 16 wherein said container is of glass, plastic or metal construction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The server set forth in claim 16 wherein said thermal medium comprises a saline solution, refrigerant, water, oil or sand. ### Claim 19 A food or beverage server that includes: a container having a body with a sidewall, a cylindrical base recessed radially inwardly from said sidewall, and at least one thread-like rib on a radially outwardly facing portion of said base beneath said sidewall, and a thermal core that includes a hollow plastic body with a cylindrical pocket, at least one tab extending radially inwardly into said pocket for bayonet locking engagement with said at least one rib on said base, a central portion within said pocket for heat-transfer with said base, and a thermal medium within said hollow body. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The server set forth in claim 19 wherein said container is of glass, plastic or metal construction. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The server set forth in claim 19 wherein said thermal medium comprises a saline solution, refrigerant, water, oil or sand.