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US 2016/0264340 A1Published application
Ready Meals Shipping
AssigneeTableRunner, LLC
InventorsRyan Tu, Tyler Brown, Kyle Desautels
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Abstract
A ready-meal shipping container includes: a housing comprising a plurality of walls bounding an interior cavity and a food-tray-retention assembly. The food-tray-retention assembly includes a plurality of racks arranged in a stacked configuration within the interior cavity of the housing, and an elongated sleeve aligned with the racks.
Claims31
A ready-meal shipping container, comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of walls bounding an interior cavity;
- and
- a food-tray-retention assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of racks arranged in a stacked configuration within the interior cavity of the housing, each of the racks including one or more discrete bounded cells for receiving modular food trays;
- and
- an elongated sleeve aligned with the racks and configured to receive a temperature control member in a position to promote heat transfer between the temperature control member and modular food trays received in the cells,
- wherein each of the racks is configured and arranged within the interior cavity such that, during shipping operations, the modular food trays are retained in a fixed position relative to each other, the walls of the housing, and the elongated sleeve.
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A ready-meal shipping container, comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of walls bounding an interior cavity;
- and
- a food-tray-retention assembly, comprising:
- at least one rack located within the interior cavity of the housing, the rack including one or more discrete bounded cells for receiving modular food trays;
- and
- an elongated sleeve positioned adjacent the rack and configured to receive a temperature control member in a position to promote heat transfer between the temperature control member and modular food trays received in the cells,
- wherein the housing further comprises a non-planar gable structure enclosing a top portion of the interior cavity.
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A packaged ready-meal assembly, comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of walls bounding an interior cavity;
- and
- at least one rack located within the interior cavity of the housing, the rack having a planar surface defining one or more discrete openings;
- one or more food trays containing pre-cooked food and positioned in the one or more openings and held spaced from one another by the rack;
- and
- an elongated sleeve spanning the rack and positioning a cooled substance in spaced relation to the one or more food trays.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.