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US 2022/0044188 A1Published application
Methods, systems, and devices for portable environment controlled containers
AssigneePavel & Sprauve LLC
InventorsSteven S. ESCOBAR, Michael SPRAUVE, Michael Pavel
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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.
Claims18
A portable container comprising:
- an 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 interface surface incorporated into a surface of the portable container;
- an environmental control module operable to engage the environmental control module interface surface;
- one or more environmental controllers;
- one or more environmental sensors;
- and
- a power supply,
- wherein the environmental control module is operable to communicate one or more sensed environmental conditions and to adjust one or more environmental controllers.
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A transportation method comprising:
- providing a portable container having an enclosure having an openable section, the openable section operable to move from an open position, for receiving a food container, and a closed position, an environmental control module interface surface incorporated into a surface of the portable container, an environmental control module operable to engage the environmental control module interface surface, one or more environmental controllers, one or more environmental sensors, and a power supply, wherein the environmental control module is operable to communicate one or more sensed environmental conditions and to adjust one or more environmental controllers;
- opening the portable container;
- placing the food container within the portable container for transport;
- closing the portable container;
- configuring the environmental control module to maintain an environment within the container based on an identification of food within the food container;
- and
- transporting the portable container.
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A system comprising:
- memory;
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more computer-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, via a mobile application associated with a service provider on a device, a current geographic location of the device;
- receiving, via the mobile application associated with the service provider on the device, one or more environmental conditions;
- determining if the portable container has maintained one or more environmental conditions within an environmental condition range during transport, and if the portable container has maintained the one or more environmental conditions, delivering food container located within the portable container;
- displaying, via the mobile application, instructions to deliver the food container if the environmental conditions have been maintained.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.