Insulated containers and related methods
AssigneeLaird Avenue Consulting, LLC
InventorJames Guilkey
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Abstract
An insulated container for a beverage comprises an inner wall defining an opening and a volume, an outer wall surrounding the inner wall and defining a cavity between the inner wall and the outer wall, and one or more heat transfer devices within the cavity and attached to the inner wall, the one or more heat transfer devices spaced from the outer wall and configured to contact the outer wall responsive to exceeding a temperature greater than a predetermined temperature. Related insulated containers and methods are also disclosed.
Claims20
An insulated container for a beverage, the insulated container comprising:
- an inner wall defining an opening and a volume;
- an outer wall surrounding the inner wall and defining a cavity between the inner wall and the outer wall;
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- one or more heat transfer devices within the cavity and attached to the inner wall, the one or more heat transfer devices spaced from the outer wall and configured to contact the outer wall responsive to exceeding a temperature greater than a predetermined temperature.
An insulated container, comprising:
- an inner vessel comprising:
- an internal lower surface;
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- an inner wall vertically extending from the internal lower surface;
- an outer vessel comprising:
- an external lower surface;
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- outer walls vertically extending from the external lower surface and connected to the inner walls at an upper portion of the insulated container;
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- one or more metallic strips attached to the inner vessel and spaced from the outer vessel, the one or more metallic strips within a cavity between the inner vessel and the outer vessel.
A method of maintaining a temperature of a liquid in an insulated container for a duration, the method comprising:
- transferring thermal energy from a liquid in an internal volume through an inner wall to one or more heat transfer devices in contact with the inner wall, the inner wall defining an opening and the internal volume;
- increasing the temperature of the one or more heat transfer devices and causing the one or more heat transfer devices to contact an outer wall surrounding the inner wall responsive to exceeding a temperature greater than a predetermined temperature, the outer wall defining a cavity between the inner wall and the outer wall;
- conductively transferring thermal energy from the one or more heat transfer devices to the outer wall;
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- breaking contact between the one or more heat transfer devices and the outer wall responsive to a temperature of the one or more heat transfer devices being reduced to below the predetermined temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.