Compartmented container
OwnerWilliam Gomolkainventor
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Abstract
The container is in the form of an insulated housing with a front wall having a plurality of apertures therethrough with a plurality of container drawers supported in the housing, each drawer being insertable through one of the apertures. Each drawer is supported by means of parallel disposed guide rails for permitting sliding movement of the drawer through the aperture between a closed position and an extended position. Each drawer preferably comprises a solid insulated front panel, a solid rear insulated panel having openings for accommodating the guide rails, along with two sides and a bottom that are perforated or made from a screen material, thus forming a rectangular container.
Claims9
A compartmented container comprising;
- an insulated housing having a front member having adjacent doors including a freezer door associated with a freezer compartment and a food storage door associated with a food storage compartment, said food storage door having a plurality of apertures therethrough;
- a plurality of drawers;
- each said drawer being insertable through one of said apertures into the food storage compartment of said housing and being at least partially porous enabling air passage therethrough into the drawer;
- means for guiding the drawer, enabling movement thereof between closed and extended positions relative to the housing;
- at least one additional drawer disposed directly adjacent said freezer compartment and being insulated rather than porous
- and means in the housing demarcating the freezer and food storage compartments and defining therein at least one aperture to couple sub-freezing air from the freezer compartment to the said additional drawer to maintain the air in said additional drawer at or below freezing thereby forming essentially an extension of the freezer wherein may be stored such oftenly used items as ice cream,
- said additional drawer being insulated thus receiving substantially only sub-freezing air from the freezer compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.