Portable cooling container
OwnerRichard Morrisinventor
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Abstract
A portable container which may be refrigerated is provided which is composed of a flexible floor, walls, and lid and composed of inner and outer walls with flexible refrigerant gel captivated between these walls, floor and lid. The lid may be closed to the container with a device selected from the group consisting of nylon zippers and velcro seals. The entire container may be compressed or folded in a relatively flat position in order to be easily placed into the freezer so that the gel can be frozen for cooling purposes.
Claims11
A container comprising a floor, walls and lid, said walls including a terminal end defining a mouth opening and said container including:
- an outer skin material means comprising liquid resistant and non-porous flexible skin material defining the outer surfaces of a floor, walls and lid,
- an inner skin material means comprising liquid resistant and non-porous flexible skin material spaced from said outer skin material means defining chamber means between the outer and inner skin material means,
- an attached lid sized to span said container mouth opening including means to attached to said container for opening and closing said mouth opening, said lid comprising a peripheral zone with seal means comprising a downwardly facing surface including attaching means confronting and to be attached to the container walls to form a seal between said lid and said walls,
- a gel means in the chamber means between the skin material means, including within said lid, to be cooled to maintain the interior of the container in a cooled condition,
- said gel means in said chamber means conforming to said chamber means, whereby said container and said gel means will be flexible and will fold when said container is compressed,
- wherein, when said container is compressed, said flexible inner and outer material skin means of said walls, floor and lid of said container will fold into a relatively flat position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.