Insulated food storage housing assembly
OwnerRobert Eastmaninventor
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Abstract
An insulated housing assembly for the transport and storage of food items while maintaining the temperature of the food items. The invention provides lower and upper assembly portions which when mated define a compartment for the storage of stackable food containers. The upper and lower asemblies are surrounded by a layer of insulating material to prevent the loss of heat from the food items contained within the compartment. The insulated housing assembly also incudes a swivable handle in a recess for facilitating carrying the insulated assembly. Also included in another recess is a handle for manipulating the containers disposed within the compartent, which have catches for attchment of the handle.
Claims6
An insulated housing assembly comprising:
- (a) a lower assembly, the lower assembly being cup shaped and including inside and outside surfaces and thermal insulating material filling the space between said surfaces, said cup shaped lower assembly forming a lower chamber including an upwardly extending side wall and said inside surface including a pair of embossments;
- (b) an upper assembly, the upper assembly being mateable with the lower assembly and forming an interior compartment,
- the upper assembly being cup shaped and including a top wall, a cylindrical wall, inside and outside surfaces, and thermal insulating material filling the space between said surfaces, said cup shaped upper assembly forming an upper chamber and said cylindrical wall extending downwardly from the top wall and formed to include a pair of cut outs, said cylindrical wall being adapted to be snugly received, at least in part, in the lower chamber and interengage said cut outs with said embossments;
- (c) means for sealingly, releasably locking the upper and lower assemblies together, said means for sealing including said embossments providing a guide for interengagement between the side walls of the upper and lower assemblies and allowing for substantial sealing and alignment therebetween, and
- (d) a plurality of food storage containers removably stacked in said compartment, each said food storage container having a base and a lid with a first food container lid supporting the base of the next succeeding food container when the food containers are stacked in the compartment.
An insulated food storage housing assembly comprising
- (a) a lower assembly,
- (b) an upper assembly adapted to mate with said lower assembly and form a closed interior compartment, said upper assembly including a top wall,
- (c) locking means for sealingly, releasably locking the assemblies together when the assemblies are mated, said interlocked assemblies forming an interior compartment,
- (d) orienting means, disposed in part in said compartment, for orienting the upper assembly relative to the lower assembly,
- (e) recess means associated with said top wall for flush mounting a handle for carrying the assembly and a handle for use with a food container, and
- (f) a stackable food container removably disposed in said compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.