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US 6,296,134 B1Granted
Insulated water-tight container
OwnerSalvatore J. Cardinaleinventor
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Abstract
An insulated container for shipping, transporting, or storing warm or cold items is disclosed, useful for maintaining temperature of items stored or shipped within the container, the container assembly consisting of at least one layer of rigid or semi-rigid material, and at least one layer of flexible, thermally insulating, water-resistant material, in the form of a pouch, which pouch is secured to the rigid material at areas which allow easy reconfiguration of the container to form a finished container having desirable insulating and water-resistant characteristics.
Claims16
A water-resistant container, comprising:
- an outer container having a plurality of walls, the walls affixed to one another at two of their edges to form a tubular section, the walls having widths between their affixed edges, the tubular section having a first end and a second end, the first end having a plurality of flaps attached thereto, the second end having a plurality of flaps attached thereto, the walls of the outer container having interior surfaces facing the interior of the tubular section and exterior surfaces facing the exterior of the tubular section, the outer container having interior corners at the intersection of the interior surfaces of the walls,
- a pouch having an interior, a first exterior side, a second exterior side, a bottom edge, a right edge, a left edge, a plurality of top edges forming a top opening, a first line on the first exterior side between the right edge and the left edge, a second line on the second exterior side between the right edge and the left edge, the pouch being formed from a flexible and water-resistant material,
- the pouch residing within the tubular section of the outer container, the flexible and water-resistant material near the first and second lines of the pouch residing near at least two interior corners of the outer container, the top edges of the pouch extending from the first end of the tubular section at leas a distance equal to one-half the width of the narrowest wall of the outer container, the bottom edge of the pouch extending from the second end of the tubular section at least a distance equal to one-half the width of the narrowest wall of the outer container, and
- means for attaching the flexible and water-resistant material near the first and second lines of the pouch to the interior surfaces of the walls of the outer container near at least two of the interior corners.
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A thermally insulative container, comprising:
- an outer container having a plurality of walls, the walls affixed to one another at two of their edges to form a tubular section, the walls having widths between their affixed edges, the tubular section having a first end and a second end, the first end having a plurality of flaps attached thereto, the second end having a plurality of flaps attached thereto, the walls of the outer container having interior surfaces facing the interior of the tubular section and exterior surfaces facing the exterior of the tubular section, the outer container having interior corners at the intersection of the interior surfaces of the walls,
- a pouch having an interior, a first exterior side, a second exterior side, a bottom edge, a right edge, a left edge, a plurality of top edges forming a top opening, a first line on the first exterior side between the right edge and the left edge, a second line on the second exterior side between the right edge and the left edge, the pouch being formed from a flexible and thermally insulative material,
- the pouch residing within the tubular section of the outer container, the flexible and thermally insulative material near the first and second lines of the pouch residing near at least two interior corners of the outer container, the top edges of the pouch extending from the first end of the tubular section at least a distance equal to one-half the width of the narrowest wall of the outer container, the bottom edge of the pouch extending from the second end of the tubular section at least a distance equal to one-half the width of the narrowest wall of the out container, and
- means for attaching the flexible and thermally insulative material near the first and second lines of the pouch to the interior surfaces of the walls of the outer container near the at least two interior comers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.