Container with cover
AssigneeCalifornia Innovations Inc.
InventorsMelvin S. Mogil, Mark J. Greenstein, Michael Ramundi, Andrius S. Birutis
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Abstract
A soft sided insulated container assembly includes a first portion having an insulated, soft sided external wall structure, and an internal, substantially rigid molded plastic receptacle mounted therein. It has a cover structure that includes a reinforcement member for engaging a land region of the molded receptacle, thereby tending to yield an interface tending to have a sealing relationship. The container may also include a thermal storage element, and the container may have an accommodation for receiving the thermal storage element.
Claims30
An insulated container assembly comprising:
- a first portion and a second portion co-operable therewith;
- said first portion having a soft-sided insulated wall structure and a receptacle therein, said receptacle having an opening, and said opening having a land adjacent thereto;
- said second portion being movably connected to said first portion;
- said second portion including a closure member operable to control access to said receptacle;
- said closure member including a stiffened member operable to engage said land in an interference fit.
An insulated, soft-sided container assembly comprising:
- a body assembly and a lid assembly hingedly joined to said body assembly
- said body assembly including a soft-sided outer casing and an internal hard-shell receptacle;
- said receptacle having a mouth;
- said lid including a formed structural member having a periphery for mating engagement with said mouth of said receptacle;
- said structural member being engageable in an interference fit with said mouth of said receptacle;
- said receptacle including a receptacle wall region extending peripherally to define said mouth, and when matingly engaged, said structural member is biased toward said peripherally extending wall region of said receptacle.
An insulated, soft-sided container assembly comprising:
- a body assembly and a lid assembly hingedly joined to said body assembly
- said body assembly including a soft-sided outer casing and an internal hard-shell receptacle;
- said receptacle having a mouth;
- said lid including a formed structural member having a periphery for mating engagement with said mouth of said receptacle;
- said structural member being engageable in an interference fit with said mouth of said receptacle;
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- a removable thermal storage element, said thermal storage element and said structural member of said lid being releasably engageable.
An insulated soft-sided container assembly, comprising:
- a soft sided insulated wall structure including a base panel, an upstanding sidewall, and a lid, said lid being hingedly mounted to said upstanding sidewall;
- a receptacle mounted within said soft sided wall structure, said receptacle being made from a stiffer material than said soft-sided wall structure;
- said receptacle having a mouth;
- said lid having a stop for said mouth, said stop being made from a stiffer material than said soft-sided wall structure;
- said lid being movable between an open position and a closed position to control access to said receptacle;
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- when said lid is in said closed position, said stop being engaged with said mouth in an interference fit.
The combination of a thermal storage element and a thermal storage element retention fitting for an insulated container, the container having at least one substantially planar panel, wherein the thermal storage element has a hollow body for containing a thermal storage medium liquid, a port by which to introduce the thermal storage medium liquid into said hollow body, a closure member operable to control access to said hollow body, and at least one engagement fitting operable releasably to mate said thermal storage element with said thermal storage retention apparatus;
- and, said thermal storage retention apparatus being mounted to form at least a portion of the substantially planar panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.