Container with cover and closure member
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. Both the receptacle and the engaging seal member of the lid may be outwardly splayed. The container may also include a thermal storage element, and the container may have an accommodation for receiving the thermal storage element.
Claims18
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 being made of a stiffer material than said soft sided wall structure and having an opening, said opening having a land adjacent thereto,
- said land being a region of said receptacle extending about said opening;
- said second portion being hingedly connected to said first portion;
- said second portion including a closure member operable to control access to said receptacle;
- and
- said closure member including a stiffened member operable to engage said land in an interference fit, said stiffened member being a surround wherein, when said surround engages said land, hoop stresses are developed in at least one of (a) said land;
- and (b) said surround.
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 divergent mouth;
- said lid assembly being movable relative to said body assembly between an open position and a closed position:
- in said closed position said lid assembly being positioned to obstruct said mouth of said receptacle:
- said lid including a formed structural member having a periphery for mating engagement with said mouth of said receptacle;
- said formed structural member having a cantilevered leg, said cantilevered leg having a peripherally outward splay prior to insertion into said divergent mouth of said receptacle;
- and
- said cantilevered leg of said structural member being engageable in an interference fit with said mouth of said receptacle in which said peripherally outwardly splayed cantilevered leg is deflected peripherally inwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.