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. The container may also include a thermal storage element, and the container may have an accommodation for receiving the thermal storage element.
Claims54
An insulated, soft-sided container assembly comprising:
- a body assembly and a lid assembly hingedly joined to said body assembly;
- said body assembly including an insulated soft-sided outer casing and an internal hard-shell receptacle;
- said receptacle having a mouth;
- said lid assembly 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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- said structural member includes a bead and said bead is engageable with said mouth.
An insulated, soft-sided container assembly comprising:
- a body assembly and a lid assembly hingedly joined to said body assembly;
- said body assembly including an insulated soft-sided outer casing and an internal hard-shell receptacle;
- said receptacle having a mouth;
- said lid assembly 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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- said mouth defines and opening of said receptacle and includes a land for co-operation with said structural member, said structural member is a surround, said receptacle is made of a stiffer material than said soft-sided outer casing, and said land is a region of said receptacle extending about said opening.
An insulated, soft-sided container assembly comprising:
- a body assembly and a lid assembly hingedly joined to said body assembly;
- said body assembly including an insulated soft-sided outer casing and an internal hard-shell receptacle;
- said receptacle having a mouth;
- said lid assembly 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.
An insulated, soft-sided container assembly comprising:
- a body assembly and a lid assembly hingedly joined to said body assembly;
- said body assembly including an insulated soft-sided outer casing and an internal hard-shell receptacle;
- said receptacle having a mouth;
- said lid assembly 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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- said mouth and said structural member define an engagement interface of said body assembly with said lid assembly, and said interface is zipperless.
An insulated soft-sided container assembly comprising:
- a first insulated soft sided container portion and a second insulated soft-sided container portion, said second insulated soft sided container portion being movably connected to said first insulated soft-sided container portion;
- said first insulated soft-sided container portion having a base wall and a soft-sided upstanding sidewall extending away from the base wall, said first insulated soft-sided container portion being broader than tall;
- said first insulated soft sided container portion having an enclosure defined therein, said enclosure having an opening distant from said base wall;
- said second insulated soft-sided container portion being movable to govern access to said opening;
- said second insulated soft-sided container portion including a stiffened member, said stiffened member being stiffer than said soft-sided upstanding sidewall;
- said first insulated soft-sided container portion having a stiffened land adjacent said opening, said stiffened land being stiffer than said soft-sided upstanding sidewall;
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- said stiffened member being operable to mate with said stiffened land in an interference fit to close said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.