Container with cover

A soft-sided insulated container assembly comprising:

• a soft-sided insulated container first portion, a soft-sided insulated container second portion, and a thermal storage member removably mountable in said soft-sided insulated container assembly;
• said first portion having a base wall and a soft-sided side wall;
• said side wall extending peripherally about said base wall and standing upwardly therefrom;
• said side wall having an outer skin, an inner skin, and a layer of insulation therebetween;
• said first portion having a chamber defined therewithin between said base wall and said upstanding, peripherally extending, soft-sided side wall;
• said side wall having an upper margin distant from said base wall, said upper margin defining an opening of said chamber;
• said second portion defining a lid of said insulated container assembly, said second portion being movable between a first position obstructing access to said chamber, and a second position permitting access to said chamber;
• said lid having an inside and an outside, and, when said lid is in said first position, said outside of said lid faces away from said chamber and said inside of said lid faces toward said chamber;
• said lid including a structural frame mounted on said inside thereof, in said first position of said lid said structural frame extending cross-wise relative to said opening, said structural frame including first and second opposed members;
• in said first position of said lid, said first and second opposed members extending downwardly of said lid and including respective flanges running along said lid, said first and second opposed members defining a seat for said thermal storage member therebetween;
• said thermal storage member including a hollow container having a first main side and a second main side spaced therefrom, said first and second main sides being joined about respective peripheral margins by edge walls;
• said edge walls including first and second opposed edge walls;
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• said first and second opposed edge walls being operable to seat in engagement with said first and second opposed members of said structural frame of said lid, mutual engagement thereof retaining said thermal storage member in position relative to said lid.

A combination of a thermal storage member and a structural frame for cooperation with the thermal storage member, the thermal storage member being removably engageable with the structural frame, wherein:

• said structural frame is rectangular in plan view and includes a central web portion bounded by first and second opposed flange portions;
• said first and second opposed flange portions define a seat for said thermal storage member;
• said thermal storage member has a first main side panel and a second main side panel, said first and second main side panels being spaced apart from each other;
• said thermal storage member has a peripheral side wall extending between said first and second main side panels, and co-operating therewith to define a hollow container operable to accommodate a thermal storage medium;
• said thermal storage member has first and second side edges on opposite sides thereof, said first and second side edges being removably engageable with said first and second opposed flange portions of said structural frame to retain said thermal storage member between first and second opposed flange portions.