Food storage system
AssigneeCool Gear International, LLC
InventorsDonna Roth, Henry Roth
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Abstract
Multiple food storage systems are disclosed herein. One food storage system includes a main bowl that defines a first food receiving cavity. A secondary bowl is positioned in the first food receiving cavity and defines a second food receiving cavity. The secondary bowl includes a sidewall containing thermal energy storage material therein. A separate food storage system includes a main lid configured for use with a main bowl that defines a first food receiving cavity. A secondary bowl is positioned at least partially on and/or in the main lid. The secondary bowl includes a sidewall containing thermal energy storage material therein.
Claims20
A food storage system, comprising:
- a main bowl defining a first food receiving cavity;
- a main lid detachably engageable with the main bowl;
- a secondary bowl positioned at least partially on and/or in the main lid, the secondary bowl being generally concentrically positioned relative to the main bowl when the main lid is engaged with the main bowl;
- wherein the secondary bowl includes a sidewall containing a thermal energy storage material therein, the sidewall defining a second food receiving cavity, wherein the food storage system can separately hold food items in the first or second food receiving cavities, the secondary bowl being configured so that the thermal energy storage material can heat and/or cool food contained in the second food receiving cavity;
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- wherein the sidewall of the secondary bowl is generally translucent so that the secondary bowl has a color of the thermal energy storage material included therein.
A food storage system, comprising:
- a main bowl defining a first food receiving cavity;
- a secondary bowl positioned in the first food receiving cavity and defining a second food receiving cavity, wherein the secondary bowl includes a sidewall containing a thermal energy storage material therein, wherein the food storage system can separately hold food items in the first or second food receiving cavities, the secondary bowl being configured so that the thermal energy storage material can heat and/or cool food contained in the second food receiving cavity, wherein the secondary bowl is securable in a fixed position within the first food receiving cavity when the main and secondary bowls are covered, such that when the secondary bowl is secured in the fixed position the secondary bowl is generally concentrically positioned within the main bowl;
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- main and secondary lids, wherein the secondary lid is detachably engageable with the secondary bowl, the main lid being detachably engageable with the main bowl, the food storage system being configured so that, when the secondary lid is engaged with the secondary bowl and the main lid is engaged with the main bowl, the main lid braces the secondary lid in position.
A food storage system, comprising:
- a main bowl defining a first food receiving cavity;
- a secondary bowl positioned in the first food receiving cavity and defining a second food receiving cavity, wherein the secondary bowl includes a sidewall containing a thermal energy storage material therein, wherein the food storage system can separately hold food items in the first or second food receiving cavities, the secondary bowl being configured so that the thermal energy storage material can heat and/or cool food contained in the second food receiving cavity, wherein the secondary bowl is securable in a fixed position within the first food receiving cavity when the main and secondary bowls are covered, the secondary bowl being generally translucent so that the secondary bowl has a color of the thermal energy storage material;
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- wherein the sidewall is formed by inner and outer panels, the inner panel defining the second food receiving cavity, the outer panel being integrally formed with the main bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.