Abstract: A removable food container attachment for lunch pails and small coolers includes a sling member formed of flexible material having a bottom wall and opposed end portions and side portions extending upwardly therefrom to define a generally rectangular compartment which receives one or more bowl-shaped food containers each having an air tight lid. In a preferred embodiment, the bottom and sides of the compartment are of double wall construction and filled with thermally insulating material. A flexible insulating cover removably received on the top of the covered food container encloses the top end of the sling compartment. The sling compartment with the insulating cover installed is placed on the bottom of a conventional lunch pail or small cooler.

Abstract: A lunch pail assembly has an upper member having a bottom wall, opposed side walls and end walls defining a first food and beverage compartment, a lid at the upper end of the first food and beverage compartment, a handle on the lid, and a fastening mechanism on the exterior of the opposed end walls. A detachable lower member having a bottom wall, opposed side walls and end walls defines a second food compartment having an open top end which is received within a depending lip on the bottom of the upper member. Catches on the end walls of the lower member releasably engage the fastening mechanisms on the upper member to selectively releasably connect the upper and lower members together to be carried as a single unit wherein food, beverages, and other articles of one type may be contained in the first food and beverage compartment and isolated from food and other articles of another type contained in the second food compartment.