Abstract: A container assembly for chilling wine bottles or the like includes a thermally insulated container, having a preferably cylindrical inner diameter for enclosing the main body of the wine bottle with limited space, such as one-half inch, between the bottle and the inner wall of the container, to receive crushed ice. The cylinder container is sealed around the wine bottle, so that wine may be poured without spilling the ice or melted ice water. The top of the thermally insulated container may be sealed by a ring-shaped member of wedge-shaped cross-section. The thermally insulated container may be sealed at the top or bottom, and may be formed either as a single member or may be formed of two slidable parts to accommodate beverage containers of different sizes.

Abstract: A carrying case is disclosed which is in the nature of a soft-sided bag formed of thermally insulating flexible sheet material. A frame inside the bag holds it open for insertion of cardboard cartons each adapted to contain a hot pizza. At the opening of the bag are a plurality of flaps which fold over each and are adapted to be secured to each other by means of buckles and/or Velcro fasteners in order to retain the contents in place and prevent heat loss.

Abstract: An improved portable case is provided to enable the chilling, storing and transportation of expressed human milk. The portable case includes several components, a durable and rugged case, an insulated chest, storage bottles and chilling means. The case has upper and lower compartments, wherein the upper compartment may be used to store a breast pump or a similar device. The lower compartment houses the insulated chest. Within the insulated chest are three sturdy and unbreakable storage bottles. The expressed milk is discharged into the storage bottles, which are chilled by coolant gel packs. Two of the three storage bottles are sandwiched upright between the coolant gel packs, which conform to the sides of the storage bottles, allowing uniform and maximum surface area chilling. The third storage bottle is perpendicularly placed adjacent to the other storage bottles, enabling the user to place and chill an eight ounce (8 oz.) beverage container atop the third storage bottle.

Abstract: A nappy or diaper changing bag is made from a soft quilted plastic material and comprises two closable storage compartments connected at their undersides by a mat on which the baby being changed is placed. Foldable end flaps support the baby's head and legs, respectively. Nappies or diapers and ointments can be stored in the compartments and feeding bottles in wells provided in the end of one of the compartments. During transportation of the bag, the flaps are folded over the mat and one compartment is placed over the other compartment and held in place by fastenings. Handles attached to the lower part of the bag enable it to be carried.

Abstract: A flexible insulated container for thermally insulating beverages in glass containers or cans, as well as other food items, which includes an insulating bottom, insulating end panels and side panels attached to the bottom, which side panels extend above the top edges of the end panels and are provided with hand or finger openings for carrying purposes. In a preferred embodiment, an insulating seal flap attached to one of the side panels selectively closes the top of the insulated container beneath the extending ends of the side panels and loop-pile fasteners are used to maintain the seal flap over the top of the insulated container and to lap the extending ends of the side panels over the seal flap and each other, to further insulate the contents of the insulated container. When empty and not in use, the flexible insulated container can be collapsed for storage in a small space.

Abstract: A carton for hot foods in which the bottom wall of the carton comprises a plurality of layers which enclose therebetween a plurality of void spaces that serve to limit the conduction of heat from hot foods positioned on the upper surface of the bottom wall of the carton to a cold surface on which the bottom surface of the bottom wall rests. The void spaces may take the form of a plurality of generally conical dimples depressed into the lower layer of the bottom wall, or may take the form of elongated V-shaped grooves or furrows depressed into the lower layer of the bottom wall.

Abstract: A portable food holding device is described comprising a table section with foldable legs and a cover attached thereto, adapted to maintain contained food in either a chilled or heated condition. When not in use the legs and cover may be folded to a collapsed position to form a compact unit which may be readily transported or stored. Means are disclosed for heating or cooling the contents of the device.

Abstract: The invention provides a wine glass or bottle tote having a cylindrical body of self-supporting foam rubber with a longitudinally extending cylindrical central passage having openings at each end for the insertion and removal of articles such as wine glasses or a wine bottle. A cloth cover is provided and a slippery cloth liner extends through the cylindrical opening. A circular cover having a zipper closes each end of the central passage to protect articles inside.

Abstract: A variable volume insulated container is manufactured from a flexible cover and a laminated insulator. The laminate is constructed of at least one layer of air bubbles encapsulated between sheets of heat reflecting thin flexible material. The bubble layers provide excellent insulative qualities. The insulated container is designed to fold inwardly accordion style along the side and bottom panels, thereby collapsing into an insulative and comfortable cushion. The flexability of the insulated container permits it to be partially collapsed along the side panels to efficiently insulate a partial cargo. The insulator is appropriately notched so that the insulator does not bunch in the corners when in the collapsed mode. The invention includes an insulated container having side and bottom walls which fold outwardly to collapse into a flat seat, and the insulator thereof is notched to prevent bunching when the seat is unfolded to the container mode.

Abstract: An improved portable cooler construction having a pair of recesses formed in opposing side wlls that define with pivotally supported closure members additional cavities that will be maintained at a different temperature than the main cavity formed in the main body portion of the cooler and in which non-food articles may be stored and/or carried.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container for holding flatware and dishes for use in serving meals on board an aircraft, for example, comprising a rectangular tray-shaped sectioned bottom member hinged to a cover member to form an integral case. To permit dishes holding food, particularly hot meals, to be removed from the closed container and reinserted into it, the container is provided with an opening in a side wall.

Abstract: A lunch box has a body, and a vessel filled with a freezable liquid so that the latter cools the interior of the body. Also heating element can be provided for heating the interiod of the body part.

Abstract: A decorative heat retaining pizza cover is disclosed which includes a member supported above the soft inner portion of the pizza by a plurality of standoffs, and tending to retain heat imparted to the pizza when the pizza is baked. The member may carry decorative legend and/or ornaments on its viewable surface indicative of a festive occasion, and the cover may be retained as a remembrance of said occasion.

Abstract: A soft-sided semi-rigid case with carrying strap and hinged cover. The sidewalls include inner stiffening material overlaid with insulative material. The assembly is enclosed and sealed with flexible plastic. A presealed bottom having an upraised cushion area comprising an inner stiffening member overlaid with insulative material and encased with flexible plastic is provided. The bottom includes a peripheral flange of plastic. The flange is sealed to the outer lower edge of the sidewall plastic. The cover includes an insert portion formed of insulative material and stiffening members. It also is enclosed and sealed with flexible plastic material.

Abstract: A portable food carrying device comprising means for supporting at least one substantially flat food item in a predetermined orientation, and means for enveloping and for insulating the supporting means comprising an insulated, flexible container including an open end adapted to receive the supporting means, where the supporting means cooperates with the flexible container to provide a skeletal support therefor.

Abstract: A carrying case is disclosed which is in the nature of a soft-sided bag formed of thermally insulating flexible sheet material. A frame inside the bag holds it open for insertion of cardboard cartons each adapted to contain a hot pizza. At the opening of the bag are a plurality of flaps which fold over each and are adapted to be secured to each other by means of buckles and/or Velcro fasteners in order to retain the contents in place and prevent heat loss.

Abstract: This invention relates to a container for carrying temperature-sensitive materials, having a case and inner chamber separated by a cavity containing thermal insulation, characterized in that the thermal insulating means includes a heat sink whereby the contents of the inner cavity is protected from a temperature increase for a period sufficient to avoid deterioration under normal conditions of use.

Abstract: An insulated food carrier characterized as a portable unit, useful for picnics, at job sites or the like, which maintains a precooked food item in a heated condition for an extended period of time. Entry to and for the food item is provided through a releasable wall portion, where an entry is provided in another wall portion of the unit for access to a storage compartment which serves to receive eating implements and the like. A recessed handle arrangement achieves effective carrying needs. In any event, the overall carrier is presented in a form including plastic outer and inner surfaces containing insulation, such as expanded polystyrene, therebetween.

Abstract: A food serving tray has a hood shaped to define a generally planar upper surface along with a downwardly depending first marginal skirt. A generally planar lid has an upwardly projecting second marginal skirt that is bonded to the first skirt. A food support is also of generally planar shape and has a downwardly depending third marginal skirt that is bonded to an upwardly-projecting fourth marginal skirt of a likewise generally planar base. The lid is indexed so as to lie in mating relationship atop the support. A liner desirably covers the support.

Abstract: There is provided an insulated bag of a multi-layer construction employing nylon fabric as inner and outer liners, thermal suede as thermal insulation inside the outer liner, needle punched Dacron fabric as a vapor and thermal barrier, aluminum foil as a thermal barrier and metalized Mylar as a vapor barrier.

Abstract: A cushioned container capable of simultaneous use as a seat cushion and as a cooling container. The container holds in separate compartments separate containers having first chambers for receiving a cooling medium and second chambers for receiving consumable materials, for example, canned or uncanned beverages.

Abstract: An insulated food serving tray or lid therefore which includes a pair of preformed thermoplastic panels bonded together about a peripheral seam to permanently encase an insulator within a chamber between the panels. At the peripheral seam area, a first panel has an outwardly extending ledge area with a retaining lip. The second panel has a peripheral tongue area that fits inside the lip of the first panel. The panels are joined between the lip and tongue by a bonding material to provide a peripheral seam that is protected from fracture when the tray or lid is laterally banged at the peripheral seam area during handling. A method of forming the tray or lid is disclosed which includes forming the tray or lid with a gap between the insulation and panels at the time of assembly.

Abstract: A heat-radiating cover for food dishes includes an outer shell joined at its periphery to the periphery of an inner shell having a shape complentary to and fitting within the outer shell and, mounted atop the outer shell and in the space between the outer and inner shells, a heat sink for absorbing radiating heat through the inner shell to the space beneath it, with the balance of the space between the inner and outer shells filled with insulation.

Abstract: A portable constant temperature box is formed of a box body and a lid, the box body being formed of a square bottom wall of adiabatic material, four side walls, and an external sheet. The side walls are connected to the bottom wall such that they can unfold and rise and the external sheet forms foldable connecting portions for connecting the side walls. A pair of retainers fix the connecting portions detachably to the side walls to thereby hold the side walls to rise upright respectively.

Abstract: A portable container for food and miscellany capable of protecting and preserving its contents in the rough handling environment of the construction worker. The container comprises an insulated hollow body with a compartmented, covered tray therein and a hinged, insulated lid for closing the body and for holding the tray in place within the body. The body also has a permanent magnet in the bottom thereof for holding the container in place on a magnetically attractable surface.

Abstract: A pizza box carton is disclosed wherein identical molded insulation carton halves enclose a conventional takeout pizza box so that the carton is in a tight, non-slidable, interfit relationship so as to prevent the pizza box with a pizza therein from sliding and leaking, while preventing heat loss. The carton halves are of interchangeable design so as to reduce cost and render assembly easy, as well as being reusable. The present construction is useful with other boxed hot or cold items.

Abstract: The portable modular food container has exchangeable units useful for preservation and transportation of food stuffs. Each unit is formed to connect to a lower unit and contains an inner cover which is pressed down by the unit above.

Abstract: Method and box for conditioning products which must be stored under determined temperature conditions, generally different from the conditions of the environment. The method consists in placing within an open, thermally insulated enclosure (1), some removable reserve elements (26 to 30), placing the products within the volume delimited by the reserve elements (26 to 30) inside the enclosure (1), removing the reserve elements (26 to 30), replacing them by heat or cold accumulating elements brought to the required predetermined temperature and having shapes and dimensions similar to those of the reserve elements (26 to 30), and closing the enclosure (1). Application to the conditioning of products sensitive to temperature, especially such as vaccines, serums, etc.

Abstract: Two embodiments of a compartmented storage container for liquids or foods. In both embodiments, the containers have two identical juxtaposed cylindrical body members with insulated walls, open base ends and dispensing openings closed by a removable insulated closure. The open base ends are interconnected by a medial connector with an insulated annular flange. In one embodiment, for storing two different liquids or foods in one container, the medial connector is closed. In the other embodiment, for storing one liquid or food in one container, the medial connector is open.

Abstract: An improved insulated tray having both of its top and bottom surfaces configured so that either may receive food articles. In addition, the configuration is such that the trays may be stacked one upon the other in a wide variety of configurations. When so stacked, the depressions in the upper tray serve to provide a closure for the depressions in the lower tray.

Abstract: A diabetic traveling case is compact enough to be pocket-sized. The pocket-sized case is equipped to carry at least one bottle of insulin, as well as a refrigerant which maintains the insulin at a suitably low temperature to avoid spoiling.

Abstract: The tray is provided with ribs across the base to provide air flow passages under a hot pizza pie or slice to prevent the pizza from becoming soggy. The ribs also serve to stiffen the tray. The wall of the tray may also be provided with vertical ribs. A ledge is provided to receive an imperforate cover and integral protuberances or flanges on the tray secure the cover in place. In one embodiment, the wall of the tray is sloped to facilitate removal of a pizza slice.

Abstract: An insulated container and closure comprising a closure portion having spaced double walls filled with insulating foam and having an upwardly extending tongue around its upper periphery, the tongue having upwardly converging surfaces, and a closure portion having an insulated lid panel with a downwardly bifurcated flange extending around the lid panel and defining two legs with a groove therebetween to receive the tongue, the inner surfaces of the legs diverging downwardly at lesser angles to the vertical than the outer surfaces of the tongue to provide a frictional sealing grip on the tongue, the container having a compartmented liner to receive a bottle and having roughened outer surfaces to reduce heat transfer between the container and other adjacent bodies.

Abstract: A pair of circular, shallow, container lower and upper half-sections, integrally molded of a light-weight, thermally insulating material, are formed along their peripheral side-walls with mutually interfitting and interlocking means which is readily releasable for uncovering a contained pizza pie. Each half-section has, in its peripheral rim, diagonally opposed locating pin and locating recess means for the interfitting reception of the complemental locating pin and recess of the companion half-section for relative rotational locating of the two half-sections, and resilient hook means adapted to interhookingly engage under rim edge portions of the companion half-section upon the half-sections being so relatively located and interfitted.

Abstract: A food container comprising a receptacle having bottom and side portions which form a containing space. A support is positioned within the receptacle and includes at least one partition for forming at least first and second cavities within the containing space. A member overlies the support and substantially encloses the same in relation to the side portions of the receptacle. A cover overlies the member to form a chamber therebetween which may be heat insulated from the cavities.

Abstract: A pizza carrier constructed for maintaining pizza and other foods hot until ready for consumption. The carrier is provided with a tray having an insulated bottom and insulated cover for the tray. The carrier has an interior chamber spaced from the outer walls of the cover and insulating material there between. Easily operated hinges are employed to open the carrier. Locking means for the carrier's tray and cover and a carrier handle for the carrier are provided.

Abstract: An insulated container comprising first and second container sections. Each of the container sections includes a frame section and a housing section of foam plastic mounted on the frame section. A hinge couples the frame sections together for hinged movement between a closed position and an open position. A thermal pack is mounted within the container. A latch releasably holds the container sections in the closed position, and a handle is coupled to the frame sections to facilitate carrying of the insulated container.

Abstract: A cooler is divided by an insulated partition into at least two separate compartments and a coolant container is positioned on the partition so that one surface of the coolant container is in direct communication with one of said compartments and a separate surface of the coolant container is in direct communication with at least one other of the compartments. Preferably the coolant container forms a removable closure for said one compartment.

Abstract: A small portable cooler for carrying cylindrical type beverage containers and foodstuff. A handle is integrally molded with the body of the cooler so that it can be carried by one hand. A cold pack is supported in a coolant chamber which distributes cold air to the cylindrical container compartments within the cooler body. A food container is removably secured to a back wall of the container body. The back wall also serves as a support surface for the beverage containers about the food container.

Abstract: A portable cooler that maintains a desired low temperature for beverages within conventional consumer containers. The cooler is made up of two molded insulating storage container halves, having matching indentations for receiving a number of beverage containers. The halves close over the containers, bringing a previously refrigerated, removable cold pack into contact with the enclosed containers. The beverage containers are thus cooled by direct contact with the cold pack and by direct contact with one another. The joined halves are removably received within a pocket of a fabric carrier that allows the entire unit to be hand-held or carried on the belt of the user.

Abstract: The insulation jacket is intended to be fitted over the heater platen of a heat transfer machine such as a machine used for impressing insignia on clothing articles. The jacket includes upper and lower walls, side walls and a rear wall of insulation material connected to form an open-ended box receivable by the heater platen. The interior of the box is provided with a foil lining and the exterior is provided with a fabric sheath. The upper wall includes a cut-out portion to avoid machine elements projecting above the heater platen.

Abstract: Insulated baby bottle carrier employing conforming cavity or cavities for one or more bottles.

Abstract: A novel food container for the storage and transport of food, particularly hot food such as pizza. The container comprises an identical upper and lower portion, each portion having a flat, base surface, outwardly extending side walls with a circumferential lip therearound. A locking means is carried on the lip to releasably lock the upper and lower portions together. A plurality of vertical honeycombs are on the interior of the base surface and a plurality of buttresses are found in the interior side walls. The device is preferably made of an expanded material such as polystyrene and only requires an single mould to manufacture it.

Abstract: A collapsible and reusable beverage container insulator comprising a foldable sleeve of semi-rigid insulating material joinable to a disc-shaped bottom and a hinged top lid shaped to fit the sleeve opening. The sleeve has a lip cut out portion, the top lid being adapted to fit the lip cut out portion when mounted by fastening means to the sleeve.

Abstract: A carrier for a cooked pizza pie, and which keeps it hot while being carried home; the carrier including a vessel-type outside container, in a center of which there is mounted a rest made of a lower metal disc and upper plastic disc, a large insulation disc upon the rest, and a smaller size plastic filter upon the insulation for placement of the heated pizza pie thereupon, a removable lid, having cork on the underside, being screwed around the plastic filter so as to enclose the pizza pie, and the handle having a handle across its top, which in a modified design includes a pizza cutter wheel and a spatula.

Abstract: A food carrying, attache' case contains a removable insert in which food, papers and documents are transported. The insert is a block of thermally insulating foam formed with cavities which matingly receive food and beverage containers and utensils. A covering lid is hinged to the foam block and has a layer of resilient, insulating foam bonded to its underside so that closing of the lid compressibly retains the food containers in the cavities. The top of the lid is sufficiently smooth and flat to form a writing work surface. A pressure sensitive latching means is provided for at times holding the lid closed and at times fastening the lid to the opened part of the attache' case to hold the lid open during use.

Abstract: A food plate package having a bottom plate and a top cover for the temporary storage of prepared food products, the top cover being convex-oval, with support ribs integrally formed in the cover. The support ribs provide a raised flat surface to stably support another food plate package when stacking one on top of the other. Channels are provided between the support ribs for an air space between adjacent packages when stacked and the subsequent dissipation of overly high temperatures in the central portion.

Abstract: A carrying and insulating enclosure for a pizza container is provided which includes a square base having, on the interior surface thereof, a plurality of depressions intended for the collection of condensed moisture emanating from foods within the container. The lid of the present enclosure contains a vapor venting system, including a closure capability which may be shifted between a closed vent condition for purposes of maximum heat retention and an open vent condition for purposes of vapor discharge and, thus, added crispiness of the food within the container.

Abstract: A nestable stackable food container for the temporary storage of items, particularly food items, characterized by the provision of interengageable tray-like members having a channeled interior bottom surface and vent means leading outwardly of the tray members, with the tray members including a bottom, a top, which is nestably associated with the bottom, for containing a single food item; and a plurality of intermediate tray members which may be stacked in vertical tandem for containing a plurality of food pieces in a unitary stacked carton arrangement.

Abstract: An insulated tray for holding and serving food or the like, either directly on the tray or in receptacles supported on the tray. One embodiment comprises upper and lower cover members made of thin impervious material, preferably plastic sheet material, the space between said cover members being filled with insulating foam, preferably plastic foam, the edges of said cover members being joined around the periphery of the tray, the upper cover member being dished to form one or more receptacles for holding food or the like, the upper cover member being formed with a groove extending around one or more of the dished portions, the lower cover member being formed with a complementary tongue, whereby a plurality of the trays may be stacked with the tongue of one tray nesting in the groove of the underlying tray, the tongue and groove forming a seal around the dished portion. In another embodiment, the lower cover member is omitted.