Soft-sided insulated container with inflatable wall structure

a technology of inflatable wall structure and soft-sided insulated containers, which is applied in the direction of transportation and packaging, domestic cooling devices, lighting and heating devices, etc., can solve the problems of user's perception of the convenience of portability, the bulkyness of the container, and the inability to carry

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-09-20
CALIFORNIA INNOVATIONS
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Hard-sided coolers, by their nature, may tend to be bulky, and, even when provided with a handle on top or handles at the ends may tend not to be particularly convenient to carry.
A user's perception of the convenience of their portability may diminish with each additional step.

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[0042]The description that follows, and the embodiments described therein, provided by way of illustration of an example, or examples, of particular embodiments of the principles, aspects and features of the present invention. These examples are provided for the purposes of explanation, and not of limitation, of those principles, aspects, and features of the invention. In the description, like parts are marked throughout the specification and the drawings with the same respective reference numerals. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and in some instances proportions may have been exaggerated in order more clearly to depict certain features of the invention.

[0043]For the purposes of this description, the insulated containers herein may be termed “coolers”, as a convenient shorthand. For the purposes of this description, it may be that a Cartesian frame of reference may be employed. In such a frame of reference, the long, or largest dimension of an object may be considered to ...

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Abstract

A soft-sided insulated container assembly is made of a flexible wall structure that is movable between a collapsed position and a deployed position. In one variation of the deployed position it resembles a tote-bag; in another variation of folding the deployed position corresponds to a generally box-like shape. The container includes a self-inflating wall structure that has an inner layer or skin, an outer layer or skin, the two skins being welded together, and a resilient, open-cell insulating layer trapped between the two skins. A valve governs the ability to take in or to expel air. The outer layer may be thicker and more robust that the inner layer, the better to resist abrasion or punctures. The inner layer may be reflective. The assembly includes collapsible bottles that, when filled, are predominantly flat and are seated in predominantly flat pockets in the side walls to function as ice packs. When the bottles are empty, they and the container can be rolled up together into a single roll.

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of the priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 62 / 473,046, filed Mar. 17, 2017, the specification and drawings thereof being incorporated in their entirety herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to the field of insulated containers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Insulated containers have become popular for carrying either articles that may best be served cool, such as beverages or salads or warm, such as appetizers, hot dogs, and so on. Such containers are frequently used to carry liquids, whether hot liquids, such as soup containers, coffee or tea, or cold liquids, such as beer, soft drinks, or other carbonated beverages, juices and milk. Sometimes these containers may be used to carry lunches, which may include a sandwich, fruit, carrot and celery sticks, a drink, cookies, and so on.[0004]Portable insulated containers tend to be of two types: hard-sided insulated containers or soft-sided insulated ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A45C7/00B65D81/38
CPCA45C7/004B65D81/3853A45C7/0081A45C2200/20A45C11/20B65D75/5883
Inventor STEPHENS, RICK
Owner CALIFORNIA INNOVATIONS
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