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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971746 | Thermally insulated housing A back surface of an outer case is formed by mutually overlapping left and right back panels. The overlapping edges on the front side and backside of the panels may be bent toward the opposite side at a blunt angle. A joint between the back panels is established in ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7422143 | Container having passive controlled temperature interior An apparatus for shipping articles under controlled temperature conditions, having a metallic article enclosure surrounded by a set of insulating panels, with a predetermined volume separation between the enclosure and the insulating panels, and the predetermined vo... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7322748 | Insulated food container Apparatus for storing food and for keeping it warm and moist comprising a substantially water impermeable pouch that bounds an insulated food warming chamber, the pouch having opposing substantially coextensive lips capable of being moved apart for providing passage... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318535 | Systems and methods for storing items with containers Containers are provided. An exemplary container for storing an item comprises: an insulating material defining an interior, the insulating material comprising a bio-based polyurethane; and a temperature-maintaining material disposed within the interior, the temperat... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7306113 | Drinking container with exterior shell A portable drinking container is provided. The drinking container comprises a drinking vessel, a separate skirt around the drinking vessel and a foam material located in a second cavity between the skirt and the drinking vessel. The drinking vessel has a sidewall de... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7168590 | Truck bed toolbox lid An improved truck bed toolbox lid and a method of producing the same. The truck bed toolbox lid includes an outer metallic sheet layer comprising a generally rectangular top sheet member, a longitudinal front edge member, two lateral edge members and a longitudinal ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7140508 | Shipping box for shipping of highly-value high sensitive objects A shipping box (1) for shipping of high-value, highly sensitive objects, especially framed paintings, or painting stabilized in terms of shape in some other way, has a frame having side walls (3), a bottom wall (4) and a top wall (5) whic... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7057527 | Insulated container An advanced thermal container has a thermally insulated open receptacle, a thermally insulated closure member, a data monitoring system incorporated into the container that can send and receive information via wireless communication, and a sealing system to minimize... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6920995 | Adjustable height cooler A cooler suitable for indoor and outdoor use is provided. The cooler includes a container having a bottom surface, a first base connectable to the bottom surface of the container and a second base alternatively connectable to the bottom surface of the container. The... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920996 | Insulated freight container and a top rail therefor An insulated double-skinned freight container having foam insulation (15) between the skins (11, 16, 17, 18) and a top rail forming a junction between an outer skin (11) of a side wall of the container and an outer skin (18) of a roof pan... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6868982 | Insulated shipping container and method of making the same Insulated shipping container and method of making the same. In a preferred embodiment, the insulated shipping container comprises an outer box, an insulated insert, an inner box and a closure member. The outer box, which is preferably made of corrugated fiberboard, ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6852381 | Insulated beverage or food container An insulating beverage or food container or sleeve is produced with a foam layer disposed on an inner surface of a paper stock. A polymer shrink film layer is arranged in a position along an inside surface of the beverage container. The foam layer is sandwiched betw... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6830167 | Box lid, method for manufacturing a box lid, and pickup truck bed box A box lid that can be used on a truck box is provided according to the invention. The box lid includes an outer box lid member constructed to fit over a box, an inner box lid member attached to the outer box lid member to provide a cavity between the outer box lid m... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6811843 | Insulated beverage or food container An insulating beverage cup or sleeve is produced with a foam layer disposed on an inner surface of a food or beverage paper stock. A polyethylene film layer is arranged in a position between a paper stock layer and an inside surface of the beverage container. The fo... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6789693 | Two-liter cooler An improved temperature control device for maintaining the temperature of the contents of a beverage receptacle. The device is designed to keep a contained two-liter bottle cold for long periods of time. The device includes an annular column formed from insulating m... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6771183 | Advanced thermal container An advanced thermal container has a thermally insulated open receptacle, a thermally insulated closure member, a data monitoring system incorporated into the container that can send and receive information via wireless communication, and a sealing system to minimize... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6713139 | Hollow foamed polyolefinic resin container The present invention provides a hollow foamed polyolefin-based resin container comprising an inner layer and an outer layer, at least one of the inner and outer layers being formed of a foamed polyolefin-based resin sheet, wherein at least a side wall part of the c... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6619500 | Compartmentalized insulated shipping container An insulated shipping container includes a body of foamed polymer material. This body defines a plurality of compartments, an opening from each compartment outwardly to ambient, a transition surface surrounding each opening, and an exterior surface. Prefe... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6609628 | Collapsible transport container A transport container is provided that includes a rigid liner collapsible in a direction transecting a vertical axis of the container, such that the container is configurable between a non-collapsed state configured to hold transportable contents therein,... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6598786 | Melioration of insulating paper container Insulating paper container including an inner paper cup and an outer paper cup. The inner cup includes a base and double bulge rings and the inner side of outer cup is coated evenly with chemical laminating agent and foaming agent. Space between the two b... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6575328 | Joint compound container and insulating pad A removable insulation grip member used with a compound container fabricated from metal has a body with a magnetic material layer connected to the body. The magnetic materials layer is used to connect the body to the container. The magnetic material layer... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6560842 | Method of manufacturing a deli-style display case The present invention provides an improved method of constructing a food display case. The construction techniques make use of a crimping tool which stitches together overlapping metal flange portions of the component display panel. The resulting stitched... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6554155 | Bottle cooler apparatus with quick plunge insertion feature An insulating device for bottles having a lower cylindrical enclosure which telescopically receives an upper enclosure having a dome-shaped upper end, the upper and lower enclosures being provided with mating threads adapted to achieve a quick plunge inse... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6530496 | Weight biased vacuum flask A vacuum-insulated container for transporting and dispensing beverages or food products has a stainless steel vacuum-insulated liner surrounded by a body. The body includes several cylindrical sections attached together. Expanding foam is sprayed between ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6513703 | Packing system for perishable goods A collapsible shipping container for perishable goods is comprised of an inner, stiff, corrugated paperboard box having interior surfaces forming an enclosure of defined shape and opposing exterior surfaces. A surrounding skin of thermally insulating mate... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6488172 | Thermally insulating housing A thermally insulating housing has one housing shell inside another. The two housing shells are at least largely vacuum-tight, they are spaced apart from one another by a thermal insulation layer, and they are connected to one another in a vacuum-tight fa... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6349873 | Above ground storage tank for holding combustible material and supporting equipment thereon An above ground storage tank for holding combustible material and for supporting equipment thereon, such as an electric power generator, has an inner tank with a bottom wall, opposed side walls, opposed end walls and a top wall preferably formed as metall... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6325281 | Thermally insulating shipping system An insulating shipping container includes an outer cardboard carton with a foldable top; an open-top, rigid, first thermally insulating housing formed of expanded polystyrene and removably disposed in the outer carton; a second open-top, thermally insulat... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6277454 | Syntactic foam insulated container A single walled container for storing hot or cold foods or liquids having a layer of insulation comprised of void containing particles held together with a binder applied to the outer part of the sidewall. The insulation layer provides a controlled amount... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6269966 | Blow-molded snapped-together hinge for double-walled body and lid Projections and mating recesses for a hinge interconnecting a blow-molded double-walled container and lid are formed to be snap fit together while the recesses are warm from molding. The hinge projections and recesses are blow molded without forming any o... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6269587 | Surf fishing caddy A surf fishing caddy that includes a float body for supporting a cooler, a tackle box, a number of fishing rod holders, a fish retaining bag, and a number of tether rope attachment posts.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6244458 | Thermally insulated container A container has a base, peripheral walls and a lid. Each of the base, peripheral walls and lid includes an interior wall spaced from an exterior wall, with vacuum panel in between. The sides of the vacuum panels are covered by compressible insulation fill... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6234341 | Thermally insulated container A transport container comprises an insulating block. A plurality of layers of flexible insulating foam material form sides of the container and are mounted on the block which closes one end of the container. A pressure envelope applies pressure around the... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230922 | Composite pressurized container with a plastic liner for storing gaseous media under pressure A composite pressure vessel for storing gaseous media under pressure, having a plastic liner two neck pieces arranged in the neck region, and a winding of a fiber composite material that reinforces the liner. In the neck piece that accommodates the valve ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6186354 | Wedge box of alveolar material mould and process for its production A wedge box of alveolar material having a container and a lid. The container or the lid includes a window which is transparent and which is integrated and molded in the alveolar material to permit viewing the contents of the box. The box is molded by mean... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6168040 | Double-wall insulated container A double-wall insulated container has an internal wall and an external wall enclosing an intermediate space which is under partial vacuum. A foam glass granulate fills the intermediate space and supports the walls. The walls may be metal or plastic and se... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6148774 | Pour-in-place water heater foam insulation systems The present invention relates to water heater (12) construction whereby thermal insulation material is foamed in the clearance space between the tank and shell of the water heater, wherein the foamed insulation material has lesser uniformity in cell struc... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6041958 | Insulating foldable box for transportation and packaging purposes The technical field of the invention is that of manufacturing boxes or cases or other packaging volumes which are foldable so as to be transportable in a minimum amount of space when empty: the present invention relates to such rectangular boxes comprisin... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5979684 | Cargo container A cargo container wherein at least two walls adjacent to each other are constituted using an integrally formed FRP panel, and a cargo container having a sandwich panel including a core and FRP skins as a main rigidity-maintaining member and wherein at lea... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5975337 | Thermal baby bottle warmer A thermal baby bottle warmer for maintaining a baby bottle at an elevated temperature comprising a thermal baby bottle which has a closed lower end and an open upper end with an exterior side wall therebetween. The baby bottle warmer also has an interior ... | 11/02/1999 |
