Method of storing prepared foods

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF STORING COMPLETE INDIVIDUAL SERVINGS OF PREPARED MEALS, THE STEPS OF PLACING HOT COOKED FOODS INTO A HEAVY DISH FORMED OF HEAT-ABSORBING MATERIAL, ENCLOSING THE DISH AND FOOD WITHIN A PAIR OF HEAT-INSULATED HOLLOW BODIES SECURED TOGETHER IN SEALING RELATION WITH RESILIENT MEANS BETWEEN THE BODIES TO PERMIT THE ESCAPE OF AIR UNDER PRESSURE, ELECTRICALLY HEATING THE SEALED CHAMBER BY A THERMOSTATICALLY-CONTROLLED HEATING ELEMENT DISPOSED THEREIN AND THEREBY INCREASING THE INTERNAL PRESSURE WITHIN SAID CHAMBER TO BRING ABOUT THE DISCHARGE OF AIR THEREFROM, REDUCING THE INTERNAL PRESSURE WITHIN SAID CONTAINER BY REDUCING THE TEMPERATURE THEREIN WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PREVENTING THE FLOW OF AIR INTO SAID CHAMBER, AND THEREAFTER HEATING THE CHAMBER BY THE THERMOSTATICALLYCONTROLLED HEATING ELEMENT DISPOSED THEREIN TO MAINTAIN THE MEAL AT A SELECTED SERVING TEMPERATURE BELOW THE COOKING TEMPERATURE THEREOF WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTERNAL PRESSURE BELOW THE PRESSURE EXTERNALLY OF SAID CHAMBER.