Insulated carrying case for heated frozen food dinners and the like

Claim 1

AN INSULATED CARRYING CASE ADAPTED TO SNUGLY HOUSE A FROZEN FOOD DINNER CO MPLETE IN ITS PRE-PACKAGED CONTAINER, COMPRISING, A PAIR OF SECTIONS HINGED TOGETHER TO FORM AN INTEGRAL CASE, EACH OF SAID SECTIONS COMPRISING AN OUTER RECTANGULAR CSING HAVING A BOTTOM AND HAVING ADJACENT RAISED WALL PORTIONS TSERMAINATING IN A CONTINOUS EXPOSED EDGE, AND AN INNER SHELL HAVING A PERIMETER WHICH IS SMALLER THAN THE PERIMETER OFSAID EDGE OF SAID CASING, A CONTINOUS BAND OF INSULATION MATERIAL DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN WITH THE INNER PERIMETER OF SAID BAND BEING RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID PEIMETER OF SAID SHELL AND WITH THE OUTER PERIMETER OF SAID BAND BEING RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID EDGE OF SAID CASING SO AS TO FORM A COMPLETE AND CONTINOUS HEAT-RESISTING SEAL BETWEEN SAID CASING AND SAID RESPECTIVE SHELL, EACH OF SAID SHELLS BEING PROVIDED WITH THREE CAVITIES RECESSED BELOW THE PLANE OF SAID EDGE OF SAID CASING AND SEPARTED ONE FROM ANOTHER BY FLAT SURFACES ON SAID SHELL, EACH OF SAID CAVITIES OF ONE SHELL BEING COMPLEMENTARY TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID CAVITIES OF THE OTHER SHELL SO AS TO FORM THREE SEPARATE CMPARTMENTS WHEN SAID SECTIONS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER, SAID SHELLS AND SAID CAVITIES THEREIN THEREBY BEING ADAPTED TO SNUGLY HOUSE THE USUAL THREE PORTIONS OF A TYPICAL FROZEN FOOD DINNER, SAID FLAT SURFACES SEPARATING SAID CAVITIES ONE FROM ANOTHER BEING PROVIDED WITH COMPLEMENTARY TONGURE AND GROOVE FORMATIONS ON RESPECTIVE SHELLS, SAID TONGUE AND GROOVE FORMATIONS HAVING A CLEARANCE THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID SECTIONS ARE JOINED TOGETHER WHICH IS JUST SUFFICIENT SOT THAT THE RELATIVELY SOFT SEPARATING PORTIONS OF A USUAL PACKAGE FOR A FROZEN FOOD DINNER WILL BE PINCHED TOGETHER WHEN SAID SECTIONS ARE CLOSED IN ORDER THAT THE INDIVIDUAL COURSES OF THE MEAL WILL BE PREVENTED FROM RUNNING TOGETHER, WHEREBY SAID CARRYING CASE MAY BE HELD IN A VARIETY OF CONVENIENT POSITIONS, AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID SECTIONS TOGETHER.