Portable battery operated hot-cold storage unit

Claim 1

A portable battery operated cold-hot food storage unit having an interior chamber capable of holding food articles contained therein in a fixed vertical position, which comprises: a. an outer rectangularly shaped housing having a base, a pair of upwardly extending sidewalls, an upwardly extending rearwall, and an open front face; b. an inner rectangularly shaped metallic shell contained within said housing, said shell having a base, a pair of upwardly extending sidewalls, an upwardly extending rearwall, and an open front face; c. an insulation layer sandwiched between said outer housing and said inner shell; d. a door hingably mounted onto said housing, said door having an outer layer, an inner layer, and an insulation layer sandwiched between said inner layer; e. a horizontal partition affixed onto said walls of said inner shell dividing said interior chamber into an upper and a lower portion; f. a cooling assembly consisting of a fluid tank, a compressor, an electric motor, an expansion valve, and a condensor contained in said lower portion of said interior chamber; g. a removable plate covering said open front face of said lower portion of said interior chamber; h. means for powering said electric motor; i. a first section of said upper portion of said interior chamber having a first thermostat and cooling coil elements therein and communicating with said cooling assembly; j. a second section of said upper portion of said interior chamber having a second thermostat and heating coil elements, said heating coils extending downwardly into said lower portion of said interior chamber; k. means for heating said heating coil elements; l. a plurality of horizontal shelves contained in said upper portion; m. a plurality of vertical shelves contained in said upper chamber, said vertical shelves aligned side to side or front to back; n. means for adjustably affixing said horizontal shelves to said sidewalls of said inner casing, said means comprising a plurality of mounting brackets, each said bracket consisting of an elongated U-shaped flange having a magnetic circular disc affixed onto one end of said U-shaped flange each said magnetic circular disc engaging said sidewalls of said inner shell; o. a pair of retractable metallic pin members mounted each end of each said horizontal and vertical shelve, said pin members extending linearly outwardly from each said shelve, said pin members of each said horizontal shelve resting into one said U-shaped flange; p. means for adjustably affixing said vertical shelves between said horizontal shelves, said means comprising each said horizontal shelve having a plurality of longitudinal aligned rows of apertures therethrough, said pin members on each end of each said vertical shelve inserting into said apertures of two said horizontal shelves; and q. means for adjustably affixing said vertical shelves between one said horizontal shelf and said upper end of said inner shell or one said horizontal shelf and said bottom base of said inner shell, said means comprising a plurality of mounting members, each said mounting member consisting of an elongated cylindrically shaped sleeve having a magnetic base member affixed onto one end of each said sleeve, said magnetic base member engaging with said upper end of said inner shell and said pin members inserting into each said sleeve of each said mounting member, as well as said aperture of said horizontal shelf.