US6439452B1
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Container for separately carrying cold drink and hot foods
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 2001-08-24
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Granted: 2002-08-27
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Expires: 2021-08-24
Abstract
Abstract A container includes a container body defining a hot-storage chamber for storing hot foods therein and a partition member foldably formed in a side portion of the container body to form a cold-storage chamber as partitioned from the hot-storage chamber for storing cold drink in the cold-storage chamber, thereby thermally insulating the cold drink from the hot foods for maintaining good quality of the foods and drink.
Inventors
- 👤 Chung-Piao Tsao
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:11
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D71/00; B65D71/0003; B65D71/0022; B65D2571/00; B65D2571/00123; B65D2571/00246; B65D2571/00253; B65D2571/00308; B65D2571/00333; B65D2571/0037; B65D2571/00432; B65D2571/00456; B65D2571/00475; B65D2571/00648; B65D2571/00654; B65D2571/0066; B65D81/00; B65D81/38; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S229/00; Y10S229/902; Y10S229/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
282 words
A container for separately carrying cold drink and hot foods comprising: a container body formed by a front wall, a rear wall, at least a side wall and a bottom wall defining a hot storage chamber among said walls for storing hot foods in said hot storage chamber; and a partitioning means formed in one said side wall of said container body having a cold storage chamber formed in said partitioning means and said cold storage chamber partitioned from said hot storage chamber in said container body for storing cold drink in said cold storage chamber to be thermally insulated from said hot storage chamber; said partitioning means including: a bottom edge portion formed among the front wall, the rear wall and one said side wall; an upper fastening band formed between the front wall and the rear wall, and said upper fastening band formed on an upper portion of said side wall; and a partition member formed between the upper fastening band and the bottom edge portion and operatively recessed inwardly to form said cold storage chamber in the partitioning means for storing a cold drink cup in the cold storage chamber; and said partition member further including: a middle fastening band having a pair of middle cutting lines respectively horizontally cut between the middle fastening band and an upper portion or a lower portion of the partition member; whereby upon an inward depression of the upper and lower portions of the partition member, the middle fastening band will be formed for storing a small cold drink cup in the cold storage chamber as confined by the middle fastening band and the bottom edge portion for stably storing the small cup.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
282 words
A container for separately carrying cold drink and hot foods comprising: a container body formed by a front wall, a rear wall, at least a side wall and a bottom wall defining a hot storage chamber among said walls for storing hot foods in said hot storage chamber; and a partitioning means formed in one said side wall of said container body having a cold storage chamber formed in said partitioning means and said cold storage chamber partitioned from said hot storage chamber in said container body for storing cold drink in said cold storage chamber to be thermally insulated from said hot storage chamber; said partitioning means including: a bottom edge portion formed among the front wall, the rear wall and one said side wall; an upper fastening band formed between the front wall and the rear wall, and said upper fastening band formed on an upper portion of said side wall; and a partition member formed between the upper fastening band and the bottom edge portion and operatively recessed inwardly to form said cold storage chamber in the partitioning means for storing a cold drink cup in the cold storage chamber; and said partition member further including: a middle fastening band having a pair of middle cutting lines respectively horizontally cut between the middle fastening band and an upper portion or a lower portion of the partition member; whereby upon an inward depression of the upper and lower portions of the partition member, the middle fastening band will be formed for storing a small cold drink cup in the cold storage chamber as confined by the middle fastening band and the bottom edge portion for stably storing the small cup.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
130 words
A container according to claim 1 , wherein said partition member includes: a lower cutting line horizontally cut between the bottom edge portion and the partition member, an upper cutting line horizontally cut between the upper fastening band and the partition member, and a pair of main folding lines each vertically formed between the front wall or rear wall and the partition member; whereby upon an inward depression of the partition member towards the hot storage chamber of the container body, the cold storage chamber will be formed and recessed in a side portion of the container body for storing the cold drink cup in the cold storage chamber to be thermally insulated and separated from the hot foods as stored in the hot storage chamber in the container body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
A container according to claim 1 , wherein said container body further includes a pair of handle members eccentrically formed on the front and rear walls of the container body to approximate the cold storage chamber of the partitioning means to be gravitationally balanced as the cold drink is heavier than the hot foods as stored in the hot storage chamber.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
94 words
A container according to claim 1 , wherein said partition member is formed with a central vertical folding line at a longitudinal center of the partition member and two side vertical folding lines each vertically formed at a right-angle ridge portion between one said side wall and the front wall or rear wall, whereby upon an inward depression of the partition member, the central vertical folding line and the two side vertical folding lines will help fold the partition member inwardly quickly for forming the cold storage chamber for storing cold drink cup therein.
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