MODULAR REFRIGERATOR
First Claim
1. For use with a modular refrigerator having a door and providing at least one refrigerated compartment accessible when the door is open:
- one or more removable food shipping containers configured to be received within the refrigerated compartment, the refrigerated compartment comprising a plurality of container bays corresponding to each of a multiplicity of food shipping container delivery times, each of the plurality of container bays being configured to hold a food shipping container;
the food shipping container further being configured to;
comply with a postal or courier regulation; and
contain food items selected to remain comestible before a food item expiry date;
the food shipping container or the container bay further including indicia for designating a food shipping container delivery time, or the food item expiry date.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include, in combination, a modular refrigerator having a door and providing at least one refrigerated compartment accessible when the door is open, and one or more removable food shipping containers configured to be received within the refrigerated compartment, the refrigerated compartment comprising a plurality of container bays corresponding to each of a multiplicity of food shipping container delivery times, each of the plurality of container bays being configured to hold a food shipping container; the food shipping container further being configured to comply with a postal or courier regulation and to contain food items selected to remain comestible before a food item expiry date; the food shipping container or the container bay including indicia for designating a food shipping container delivery time, or the food item expiry date.
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5 Claims
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1. For use with a modular refrigerator having a door and providing at least one refrigerated compartment accessible when the door is open:
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one or more removable food shipping containers configured to be received within the refrigerated compartment, the refrigerated compartment comprising a plurality of container bays corresponding to each of a multiplicity of food shipping container delivery times, each of the plurality of container bays being configured to hold a food shipping container; the food shipping container further being configured to; comply with a postal or courier regulation; and contain food items selected to remain comestible before a food item expiry date; the food shipping container or the container bay further including indicia for designating a food shipping container delivery time, or the food item expiry date. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In combination, a modular refrigerator having a door and providing at least one refrigerated compartment accessible when the door is open, and one or more removable food shipping containers configured to be received within the refrigerated compartment, the refrigerated compartment comprising a plurality of container bays corresponding to each of a multiplicity of food shipping container delivery times, each of the plurality of container bays being configured to hold a food shipping container;
- the food shipping container further being configured to comply with a postal or courier regulation and to contain food items selected to remain comestible before a food item expiry date;
the food shipping container or the container bay including indicia for designating a food shipping container delivery time, or the food item expiry date.
- the food shipping container further being configured to comply with a postal or courier regulation and to contain food items selected to remain comestible before a food item expiry date;
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