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Food storage container

  • US 4,537,044 A
  • Filed: 01/11/1985
  • Issued: 08/27/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a food storage container of the type having a main housing bounding a food storage compartment and means for selectively providing an input either of heat or cold to the food contents therein, the improvements to said container comprising an auxiliary housing formed on one end of said main housing bounding an operative compartment in adjacent heat and cold transferring relation to said food storage compartment, a first lid for an opening into said auxiliary housing operative compartment for selectively inserting thereinto a source of heat or cold, a second lid for an opening into said food storage compartment from the end opposite from said auxiliary housing for selectively inserting thereinto food contents requiring an input of heat or cold, and a handle movable into first and second container-carrying positions, said first handle position establishing an orientation of said container in which a cold source is in said auxiliary housing operative compartment and is above said food storage compartment for transferring cold in a descending direction thereto, said second handle position establishing a 180 degree reversal in orientation of said container in which a heat source is in said auxiliary housing operative compartment and is below said food storage compartment for transferring heat in an ascending direction thereto, whereby the efficiency of the transfer to said food contents of either heat or cold is enhanced by the container orientation and the direction of said transfer.

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