Insulated container insertable into a backpack

• US 4,988,216 A
• Filed: 04/21/1989
• Issued: 01/29/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Philip C. Lyman
• Original Assignee: Philip C. Lyman
• Inventors: Lyman, Philip C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Garbe, Stephen P.
• Application Number:
  US07/341,537
• Time in Patent Office: 648 Days
• Field of Search: 383/86, 383/86.1, 383/74, 383/110, 383/76
• US Class Current: 383/74
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/20 Lunch or picnic boxes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/10 Arrangement of fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/04 Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders

Abstract

A thermal container for insertion into a backpack having separate attachment means for securing an integral flap and sealing means for further sealing an opening of said insert container. The container has an open position for receiving carried items and a closed position for sealing the carried items therein. The closure flap is integrally formed with a body of the container. Closure of the flap deforms the body along deformation lines, closing and opening. Selectively positionable stops drawn tightly against the closure flap seals the opening and the items carried therein. The container is insertable into any one of a number of backpacks, and the drawstring can be used as a carrying handle.

Claims

1. A thermal container for insertion into an outer carrying case, comprising in combination:

a body formed of insulating and waterproof material having a predetermined open shape and a predetermined closed shape, said open shape having a top opening for receiving carried items, said body having an integral flap which is selectively closed over said opening by attachment means for holding said flap in position over said top opening to define said closed position, and sealing means which selectively tightens the closure of said top opening by deforming said container along deformation lines formed in said body, said sealing means further including a drawstring slideable through openings formed in said body near said top opening, said drawstring having a pair of knotted ends on one side of said second openings and stops selectively slideable along said drawstring, whereby sliding said stops into position against said flap and said knotted ends against said second openings seal said top opening into said closed position.