Ice Cooler Personnel Food Serving Tray Storage Compartment

Abstract

The present invention relates to a food and beverage ice cooler with one or more large storage compartments which includes a body, an insulated lid and multiple portable food serving trays holding mechanism.

Claims

1) The invention relates to a food and beverage ice cooler with one or more large storage compartments for storage of personnel, portable food serving trays comprising; a. Base; b. Exterior Lid; c. Food Tray Storage Compartment; d. Tray holder Bungee; e. holding clips and magnets.

2) A with a large storage compartment to store personnel food serving trays that are portable and re-usable.

3) the storage container is made from a thermally insulative material.

4) As serving tray storage apparatus of claim 1, wherein: a plurality of stacked, food tray assemblies, at least one of said tray assemblies having a plurality of compartments formed therein to hold variety of objects.

5) The storage compartment of claim 2, consist of portable food trays that may hold the trays into the recess by means of magnets, mechanical fasteners or netting.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The accompanying figures, where like reference numerals refer to identical or functionally similar elements throughout the separate views, together with the detailed description below, are incorporated in and form part of the specification, and serve to further illustrate embodiments of concepts that include the claimed invention, and explain various principles and advantages of those embodiments.

[0022] FIG. 1 is a full view of the invention showing the cooler base and food trays.

[0023] FIG. 2 shows cooler base and lids.

[0024] FIG. 3 shows cooler base with food tray storage compartment.

[0025] FIG. 4 shows top view of cooler base with food trays.

[0026] Skilled artisans will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve understanding of embodiments of the present invention.

[0027] The apparatus and method components have been represented where appropriate by conventional symbols in the drawings, showing only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present invention so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the description herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments or the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary” or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration” Any implementation described herein as “exemplary” or “illustrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other implementations. All of the implementations described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to make or use the embodiments of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, which is defined by the claims. Furthermore, there is no intention to be bound by any expressed or implied theory presented in the preceding technical field, background, brief summary or the following detailed description. It is also to be understood that the specific devices and processes described in the following specification, are simply exemplary embodiments of the inventive concepts defined in the appended claims. Specific dimensions and other physical characteristics relating to the embodiments disclosed herein are therefore not to be considered as limiting, unless the claims expressly state otherwise.

[0029] Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one having an ordinary skill in the art to which the invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and the present disclosure and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

[0030] In describing the invention, it will be understood that a number of techniques are disclosed. Each of these has individual benefit and each can also be used in conjunction with one or more, or in some cases all, of the other disclosed techniques. Accordingly, for the sake of clarity, this description will refrain from repeating possible combination in an unnecessary fashion. Nevertheless, the specifications and claim/s should be read with the understanding that such combinations are entirely within the scope of the invention and the claim/s.

[0031] FIG. 1 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the food carrier of the present invention, designated generally as Food storage container which includes a plurality of stackable, interchangeable rigid food tray assemblies. There is a 1 Cooler base, 2 Cooler exterior Lid, 3 Food Tray Storage Compartment recess without food trays, 4 Food Tray Storage Compartment recess Magnetic/Mechanical tray holder, 5 Food Trays, 6 Seat Base and 7 Food Tray holding magnets.

[0032] FIG. 2 shows exterior Lid mechanism 1 Cooler base, 2 Cooler exterior Lid, 3 Cooler exterior Tray Storage compartment recess with food trays, 4 Cooler base, 5 Cooler exterior Lid and 6 Cooler exterior Tray Storage compartment recess with food trays.

[0033] FIG. 3 illustrate the manner in which the tray assemblies are stacked in vertical tandem. There is a 1 Cooler base, 2 Cooler exterior Lid, 3 Food Tray Storage Compartment recess without food trays, 4 Food Tray Storage Compartment bungee holding clips, 5 Food Trays and 6 Food Tray holder Bungee.

[0034] FIG. 4 shows food tray storage compartment interior mechanism with Cooler base, 2 Cooler interior Lid, 3 Food Tray Storage Compartment interior recess without food trays, 4 Food Tray holding magnets and 5 Food Trays.

[0035] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide one or more of the storage areas or compartments may be used for items that preferably remain at room, neutral, or outside temperature. The different storage areas or compartments may also be used for items or groups of items that have varying levels of sensitivity to humidity or liquid.

[0036] Thus, there is provided a tray storage container which is compact, easily transportable, low cost and which provides for the storage of multiple serving trays as well as provides an air-tight moisture-proof container to carry foodstuff.

[0037] It should be appreciated that the various aspects and elements included in the first and second embodiments, serving trays, respectively, could be selectively rearranged or combined to create further embodiments of serving trays which are all also within the scope of the present invention.

[0038] The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can be seen that various features are grouped together in various embodiments for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separately claimed subject matter.