Container Lid with Freezable Side Compartment

Abstract

A device for keeping food items cold when stored in an open top food container. The device includes a flexible and stretchable container lid adapted for receipt over the open top of the container. A flexible and stretchable hollow side compartment with a freezable gel received therein is attached to a circumference of the container lid. The container lid and side compartment can be made of silicone and like material. Typically, the container lid had a diameter a range of 4 to 12 inches. The side compartment is received over a lip of the open top container and downwardly around an outside of the container. Also, the side compartment and container lid can be placed around a bottom portion of the open top container and upwardly around the outside of the container for keeping different levels of the food items stored in the container cold, when serving the food.

Claims

1. A device for keeping food items cold when stored in an open top container, the device comprising: a container lid adapted for receipt over an open top container; and a hollow side compartment with a freezable gel received therein, the side compartment attached to a circumference of the container lid, the side compartment adapted for receipt around an outside of the open top container.

2. The device as described in claim 1 wherein the container lid is made of a flexible and stretchable material.

3. The device as described in claim 2 wherein the container lid is made of silicone.

4. The device as described in claim 1 wherein the container lid has a diameter in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater.

5. The device as described in claim 1 wherein the side compartment is made of a flexible and stretchable material.

6. The device as describe in claim 5 wherein the side compartment is made of silicone.

7. The device as described in claim 1 wherein the side compartment is dimensioned for receipt around a lip of the open top container and around an outside of the container.

8. A device for keeping food items cold when stored in an open top container, the device comprising: a flexible and stretchable container lid adapted for receipt over the open top container; and a flexible and stretchable hollow side compartment with a freezable gel received therein, the side compartment attached to a circumference of the container lid, the side compartment adapted for receipt around the outside of the container.

9. The device as described in claim 8 wherein the container lid has a diameter in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater.

10. The device as described in claim 8 wherein the container lid is made of silicone.

11. The device as described in claim 8 wherein the container lid has a diameter in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater.

12. The device as describe in claim 8 wherein the side compartment is made of silicone.

13. A device for keeping food items cold when stored in an open top container, the device comprising: a flexible and stretchable container lid adapted for receipt over the open top container, the container lid adapted for receipt over a bottom of the container; and a flexible and stretchable hollow side compartment with a freezable gel received therein, the side compartment attached to a circumference of the container lid, the side compartment adapted for receipt over the open top container and around an outside of the container, the side compartment adapted for receipt over the bottom of the container and around the outside of the container.

14. The device as described in claim 13 wherein the container lid is made of silicone.

15. The device as described in claim 13 wherein the side compartment is made of silicone.

16. The device as described in claim 13 wherein the side compartment has a height in a range of 1 to 3 inches and greater, when compressed against an outside of the container.

17. The device as described in claim 13 wherein the container lid has a diameter in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] The accompanying drawings illustrate complete preferred embodiments in the present invention according to the best modes presently devised for the practical application of the subject container lid and side compartment, and in which:

[0008] FIG. 1, a perspective view of the device having a container lid and a hollow side compartment.

[0009] FIG. 2 is a cross section of the container lid and the side compartment taken along lines 2-2, shown in FIG. 1.

[0010] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the device with container lid and side compartment disposed above and positioned for receipt around a lip of an open top container and the outside of the container with food items shored therein.

[0011] FIG. 4 is a front view of the open top container with the container lid and side compartment. The side compartment is received around the lip of the container and downwardly around an outside of the container.

[0012] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the open top container with the container lid and side compartment. The side compartment is disposed around a bottom portion of the container and upwardly around an outside of the container.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] In FIG. 1, a perspective view of the subject device with container lid and side compartment is shown having general reference numeral 10. The device 10 includes a flexible, horizontal container lid 12, made of silicone and similar flat sheet material. Attached to a circumference of the lid 12 is a flexible, vertical hollow side compartment 14. The side compartment 14 is also made of a flexible material.

[0014] In FIG. 2, a cross section of the container lid 12 and the hollow side compartment 14 is shown taken along lines 2-2, shown in FIG. 1. In this drawing, the hollow side compartment 14 is shown filed with a freezable gel 16. The compartment has an oval shape prior to being compressed against the outside of the open top container. A diameter X, of the container lid 14, can be in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater, for fitting on top of various size containers. A height Y of the compartment 14 is in a range of 1 to 3 inches.

[0015] In FIG. 3, a perspective view of the container lid 12 and the side compartment 14 are shown disposed above and positioned, as indicated by arrows 18, for receipt on top of and around a lip 20 of an open top container 22. The open top container 22 is shown with food items 24 shored therein.

[0016] In FIG. 4, a front view of the open top container 12 is shown with the container lid 12 on top of the container 22. The side compartment 14 is received around an outside of the lip 20 and down an outside of the container 22. The side compartment 14 can be extended downwardly along the outside of the container from 1 to 3 inches and greater. In this manner, the side compartment 14 can be placed next to various levels of food storied in the container for keeping the food cold.

[0017] In FIG. 5, a perspective view of the device 10 is shown with the side compartment 14 disposed around an outside of a bottom portion 26 of the container 22 and extending upwardly from 1 to 3 inches and greater. In this manner, the device 10 can continue to keep cold various levels of the food items 24 left over inside the container.

[0018] While the invention has been particularly shown, described and illustrated in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments and modifications thereof, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that equivalent changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as claimed except as precluded by the prior art.