US 11,667,455 B2
Configurable container
Grady E. Barfoot, Denver, CO (US); Joshua R. Cornish, Fort Collins, CO (US); W. Travis Smith, Fort Collins, CO (US); and Alan V. Morine, Fort Collins, CO (US)
Assigned to Otter Products, LLC, Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed by Otter Products, LLC, Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/70,691.
Application 18/070,691 is a continuation of application No. 17/586,091, filed on Jan. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,542,088.
Application 17/586,091 is a continuation of application No. 17/022,961, filed on Sep. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,267,637, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Application 17/022,961 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/995,948, filed on Aug. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,242,175, issued on Feb. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/889,808, filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089527 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 81/20 (2006.01); B65D 5/49 (2006.01); F25C 5/182 (2018.01); B65D 81/38 (2006.01); F25D 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 81/2076 (2013.01) [B65D 5/48024 (2013.01); B65D 81/2092 (2013.01); B65D 81/3823 (2013.01); F25C 5/182 (2013.01); F25D 3/08 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00101 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00203 (2013.01); F25C 2400/00 (2013.01); F25D 2331/804 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A configurable storage container for storing items, the configurable storage container comprising:
a first divider having a divider body and a first projection extending from the divider body, wherein the first projection has a length having a first dimension and a width having a second dimension that is different than the first dimension;
an insulated container body having an internal cavity configured for receiving the items, wherein the internal cavity is at least partially bounded by a bottom, a first wall, and a second wall opposite the first wall, wherein the first wall includes a first groove facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the first groove has a width configured to receive the width of the first projection of the first divider in a first orientation, wherein at least one of the first wall and the second wall includes a second groove also facing inward toward the internal cavity, wherein the second groove has a width configured to receive the length of the first projection in a second orientation, wherein the width of the second groove is different than the width of the first groove; and
a lid configured to engage the insulated container body to close the internal cavity.