US 12,297,007 B1
Insulated food and/or beverage container system
Joseph Patrick McConnell, Columbus, OH (US); and Massoud Ghaffari-Nikou, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Blue Syke Foods LLC, Hilliard, OH (US)
Filed by Blue Skye Foods LLC, Hilliard, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/424,832.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/532,191, filed on Aug. 11, 2023.
Int. Cl. B65D 21/02 (2006.01); A47J 41/00 (2006.01); A47J 41/02 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 51/18 (2006.01); B65D 53/02 (2006.01); B65D 81/34 (2006.01); B65D 81/38 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 21/0233 (2013.01) [A47J 41/0077 (2013.01); A47J 41/022 (2013.01); B65D 43/0202 (2013.01); B65D 51/18 (2013.01); B65D 53/02 (2013.01); B65D 81/3453 (2013.01); B65D 81/3869 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00046 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00972 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insulated food and/or beverage container system, comprising:
an outer insulated container, the outer insulated container including a cylindrical body portion with an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer insulated container further including a removable outer container lid that is configured to sealingly engage with the cylindrical body portion so as to minimize thermal transfer with an outside environment, the outer insulated container additionally including a circumferential rim at an upper end of the cylindrical body portion of the outer insulated container; and
an inner container configured to fit within the outer insulated container, the inner container defining an interior cavity for holding food and/or a beverage, the inner container including one or more first elements that are configured to matingly engage with one or more second elements on the cylindrical body portion of the outer insulated container so that the inner container is able to fully and securely nest inside the outer insulated container without any spinning or significant rattling, the inner container further including an annular ledge below an upper open end of the inner container, the annular ledge extending between a first lower wall portion of the inner container and a second upper wall portion of the inner container, the first lower wall portion of the inner container being attached to an inner end of the annular ledge and the second upper wall portion of the inner container being attached to a distal outer end of the annular ledge, the second upper wall portion of the inner container being outwardly offset in a radial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the inner container from the first lower wall portion of the inner container;
wherein, when the inner container is disposed within the outer insulated container, the outer insulated container and the inner container collectively provide enhanced insulating characteristics, and the inner container covers the inner surface of the cylindrical body portion of the outer insulated container so as to prevent the food and/or the beverage from contacting the inner surface, and thereby obviate a need for cleaning the food and/or the beverage from the inner surface of the cylindrical body portion; and
wherein the annular ledge of the inner container rests on and partially or entirely covers the circumferential rim at the upper end of the cylindrical body portion of the outer insulated container, the annular ledge of the inner container functioning as a drip lip so as to prevent the food and/or the beverage in the interior cavity of the inner container from spilling over and onto the inner surface of the cylindrical body portion of the outer insulated container, and thereby obviate the need for cleaning the food and/or the beverage from the inner surface of the cylindrical body portion.