Refrigeration – Cooled enclosure – Portable receptacle
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-01
2001-04-03
McDermott, Corrine (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Cooled enclosure
Portable receptacle
C411S913000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06209345
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to portable food preserving caddies and devices and more particularly to an ice cream caddy system for storing and transporting ice cream and ice cream eating utensils and the like that includes an insulated lid member, an open topped, cylinder shaped, outer insulated cooling mixture container member, and an inner, open topped cylinder shaped ice cream container member; the open topped, cylinder shaped, outer insulated cooling mixture container member being sized to receive the insulated lid member thereon in a manner to seal a top opening of the cooling mixture container member; the inner, open topped cylinder shaped ice cream container member defining an ice cream receiving cavity accessible through an open top and being centered within and permanently secured to a bottom surface of the cooling mixture container member to form a tube shaped cooling mixture cavity defined between an interior wall of the cooling mixture container member and an outer wall of the ice cream container member for receiving a cooling mixture including ice and rock salt; the ice cream container member having a number of elongated cooling mixture passage slots formed therethrough providing fluid communication between the ice cream receiving cavity and the tube shaped cooling mixture cavity; the cooling mixture container member having two spaced handle attachment structures on an exterior surface thereof between which a handle assembly is secured; each of the handle attachment structures being attached to the cooling mixture container member with a retainer pin/snap ring assembly including a washer insert, a retaining pin having locking structures extending outwardly from an end thereof and a locking ring sized to snap fit over the locking structures of the retaining pin.
BACKGROUND ART
Many individuals enjoy ice cream even in remote locations where ice cream storage facilities are unavailable. It would be a benefit to these individuals to have an ice cream caddy system that provided an insulated holder that could contain a supply of ice and rock salt to allow a quantity of ice cream to be transported to a remote location for consumption and held for a period of time without melting. It would of course also be a benefit if the ice cream caddy system included a holding device for holding and transporting a number of serving bowls and spoons as well as an ice cream scoop.
GENERAL SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide an ice cream caddy system for storing and transporting ice cream and ice cream eating utensils and the like that includes an insulated lid member, an open topped, cylinder shaped, outer insulated cooling mixture container member, and an inner, open topped cylinder shaped ice cream container member; the open topped, cylinder shaped, outer insulated cooling mixture container member being sized to receive the insulated lid member thereon in a manner to seal a top opening of the cooling mixture container member; the inner, open topped cylinder shaped ice cream container member defining an ice cream receiving cavity accessible through an open top and being centered within and permanently secured to a bottom surface of the cooling mixture container member to form a tube shaped cooling mixture cavity defined between an interior wall of the cooling mixture container member and an outer wall of the ice cream container member for receiving a cooling mixture including ice and rock salt; the ice cream container member having a number of elongated cooling mixture passage slots formed therethrough providing fluid communication between the ice cream receiving cavity and the tube shaped cooling mixture cavity; the cooling mixture container member having two spaced handle attachment structures on an exterior surface thereof between which a handle assembly is secured; each of the handle attachment structures being attached to the cooling mixture container member with a retainer pin/snap ring assembly including a washer insert, a retaining pin having locking structures extending outwardly from an end thereof and a locking ring sized to snap fit over the locking structures of the retaining pin.
Accordingly, an ice cream caddy system is provided. The ice cream caddy system includes an insulated lid member, an open topped, cylinder shaped, outer insulated cooling mixture container member, and an inner, open topped cylinder shaped ice cream container member; the open topped, cylinder shaped, outer insulated cooling mixture container member being sized to receive the insulated lid member thereon in a manner to seal a top opening of the cooling mixture container member; the inner, open topped cylinder shaped ice cream container member defining an ice cream receiving cavity accessible through an open top and being centered within and permanently secured to a bottom surface of the cooling mixture container member to form a tube shaped cooling mixture cavity defined between an interior wall of the cooling mixture container member and an outer wall of the ice cream container member for receiving a cooling mixture including ice and rock salt; the ice cream container member having a number of elongated cooling mixture passage slots formed therethrough providing fluid communication between the ice cream receiving cavity and the tube shaped cooling mixture cavity; the cooling mixture container member having two spaced handle attachment structures on an exterior surface thereof between which a handle assembly is secured; each of the handle attachment structures being attached to the cooling mixture container member with a retainer pin/snap ring assembly including a washer insert, a retaining pin having locking structures extending outwardly from an end thereof and a locking ring sized to snap fit over the locking structures of the retaining pin.
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Garrett Jason L.
Morton Carroll
Ali Mohammad M.
Breaux Joseph N.
McDermott Corrine
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