Patent ID: 6209345
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B65D,F25D,Y10S

Abstract:
An ice cream caddy system comprising:an insulated lid member;an open topped, cylinder shaped, outer insulated cooling mixture container member; andan inner, open topped cylinder shaped ice cream container member;said open topped, cylinder shaped, outer insulated cooling mixture container member being sized to receive said insulated lid member thereon in a manner to seal a top opening of said cooling mixture container member;said 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 said cooling mixture container member to form a tube shaped cooling mixture cavity defined between an interior wall of said cooling mixture container member and an outer wall of said ice cream container member for receiving a cooling mixture including ice and rock salt;said ice cream container member having a number of elongated cooling mixture passage slots formed therethrough providing fluid communication between said ice cream receiving cavity and said tube shaped cooling mixture cavity;said cooling mixture container member having two spaced handle attachment structures on an exterior surface thereof between which a handle assembly is secured;each of said handle attachment structures being attached to said 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 said locking structures of said retaining pin.