Patent ID: 6112899
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A45C,B65D,F25D,Y10S

Abstract:
A lunch box system comprising:a lower insulated container structure having a pivoting handle assembly attached to the exterior thereof and a food storage compartment formed therein accessible through a top opening;an insulated lid assembly including a bottom portion sized to friction fit into and seal the top opening of the lower insulated container structure, a pull out drink holder, a pair of ice pack gripping ridges depending from an underside surface thereof, and a container retaining recess formed into a top lid surface thereof, the retaining recess having a magnetic retaining structure provided therein;a refreezable ice pack shaped, sized and provided with gripping ridge receiving channels along opposed side edges thereof such that the refreezable ice pack is slidable into engagement with the ice pack gripping ridges of the insulated lid assembly; anda container having a bottom surface provided with a material to form a magnetic connection with the magnetic retaining structure of the retaining recess such that the container tends to be held in place by the magnetic force.