Patent ID: 6329038
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A47F,Y10T

Abstract:
An insulating cover for covering the opening at the top of an open top, cold foodstuff, display/storage container comprising:(e) a gas and water impermeable first foil having a peripheral outer margin defining a first circumferential outer rim,(f) a gas and water impermeable second foil substantially coextensive with said first foil having a peripheral outer margin defining a second circumferential outer rim, said first and second foils being joined together at said first and second outer circumferential rims of said first and second foils with an enclosure defined between said first and second foils,(g) a body of insulating material inserted in said enclosure, and(h) a plurality of supporting tubular elements in co-planar relationship with said first and second foil to provide stiffness to said insulating cover in an axial direction of said plurality of supporting tubular elements and flexibility to said insulating cover in a direction perpendicular to said axial direction, said plurality of supporting tubular elements having a weight constituting no more than 30% of the total weight of the insulating cover and said tubular elements having a length in the axial direction which is one of coextensive with, shorter than or longer than the length in the axial direction of said insulating cover.