Patent ID: 6453682
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A47F,B65D,F25D

Abstract:
A method of selling chilled food items comprising:locating an insulated vessel in a retail location, chilling a plurality of removable panels, each of which contains a material that is liquid at room temperature and has a freezing point of about 32 degrees Fahrenheit or colder until the liquid freezes, placing the chilled panels in the insulated vessel in a pattern to form vertical walls around at least one interior chamber in the vessel, loading containers of food items to be sold into the interior chamber, keeping the containers of food items cold by proximity to the panels for an extended period of time so that they are available to customers in the retail location, permitting customers to remove containers of food items from the vessel and pay for them, and replacing a thawed panel with a frozen panel without disturbing the containers of food items.