Patent ID: 7287386

Claim:
An apparatus that can provide convenient warming and cooling of a container, comprising: (a) an inner container housing having an internal space, an inner container housing bottom, the inner container housing bottom further including an inner container housing bottom inner surface and an inner container housing bottom external surface, the inner container housing adapted to at least partially enclose the container, and the inner container housing further comprising at least one side wall having a side wall inner surface and a side wall external surface; (b) at least one first thermoregulation member adjacent to the inner container housing comprising at least one of a water bath, recirculating water bath, evaporator, heat transfer fluid unit, plurality of fins, at least one fan, thermoelectric module, Stirling Cycle unit, absorption unit, refrigerant unit, thermoacoustic unit, and heat sink, or combination thereof; (c) at least one second thermoregulation member adjacent to the inner container housing comprising at least one of a heater coil, radiant heat module, convection heat module, heater band, flexible heater band, thermoelectric module, and conduction heat module, or combination thereof; and (d) a switch operably connected to the first and second thermoregulation members.