Patent ID: 7007494

Claim:
A portable food storage container which is heated and cooled by an automobile heater and air conditioner, said storage container comprising an outer rigid structure and an inner metal compartment disposed within said outer rigid structure, an intermediate insulating structure disposed between said outer rigid structure and said inner metal compartment in a nested relationship therewith, each of said outer rigid structure, said inner metal compartment and said intermediate insulating structure having a top, bottom, four upwardly extending walls and an opening in said top; a rigid plastic cover having inner and outer surfaces and a shallow wall surrounding said inner surface pivotally attached to said outer rigid plastic structure for opening and closing said storage container and fastening means for maintaining said cover in a closed position, a fan, a light, a battery and an electrical circuit operatively connecting said fan, light and battery disposed on and fixed to said inner surface of said cover within an area defined by said shallow wall, a switch for turning said light and said fan off and on disposed in said electrical circuit and on said inner surface of said cover and operable from said outside surface of said cover; and said cover including an air outlet adjacent to said fan for exhausting heating and cooling air from within said chamber; an air inlet disposed in one of said side walls of said rigid plastic structure and extending through said inner metal chamber and said intermediate insulating structure for introducing heated or cooled air into said chamber, an elongated flexible conduit having a first end attached to said air inlet and a second end adapted for attachment to an automobile air vent for delivering heated and cooled air to said storage container whereby said container is heated or cooled by an automobile heater and air conditioner.