CN-122029390-A - Thermally insulated container with drawer

Abstract

Various systems, devices, and methods for an insulated container with drawers are provided. Typically, an insulated container, such as a portable cooler, includes a drawer. The insulated container includes a main chamber and includes a drawer chamber that is separate from the main chamber and is configured to movably receive a drawer therein. The main chamber is configured to hold a coolant configured to cool any items in the main chamber and also any items in the drawer. The insulated container may be manufactured using injection molding.

Inventors

• S. HUGHES
• Thomas. Sharp
• CHEN BAOGANG
• Zhou Haien
• ROBERT ELLIS
• Lauren Tarvan

Assignees

• 尚科宁家运营有限公司
• 周海恩

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20230915

Claims (20)

1. 1. An insulated container, comprising: A main chamber configured to receive a coolant therein, the coolant configured to cool one or more first articles removably received in the main chamber; A drawer chamber separate from and disposed vertically below the main chamber, and configured to slidably receive a drawer therein, the drawer configured to removably receive one or more second items therein; a left side wall, a right side wall, a front side wall, and a rear side wall, the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall, and the rear side wall defining walls of the main chamber, and A horizontal substantially planar wall, the horizontal substantially planar wall: Separating the main chamber from the drawer chamber, Configured to allow the coolant in the main chamber to cool the one or more second items contained in the drawer, Integrally formed with the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall and the rear side wall, Has a thickness in the range of about 2.5mm to about 3.5mm, and Formed of polypropylene.
2. 2. The insulated container of claim 1, wherein the horizontal substantially planar wall is imperforate and comprises a plurality of ribs.
3. 3. The insulated container of claim 2, wherein the plurality of ribs form a hexagonal pattern.
4. 4. The insulated container of claim 1, further comprising a vertical, substantially planar first dividing wall extending at least a portion of a distance from back to front and configured to provide load bearing support for the horizontal, substantially planar wall.
5. 5. The insulated container of claim 4, further comprising the drawer; wherein, with the drawer fully slid into the drawer compartment, a rearward facing surface of the drawer is configured to abut a forward facing surface of the vertical, substantially planar first dividing wall.
6. 6. The insulated container of claim 4, wherein the vertical, substantially planar first dividing wall is laterally centered.
7. 7. The insulated container of claim 1, further comprising the drawer, and A lock configured to be manually moved by a user between a locked configuration in which the lock prevents the drawer from being able to slide out of the drawer chamber and an unlocked configuration in which the lock allows the drawer to slide at least partially out of the drawer chamber.
8. 8. The insulated container of claim 1, further comprising said drawer, and Wherein the drawer includes a handle on a front surface thereof, and The drawer compartment is sealed closed with the drawer slid completely into the drawer compartment.
9. 9. The insulated container of claim 1, wherein each of the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall, and the rear side wall has a thickness in a range of about 2.5mm to about 3.5mm and is formed of polypropylene.
10. 10. The insulated container of claim 9, further comprising an outer housing containing said main chamber, said drawer chamber, said left side wall, said right side wall, said front and rear side walls, and said horizontal substantially planar wall, and A heat insulating material disposed in at least one space defined between the outer housing and the left, right, front and rear side walls.
11. 11. The insulated container of claim 1, further comprising a lid defining a top wall of the main chamber; Wherein the lid is configured to move between a closed configuration in which the main chamber is hermetically closed and an open configuration in which the main chamber is unsealed and the one or more first items removably received in the main chamber are accessible to a user, and The drawer chamber is configured to be sealed closed with the lid in the open configuration or the closed configuration.
12. 12. The insulated container of claim 1, further comprising an outer housing containing the main chamber, the drawer chamber, the left side wall, the right side wall, the front and rear side walls, and the horizontal substantially planar wall therein.
13. 13. An insulated container, comprising: An upper housing having a main chamber therein configured to receive a coolant therein configured to cool one or more first items removably received in the main chamber, and A lower housing having a drawer chamber therein separate from the main chamber, the lower housing being non-removably secured to the upper housing and the drawer chamber being configured to slidably receive a drawer therein, the drawer being configured to removably receive one or more second items therein; a horizontally extending divider wall, the horizontally extending divider wall: defining a bottom wall of the upper housing and a top wall of the lower housing, Integrally formed with the upper housing, and Configured to allow the coolant in the main chamber to cool the one or more second items contained in the drawer, and A vertically extending first dividing wall extending at least a portion of a distance from the rear to the front and configured to provide load bearing support for the horizontally extending dividing wall.
14. 14. The insulated container of claim 13, wherein the horizontally extending divider wall has a thickness in the range of about 2.5mm to about 3.5mm, and the horizontally extending divider wall is formed from polypropylene.
15. 15. The insulated container of claim 14, further comprising a left side wall, a right side wall, a front side wall, and a rear side wall, the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall, and the rear side wall defining walls of the upper housing and each having a thickness in a range of about 2.5mm to about 3.5mm and being formed of polypropylene, wherein the horizontally extending dividing wall is integrally formed with the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall, and the rear side wall.
16. 16. The insulated container of claim 13, wherein the vertically extending first divider wall is laterally centered.
17. 17. The insulated container of claim 13, further comprising an outer housing containing said upper housing, said lower housing, said horizontally extending dividing wall, and said vertically extending first dividing wall, and A heat insulating material disposed in at least one first space defined between the outer housing and the upper housing and in at least one second space defined between the outer housing and the lower housing.
18. 18. The insulated container of claim 13, wherein the horizontally extending dividing wall is non-porous and comprises a plurality of ribs.
19. 19. The insulated container of claim 18, wherein the plurality of ribs form a hexagonal pattern.
20. 20. The insulated container of claim 13, further comprising a lid defining a top wall of the main chamber; Wherein the lid is configured to move between a closed configuration in which the main chamber is hermetically closed and an open configuration in which the main chamber is unsealed and the one or more first items removably received in the main chamber are accessible to a user, and The drawer chamber is configured to be sealed closed with the lid in the open configuration or the closed configuration.

Description

Thermally insulated container with drawer Technical Field The present disclosure relates generally to insulated containers with drawers. Background Portable insulated containers such as coolers allow items such as beverages and foods to remain cold outdoors, in a vehicle, or otherwise outside a refrigerator or freezer. Portable coolers typically have an insulated interior cavity in which a coolant (such as ice or a reusable cooling pack) is placed to assist in cooling the items in the cooler. When the coolant thaws or melts, the coolant itself and/or condensation from the coolant may cause the items in the cooler to become wet. Wetting of the article may result in one or more undesirable effects such as undesirably wetting the article, making the article difficult and/or messy to handle unless cleaned with towels or other materials, damaging the paper packaging of the article, and the like. Disclosure of Invention Various systems, devices, and methods for an insulated container with drawers are provided. In one aspect, an insulated container is provided that in one embodiment includes a main compartment and a drawer compartment. The main chamber is configured to receive a coolant therein, the coolant configured to cool one or more first articles removably received in the main chamber. The drawer chamber is separate from and vertically disposed below the main chamber, and is configured to slidably receive a drawer therein, the drawer being configured to removably receive one or more second items therein. The insulated container also includes left, right, front and rear side walls defining walls of the main chamber. The insulated container further includes a horizontal, substantially planar wall separating the main chamber and the drawer chamber, configured to allow coolant in the main chamber to cool the one or more second items contained in the drawer, integrally formed with the left, right, front and rear side walls, having a thickness in the range of about 2.5 to about 3.5mm, and formed from polypropylene. The insulated container may be varied in any number of ways. For example, the horizontal substantially planar wall may be imperforate and may include a plurality of ribs. In addition, the plurality of ribs may form a hexagonal pattern. For another example, the insulated container may further include a vertical, substantially planar first dividing wall extending at least a portion of a distance from the rear to the front and configured to provide load bearing support to the horizontal, substantially planar wall. Furthermore, the insulated container may further comprise a drawer, and in the event that the drawer is slid fully into the drawer compartment, a rearward facing surface of the drawer may be configured to abut a forward facing surface of the vertical substantially planar first divider wall, and/or the vertical substantially planar first divider wall may be laterally centered. Furthermore, the insulated container may further comprise a vertical substantially planar second dividing wall extending vertically in the main chamber to divide the main chamber into a first compartment and a second compartment, and the vertical substantially planar first dividing wall may be below and vertically aligned with the vertical substantially planar second dividing wall. Furthermore, the vertical substantially planar first partition wall and the vertical substantially planar second partition wall may be laterally centered. For yet another example, the insulated container may further include a drawer, and the insulated container may further include a lock configured to be manually moved by a user between a locked configuration in which the lock prevents the drawer from sliding out of the drawer chamber and an unlocked configuration in which the lock allows the drawer to slide at least partially out of the drawer chamber. Further, the movement may be a vertical movement or the movement may be a horizontal movement. For yet another example, the insulated container may further include a drawer that may include a handle on a front surface thereof, and the drawer compartment may be sealed closed with the drawer slid completely into the drawer compartment. For yet another example, each of the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall, and the rear side wall may have a thickness in a range of about 2.5 to about 3.5mm, and may be formed of polypropylene. Further, the thermally insulated container may further include an outer case housing the main chamber, the drawer chamber, the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall, and the rear side wall, and the horizontal substantially planar wall therein, and the thermally insulated container may further include a thermally insulating material disposed in at least one space defined between the outer case and the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall, and the rear side wall. In addition, the insulating material may include polyuretha