Thermally insulated food container and audio player system

Abstract

The present invention relates to a combination of thermally insulated food container and audio player. The thermally insulated food container of the present invention comprises a thermally insulated floor section, a thermally insulated wall section, and a thermally insulated lid attached to the wall section. The invention also contains an audio player mounted on the lid, the floor, or the wall section in a manner such that a prerecorded sound is played when the lid is opened and the prerecorded sound does not play when the lid is closed.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A thermally insulated food container and audio player system comprising: 
 a. a thermally insulated floor section;    b. a thermally insulated wall section attached to said floor section to define an internal volume;    c. a thermally insulated lid attached to said wall section such that the lid can be positioned in a first position to close said internal volume or positioned in a second position to expose said internal volume to ambient light conditions, said lid comprising an inner surface and an outer surface;    d. an audio player attached to said lid and configured to automatically play prerecorded sound when said lid is in the second position and to automatically cease playing prerecorded sound when said lid is moved from the second position to the first position.    
     
     
         2 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 1 , wherein the lid is hingedly attached to the wall section.  
     
     
         3 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 1 , wherein the floor section is rectangular.  
     
     
         4 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 1 , wherein the wall section, the lid and the floor are hard sided.  
     
     
         5 . The thermally insulated food container of  claim 4 , wherein the wall section comprises an outer layer, an inner layer, and an insulating layer between said outer and inner layers.  
     
     
         6 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 5  wherein the outer and inner layers comprise polyethylene and the insulating layer comprises polyurethane.  
     
     
         7 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 1 , wherein the audio player is mounted on the inner surface of the lid.  
     
     
         8 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 7  wherein the inner surface of said lid comprises a recessed area sized to contain an audio player and wherein said audio player is mounted in said recessed area.  
     
     
         9 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 1 , wherein the audio player is battery powered.  
     
     
         10 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 1  wherein the audio player is configured to automatically play prerecorded sound when said lid is in the second position and said audio player is exposed to ambient light.  
     
     
         11 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 10  wherein said audio player comprises: 
 a. an outer body;  
 b. a programmed sound chip contained within said outer body;  
 c. a battery mounted in said outer body; and  
 d. a photocell activated switch positioned to face said internal volume and electrically connected to said battery and said chip.  
 
     
     
         12 . A thermally insulated food container and audio player system comprising: 
 a. a thermally insulated floor section;    b. a thermally insulated wall section attached to said floor section to define an internal volume;    c. a thermally insulated lid attached to said wall section such that the lid can be positioned in a first position to close said internal volume or positioned in a second position to expose said internal volume to ambient light conditions, said lid comprising an inner surface and an outer surface;    d. a light activated audio player mounted on the inner surface of said lid and configured to automatically play prerecorded sound when said lid is in the second position in the presence of ambient light, and to automatically cease playing prerecorded sound when said lid is moved from the second position to the first position.    
     
     
         13 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 12 , wherein the lid is hingedly attached to the wall section.  
     
     
         14 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 12 , wherein the wall section, the lid and the floor are hard sided.  
     
     
         15 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 12  wherein the inner surface of said lid comprises a recessed area sized to contain an audio player and wherein said audio player is mounted in said recessed area.  
     
     
         16 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 12  wherein said audio player comprises: 
 a. an outer body;  
 b. a programmed sound chip contained within said outer body;  
 c. a battery mounted in said outer body; and  
 d. a photocell activated switch positioned to face said internal volume and electrically connected to said battery and said chip.  
 
     
     
         17 . A thermally insulated food container and audio player system comprising: 
 a. a thermally insulated floor section;    b. a thermally insulated wall section attached to said floor section to define an internal volume;    c. a thermally insulated lid hingedly attached to said wall section such that the lid can be positioned in a first position to close said internal volume or positioned in a second position to expose said internal volume to ambient light conditions said lid comprising an inner surface and an outer surface;    d. an audio player mounted on the inner surface of said lid and configured to automatically play prerecorded sound when said lid is in the second position and to automatically cease playing prerecorded sound when said lid is moved from the second position to the first position.    
     
     
         18 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 17  wherein the inner surface of said lid comprises a recessed area sized to contain an audio player and wherein said audio player is mounted in said recessed area.  
     
     
         19 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 17 , wherein the audio player is battery powered.  
     
     
         20 . The thermally insulated food container and audio player system of  claim 17 , wherein the floor section is rectangular.