Cooling insert for a container

Abstract

A cooling inserted into a regular cooling chest as a unit. The cooling insert consists of a multiple of hollow panels that are hinged together at their edges by adhesive tapes or extruded layers on panels that are continued between adjacent panels. The hollow panels are constructed of thin walled plastic materials. A freezable substance is inserted into the hollow panels constituting a cooling medium that will permeate through the thin walls of the hollow panels to keep food and/or drinks in a cooled state.

1 . A cooling insert to be inserted into a regular cooling chest and snugly fitting therein, said cooling insert consisting of a multiple of hollow panels that have means thereon to be hinged to each other, said hollow panels being filled with a cooling medium. 
   
   
       2 . The cooling insert of  claim 1 , wherein said means for hinging consists of adhesive tapes placed at respective edges of said hollow panels. 
   
   
       3 . The cooling insert of  claim 1 , wherein said hollow panels are subdivided into at least two hollow panels, said subdivided hollow panels having means thereon to be hinged to each other. 
   
   
       4 . The cooling insert of  claim 1 , wherein there is a bottom hollow panel, a hollow panel on each side, a front hollow panel. A rear hollow panel and a top cover hollow panel. 
   
   
       5 . The cooling insert of  claim 4 , wherein said bottom hollow panel has a thicker dimension than the remainder of said hollow panels. 
   
   
       6 . The cooling insert of  claim 4 , wherein said bottom hollow panel has upstanding ledges at each lateral side thereof, the height of said upstanding ledges is at least twice the thickness of each of said hollow panels. 
   
   
       7 . The cooling insert of  claim 1 , including magnets placed at various edges of said hollow panels to enhance the stability of said cooling insert once it is fully deployed. 
   
   
       8 . The insert cooling device of  claim 1 , wherein each of said hollow panels has a further insulating layer placed on an outside of said hollow panels facing an inside wall of said cooling chest. 
   
   
       9 . The insert of  claim 9 , wherein said further insulating layer is a hollow layer. 
   
   
       10 . The insert of  claim 1 , wherein said means for hinging includes a continuous layer on said panels between adjacent panels.