Air Activated Warmer Assembly

Abstract

The present disclosure provides advantageous warmer assemblies. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for improved air activated warmer assemblies and improved methods for rapidly elevating the temperature of a container/vessel and/or the contents therein (e.g., liquids and/or foods in a container or vessel, such as a baby bottle or the like). In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for improved portable, disposable, cost effective, efficient and/or easy-to-use air activated systems/methods/assemblies for rapidly elevating the temperature of liquids and/or foods in a container or vessel. The improved air activated assemblies and systems of the present disclosure may be utilized by a user essentially anywhere and at any time to rapidly elevate the temperature of the contents of a container or vessel.

1 . A warmer assembly comprising:
 a container configured and dimensioned to house liquid or food;   a containment member configured and dimensioned to be removable positioned or attached around or against the container, the containment member having a first end and a second with an exothermic region extending between the first end and second end;   the exothermic region having at least one containment compartment configured and dimensioned to house an exothermic composition, the exothermic composition configured to produce heat on activation;   the first end including at least one attachment member configured and dimensioned to be releasably secured or attached to the second end to removable position or attach the containment member around or against the container;   wherein the heat produced by the exothermic composition rapidly heats the liquid or food in the container after activation.   
     
     
         2 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the exothermic composition is an air activated exothermic composition. 
     
     
         3 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the liquid or food in the container is increased by about 20° F. in about ten minutes after activation. 
     
     
         4 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the heat produced by the exothermic composition heats the liquid or food up to a temperature of about 110 to about 120° F. 
     
     
         5 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the exothermic composition: (i) reaches a temperature of about 150° F. after about five minutes after activation; (ii) reaches a temperature of about 180° F. after about eight minutes after activation, and (iii) maintain an average temperature of about 175° F. from about eight minutes after activation to about 60 minutes after activation. 
     
     
         6 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the positioned or attached containment member has three-dimensional contact with the container. 
     
     
         7 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein there is substantially no exothermic composition positioned or housed within or behind the first and second ends. 
     
     
         8 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the containment member includes a top side and a bottom side; and
 wherein the exothermic region includes four separate and distinct containment compartments with: (i) the first and third compartments horizontally extending from about the second end to about the horizontal mid-point of the exothermic region; (ii) the second and fourth compartments horizontally extending from about the first end to about the horizontal mid-point of the exothermic region; (iii) the first and second compartments vertically extending from about the top side of the containment member to about the vertical mid-point of the exothermic region; and (iv) the third and fourth compartments vertically extending from about the bottom side of the containment member to about the vertical mid-point of the exothermic region.   
     
     
         9 . The assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the first and second compartments prevent the exothermic composition contained therein from moving past the vertical mid-point of the exothermic region towards the bottom side of the containment member after the containment member is removably positioned or attached around or against the container. 
     
     
         10 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the exothermic region includes two separate and distinct containment compartments. 
     
     
         11 . The assembly of  claim 1  further comprising an outer member, the outer member configured and dimensioned to be positioned at least partially around the containment member once the containment member is removably positioned or attached around or against the container. 
     
     
         12 . The assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the outer member includes a plurality of air flow regions. 
     
     
         13 . The assembly of  claim 12 , wherein each air flow region is a hole or opening. 
     
     
         14 . The assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of air flow regions extends substantially around at least a portion of the circumference of the outer member. 
     
     
         15 . The assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of air flow regions extends substantially around the lower and mid-section of the circumference of the outer member. 
     
     
         16 . The assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the outer member is an insulating member. 
     
     
         17 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the exothermic region includes a plurality of separate and distinct containment compartments, the plurality of containment compartments defining a quilted-like design of the exothermic region. 
     
     
         18 . The assembly of  claim 17 , wherein the containment member includes a top side and a bottom side; and wherein a majority of the plurality of separate and distinct containment compartments prevents a majority of the exothermic composition of the containment member from moving adjacent to the bottom side of the containment member after the containment member is removably positioned or attached around or against the container. 
     
     
         19 . A warmer assembly comprising:
 a container configured and dimensioned to house liquid or food;   a containment member configured and dimensioned to be removable positioned or attached around or against the container, the containment member having a first end and a second with an exothermic region extending between the first end and second end;   the exothermic region having at least one containment compartment configured and dimensioned to house an air activated exothermic composition, the exothermic composition configured to produce heat on activation;   the first end including at least one attachment member configured and dimensioned to be releasably secured or attached to the second end to removable position or attach the containment member around or against the container;   wherein the heat produced by the exothermic composition rapidly heats the liquid or food in the container after activation;   wherein the containment member includes a top side and a bottom side;   wherein the exothermic region includes four separate and distinct containment compartments with: (i) the first and third compartments horizontally extending from about the second end to about the horizontal mid-point of the exothermic region; (ii) the second and fourth compartments horizontally extending from about the first end to about the horizontal mid-point of the exothermic region; (iii) the first and second compartments vertically extending from about the top side of the containment member to about the vertical mid-point of the exothermic region; and (iv) the third and fourth compartments vertically extending from about the bottom side of the containment member to about the vertical mid-point of the exothermic region;   wherein there is substantially no exothermic composition positioned or housed within or behind the first and second ends; and   wherein the exothermic composition: (i) reaches a temperature of about 150° F. after about five minutes after activation; (ii) reaches a temperature of about 180° F. after about eight minutes after activation, and (iii) maintain an average temperature of about 175° F. from about eight minutes after activation to about 60 minutes after activation.   
     
     
         20 . A warmer assembly comprising:
 a container configured and dimensioned to house liquid or food;   a containment member configured and dimensioned to be removable positioned around or against the container, the containment member having an exothermic region;   the exothermic region having at least one containment compartment configured and dimensioned to house an exothermic composition, the exothermic composition configured to produce heat on activation;   wherein the heat produced by the exothermic composition rapidly heats the liquid or food in the container after activation;   wherein the containment member includes a top side and a bottom side;   wherein the exothermic region includes a plurality of separate and distinct containment compartments; and   wherein a majority of the plurality of separate and distinct containment compartments prevents a majority of the exothermic composition of the containment member from moving adjacent to the bottom side of the containment member after the containment member is removably positioned around or against the container.