Insulated Food Carrying System of Nesting Devices

Abstract

A nestable and portable, temperature controlling food container device that is used to house, transport and keep a bowl of food hot or cold. The product has a removable lid, which can be opened or closed and is attached with a zipper to the body of the device. It has internal house a cooling or heating element with secured flap covering the element, which allows the user to place hot or cold packs inside them. These packs will keep food either cold or hot as per the needs of the user. The device has handles to allow easy transport of the unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An insulated food carrying system of nesting devices comprised of at least two watertight and insulated, with vacuum sealed liners, cylindrical bag containers, the first container being configured and sized relatively smaller than the second container and each respective container further comprised of:
 (a) a closed bottom and an open top, an interior PEVA surface and an exterior surface, and at least one handle;   (b) a sidewall panel around a circumference of the cylindrical bag container;   (c) a means to connect the sidewall panel to the closed bottom;   (d) a watertight lid with a means for removably securing the lid of the respective container to the open top of the respective cylindrical container;   (e) a means for removably securing lid of the respective cylindrical container;   (f) at least one heat/cold element;   (g) at least one heat and cold element pocket with a closing flap to hold the hot/cold element in the pocket; and   (h) a means for securing the at least one pocket to the interior surface of the respective cylindrical container wherein each container when in use can hold food containers interior to the container bag, the heat/cold elements can be removably secured within the element pockets, the device can keep the food container and its food at a desired temperature, either hot or cold, by means of cooling and heating elements and the watertight lid can be removed for serving the food; wherein each cylindrical device fits tightly to round or cylindrical container; and wherein each cylindrical container when not in use can be nested with the relatively smaller cylindrical container inside second cylindrical container and enable compact storage and portability of the insulated food carrying system.   
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1  further comprised of sidewall panel around a circumference of the bag container, a bottom surface, and a means to connect the sidewall panel to the bottom. 
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 2  wherein the bottom and sidewall panels are watertight. 
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 2  further comprised of at least one handle. 
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the means for removably securing the lid is a zipper. 
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 5  wherein the zipper is a two-way zipper. 
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the means for removably securing the lid is a hook and loop mechanism. 
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the means for removably securing the lid is a series of snaps. 
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the features of the pocket is a closing flap to hold the hot/cold element in the pocket. 
     
     
         10 . An insulated food carrying system of nesting devices comprised of at least two watertight and insulated, with vacuum sealed liners, cylindrical bag containers, the first container being configured and sized relatively smaller than the second container and each respective container further comprised of:
 (a) a closed bottom and an open top, an interior PEVA surface and an exterior surface, and at least one handle;   (b) a sidewall panel around a circumference of the cylindrical bag container;   (c) a means to connect the sidewall panel to the closed bottom;   (d) a watertight lid with a means for removably securing the lid of the respective container to the open top of the respective cylindrical container;   (e) the means for removably securing lid of the respective cylindrical container;   (f) at least one heat/cold element;   (g) at least one heat and cold element pocket with a closing flap to hold the hot/cold element in the pocket; and   (h) a means for securing the at least one pocket to the interior surface of the respective cylindrical container wherein each container when in use can hold food containers interior to the container bag, the heat/cold elements can be removably secured within the element pockets, the device can keep the food container and its food at a desired temperature, either hot or cold, by means of cooling and heating elements and the watertight lid can be removed for serving the food; wherein each cylindrical device fits tightly to round or cylindrical container; and wherein each cylindrical container when not in use can be nested with the relatively smaller cylindrical container inside second cylindrical container and enable compact storage and portability of the insulated food carrying system.