Containment System Including a Soft Container

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a containment system comprising hard and soft containers. More specifically, but without limitation, present disclosure relates to a containment system which provides soft containers sized to fit within the hard container and provide an organized arrangement of soft containers within the hard container, as well of differing levels of insulation to provide at least some level of food safe storage, as well as some level of damage protection for the items stored therein.

1 . A containment system, comprising:
 a hard container having:
 a base having a bottom, a plurality of sidewalls extending from said bottom and defining an upper edge of said base, a storage compartment defined within said plurality of sidewalls; 
 a lid pivotally connected to said base, said base pivotable between an open and closed position to access said storage compartment; 
   a plurality of soft containers which are sized to be stored in the hard container;
 one soft container of said plurality of soft containers having a base and a lid, said one soft container having a plurality of sidewalls each defined by an insulation layer and having a face covering with a coating on an inner side and an outer side of said insulation layer, as well as side surface straps disposed on opposed sidewalls of the plurality of sidewalls of the one soft containers; 
 a second soft container of said plurality of soft containers having a bottom and one or more sides, said one or more sides having a second insulation layer of a thickness less than a thickness of said one soft container, said second insulation layer having an inner face covering having a coating and an outer face covering and a corresponding coating, as well as second side surface straps disposed on said second soft container; 
 said one soft container and said second soft container each having a common width dimension which is sized to fit a first direction within said hard container, and each having a length dimension that is related to one another and is related to a length dimension, in whole or in part, of said storage compartment of said hard container. 
   
     
     
         2 . The containment system of  claim 1 , said one soft container having a first insulation layer of a first thickness, which is greater than said thickness of said insulation layer of said second soft container. 
     
     
         3 . The containment system of  claim 1 , said length dimension of said storage compartment sized to fit one or more of said one soft container, or one or more of said second soft container, or both. 
     
     
         4 . The containment system of  claim 1 , said second internal dimension sized to fit multiple combinations of numbers of said one soft container and said second soft container. 
     
     
         5 . The containment system of  claim 1 , said hard container having first and second end walls and a plurality of partition grooves between said first and second end walls and within said storage compartment. 
     
     
         6 . The containment system of  claim 1 , said hard container having an outer shell, an inner shell, and an insulation therebetween. 
     
     
         7 . The containment system of  claim 1 , said storage compartment having a height that is larger than a height of each of said plurality of soft containers. 
     
     
         8 . The containment system of  claim 1 , said insulation layers of said one soft container or said second soft container being formed of a high-density polyethylene, a polyurethane, a polypropylene, an expanded polystyrene, or an EVA. 
     
     
         9 . The containment system of  claim 1 , said face covering being formed of polyester. 
     
     
         10 . The containment system of  claim 9  said coating being formed of one of polyurethane (PU), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), or thermoplastic rubber (TPR). 
     
     
         11 . A soft container, comprising:
 a base having a bottom and one or more walls extending upwardly from the bottom to an upper peripheral edge;   a lid which is compression molded and hingedly connected to said base;   said base having an inner liner, a foam insulation layer, and an exterior face covering;   said compression molded lid having an opening with a pull extending from within an exterior face covering of said lid and through said opening.   
     
     
         12 . The soft container of  claim 11 , said inner liner and said exterior face covering being formed of polyester. 
     
     
         13 . The soft container of  claim 12 , said polyester further comprising a coating. 
     
     
         14 . The soft container of  claim 13 , said coating being formed of polyurethane (PU), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), or thermoplastic rubber 
     
     
         15 . The soft container of  claim 11  further comprising an eyelet disposed in said opening. 
     
     
         16 . The soft container of  claim 11  further comprising an insulation on an inner surface of said lid, said pull disposed between said insulation and said lid.