US2025326559A1PendingUtilityA1

Container Lid with Freezable Side Compartment

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Apr 19, 2024Filed: Apr 19, 2024Published: Oct 23, 2025
Est. expiryApr 19, 2044(~17.7 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Cari A. Pippin
B65D 51/12B65D 81/18B65D 2543/00296
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Abstract

A device for keeping food items cold when stored in an open top food container. The device includes a flexible and stretchable container lid adapted for receipt over the open top of the container. A flexible and stretchable hollow side compartment with a freezable gel received therein is attached to a circumference of the container lid. The container lid and side compartment can be made of silicone and like material. Typically, the container lid had a diameter a range of 4 to 12 inches. The side compartment is received over a lip of the open top container and downwardly around an outside of the container. Also, the side compartment and container lid can be placed around a bottom portion of the open top container and upwardly around the outside of the container for keeping different levels of the food items stored in the container cold, when serving the food.

Claims

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1 . A device for keeping food items cold when stored in an open top container, the device comprising:
 a container lid adapted for receipt over an open top container; and   a hollow side compartment with a freezable gel received therein, the side compartment attached to a circumference of the container lid, the side compartment adapted for receipt around an outside of the open top container.   
     
     
         2 . The device as described in  claim 1  wherein the container lid is made of a flexible and stretchable material. 
     
     
         3 . The device as described in  claim 2  wherein the container lid is made of silicone. 
     
     
         4 . The device as described in  claim 1  wherein the container lid has a diameter in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater. 
     
     
         5 . The device as described in  claim 1  wherein the side compartment is made of a flexible and stretchable material. 
     
     
         6 . The device as describe in  claim 5  wherein the side compartment is made of silicone. 
     
     
         7 . The device as described in  claim 1  wherein the side compartment is dimensioned for receipt around a lip of the open top container and around an outside of the container. 
     
     
         8 . A device for keeping food items cold when stored in an open top container, the device comprising:
 a flexible and stretchable container lid adapted for receipt over the open top container; and   a flexible and stretchable hollow side compartment with a freezable gel received therein, the side compartment attached to a circumference of the container lid, the side compartment adapted for receipt around the outside of the container.   
     
     
         9 . The device as described in  claim 8  wherein the container lid has a diameter in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater. 
     
     
         10 . The device as described in  claim 8  wherein the container lid is made of silicone. 
     
     
         11 . The device as described in  claim 8  wherein the container lid has a diameter in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater. 
     
     
         12 . The device as describe in  claim 8  wherein the side compartment is made of silicone. 
     
     
         13 . A device for keeping food items cold when stored in an open top container, the device comprising:
 a flexible and stretchable container lid adapted for receipt over the open top container, the container lid adapted for receipt over a bottom of the container; and   a flexible and stretchable hollow side compartment with a freezable gel received therein, the side compartment attached to a circumference of the container lid, the side compartment adapted for receipt over the open top container and around an outside of the container, the side compartment adapted for receipt over the bottom of the container and around the outside of the container.   
     
     
         14 . The device as described in  claim 13  wherein the container lid is made of silicone. 
     
     
         15 . The device as described in  claim 13  wherein the side compartment is made of silicone. 
     
     
         16 . The device as described in  claim 13  wherein the side compartment has a height in a range of 1 to 3 inches and greater, when compressed against an outside of the container. 
     
     
         17 . The device as described in  claim 13  wherein the container lid has a diameter in a range of 4 to 12 inches and greater.

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