Abstract

An actively heated mug has a body with a chamber that can receive and hold a beverage and a heating element to actively heat the chamber, batteries, and circuitry that controls the operation of the heating element. A user interface is electrically connected to the circuitry and has one or more buttons actuatable a) to turn on the heating element, b) to adjust a temperature setting to one of multiple temperature settings to control the operation of the heating element to heat or maintain the liquid at a user selected temperature setting, and c) to turn off the heating element.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Abstract

A portable cryogenic cooler container is provided, with a payload chamber for one or more temperature sensitive or perishable goods. A cooling unit is disposed in the payload chamber. The cooling unit includes a vessel filled with a cooling material (e.g., liquid nitrogen) and closed with a lid. One or more apertures of the cooling unit are operable to allow a chilled gas (e.g., gaseous nitrogen) to be vented without pressure build up in the cooler.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators
• F17C 3/08 - Vessels not under pressure with provision for thermal insulation by vacuum spaces, e.g. Dewar flask
• F17C 11/00 - Use of gas-solvents or gas-sorbents in vessels

Abstract

An actively heated drinkware container includes a vessel with a chamber that receives and holds a volume of liquid. The drinkware container includes a heating module with a first heating element operable to heat one portion of the chamber and a second heating element operable to heat another portion of the chamber, the second heating element spaced from the first heating element. Operation of the first and second heating elements generates a circulation current in the volume of liquid in the chamber that mixes the liquid and diffuses a temperature of the liquid to thereby reduce temperature stratification of the liquid in the chamber and so that a temperature of the liquid throughout the volume of liquid in the chamber is approximately uniform.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Abstract

A beverage dispensing machine (e.g., coffee maker) has a cooling unit. The cooling unit includes a thermal mass. The cooling unit is operable to reduce a temperature of at least a portion of the thermal mass. The cooling unit also includes a passageway within which a beverage flows, the passageway being in thermal communication with the thermal mass that cools the beverage as it flows within the passageway to chill the beverage before it is dispensed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect

Abstract

A chilled liquid dispensing system includes a vessel with phase change material that can be charged by a thermoelectric module via a first heat sink. A liquid (e.g., beverage) can be pumped through a conduit submerged in the phase change material to cool or chill the liquid to a temperature below ambient temperature. The liquid can be infused with a gas (e.g., nitrogen, air) to provide foam and enhance the flavor of the liquid. The chilled liquid dispensing system can be incorporated into a liquid dispensing machine (e.g., beverage dispensing machine).

IPC Classes  ?

• B67D 1/08 - Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught Details
• A47J 31/50 - Urns with devices for keeping beverages hot or cool
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
• F28D 20/02 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in generalRegenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or using latent heat
• F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes

Abstract

A chilled liquid dispensing system includes a vessel with phase change material that can be charged by a thermoelectric module via a first heat sink. A liquid (e.g., beverage) can be pumped through a conduit submerged in the phase change material to cool or chill the liquid to a temperature below ambient temperature. The liquid can be infused with a gas (e.g., nitrogen, air) to provide foam and enhance the flavor of the liquid. The chilled liquid dispensing system can be incorporated into a liquid dispensing machine (e.g., beverage dispensing machine).

IPC Classes  ?

• B67D 1/08 - Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught Details
• F25B 40/00 - Subcoolers, desuperheaters or superheaters
• F25B 41/40 - Fluid line arrangements

Abstract

Drinkware with active temperature control can be a mug made of metal, and optionally coated with a ceramic material. At least one heating element that can thermally communicate with a surface of the drinkware to thereby effect heat transfer through the base in the drinkware. At least one sensor is configured to sense a parameter of the liquid in the drinkware, and at least one power storage element is configured to provide power to the at least one heating element. Control circuitry is configured to control operation of the one or more heating elements, and a transceiver is configured to transmit operating information to a remote electronic device and to receive operating instructions from the remote electronic device.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• H04B 1/38 - Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• H05B 1/02 - Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to heating apparatus

Abstract

A beverage container with active temperature control has an insulated vessel body having a chamber configured to receive a beverage therein and a cooling or heating unit. The cooling or heating unit includes a thermoelectric element in thermal communication with the chamber, a solid state fan operable to draw air into the cooling or heating unit via one or more inlet openings in a cover of the cooling or heating unit and to exhaust said air via one or more outlet openings in the cover, a power storage device and circuitry configured to control an operation of the thermoelectric element and the solid state fan. The cooling or heating unit is operable to increase or decrease or maintain a temperature of at least a portion of the beverage in the chamber by operating the thermoelectric element to draw heat from or input heat to the chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• B65D 85/72 - Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials
• B65D 25/20 - External fittings

Abstract

A chilled liquid dispensing system includes a vessel with phase change material that can be charged by a thermoelectric module via a first heat sink. A liquid (e.g., beverage) can be pumped through a conduit submerged in the phase change material to cool or chill the liquid to a temperature below ambient temperature. The chilled liquid dispensing system can be incorporated into a liquid dispensing machine (e.g., beverage dispensing machine).

IPC Classes  ?

• B67D 1/08 - Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught Details

Abstract

A chilled liquid dispensing system includes a vessel with phase change material that can be charged by a thermoelectric module via a first heat sink. A liquid (e.g., beverage) can be pumped through a conduit submerged in the phase change material to cool or chill the liquid to a temperature below ambient temperature. The chilled liquid dispensing system can be incorporated into a liquid dispensing machine (e.g., beverage dispensing machine).

IPC Classes  ?

• B67D 1/08 - Apparatus or devices for dispensing beverages on draught Details
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
• F28D 20/02 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in generalRegenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or using latent heat
• F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes

Abstract

An actively heated drinkware container includes a vessel with a chamber that receives and holds a volume of liquid. The drinkware container includes a heating module with a first heating element operable to heat one portion of the chamber and a second heating element operable to heat another portion of the chamber, the second heating element spaced from the first heating element. Operation of the first and second heating elements generates a circulation current in the volume of liquid in the chamber that mixes the liquid and diffuses a temperature of the liquid to thereby reduce temperature stratification of the liquid in the chamber and so that a temperature of the liquid throughout the volume of liquid in the chamber is approximately uniform.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A61J 9/02 - Feeding-bottles in general with thermometers

Abstract

A portable cooler container is provided, with a payload chamber for one or more temperature sensitive or perishable goods. A cooling unit is disposed in the payload chamber. The cooling unit includes a vessel filled with a cooling material (e.g., dry ice) and closed with a lid. One or more variable apertures of the cooling unit are operable to controllably release a chilled gas (e.g., CO2 gas) generated by the cooling material into the payload chamber of the vessel to cool the payload.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 3/14 - Devices using other cold materialsDevices using cold-storage bodies using solidified gases, e.g. carbon-dioxide snow portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• F25D 29/00 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices

Abstract

An actively heated mug has a body with a chamber that can receive and hold a beverage and a heating element to actively heat the chamber, batteries, and circuitry that controls the operation of the heating element. A user interface is electrically connected to the circuitry and has one or more buttons actuatable a) to turn on the heating element, b) to adjust a temperature setting to one of multiple temperature settings to control the operation of the heating element to heat or maintain the liquid at a user selected temperature setting, and c) to turn off the heating element.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

IPC Classes  ?

• B60H 1/00 - Heating, cooling or ventilating devices
• B60N 3/10 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated

Abstract

A cooler (1020, 1020', 1020", 1020"') includes a peripheral wall forming a chamber (1040, 1040', 1040", 1040'"), wherein the chamber (1040, 1040', 1040", 1040'") is configured to maintain foodstuff in a temperature controlled environment. The cooler (1020, 1020', 1020", 1020'") can be removably inserted or integrated into the trunk (1015), front trunk or trunk (1010), or side compartment of a vehicle (1000). The cooler (1020, 1020', 1020", 1020'") optionally includes a partition (1070) that subdivides the chamber (1040, 1040', 1040", 1040'") into a first sub chamber (1050, 1050'") and a second sub chamber (1060, 1060'"). The cooler (1020, 1020', 1020", 1020'") optionally includes a cooling system (2000, 2000', 2000") that charges a phase change material (PCM) in the peripheral wall of the cooler ( 1020, 1020', 1020", 1020'").

IPC Classes  ?

• B60H 1/00 - Heating, cooling or ventilating devices
• B60N 3/10 - Arrangements or adaptations of other passenger fittings, not otherwise provided for of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated

Abstract

An infant bottle feeding system includes an infant bottle with a chamber that receives a liquid, heating or cooling elements operable to heat or cool liquid in the chamber and sensors operable to sense parameters of the liquid in the chamber. The system optionally includes an electronic base removably attached to a bottom surface of the infant bottle and operable to deliver power to electronics in the infant bottle. The system optionally includes a thermal cover that fits over the infant bottle and releasably couples to the electronic base to enclose the infant bottle, the thermal cover insulating the infant bottle and inhibiting heat loss of the liquid in the chamber. The electronic base delivers power to the heating elements and sensors in the infant bottle only when the infant bottle is on the electronic base. The infant bottle, thermal cover and electronic base define a single travel pack unit when coupled together.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices

Abstract

A portable cryogenic cooler container is provided, with a payload chamber for one or more temperature sensitive or perishable goods. A cooling unit is disposed in the payload chamber. The cooling unit includes a vessel filled with a cooling material (e.g., liquid nitrogen) and closed with a lid. One or more apertures of the cooling unit are operable to allow a chilled gas (e.g., gaseous nitrogen) to be vented without pressure build up in the cooler.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65D 81/38 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation
• F25D 29/00 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators
• A47J 41/02 - Vacuum-jacket vessels, e.g. vacuum bottles

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 41/02 - Vacuum-jacket vessels, e.g. vacuum bottles
• B65D 81/38 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation

Abstract

A beverage dispensing machine (e.g., coffee maker) has a cooling unit. The cooling unit includes a thermal mass. The cooling unit is operable to freeze at least a portion of the thermal mass to provide a cold storage reservoir. The cooling unit also includes a passageway within which a brewed beverage flows, the passageway being in thermal communication with the thermal mass that cools the brewed beverage as it flows within the passageway to chill the brewed beverage before it is dispensed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect

Abstract

A portable cooler container (100) is provided, with a payload chamber (15) for one or more temperature sensitive or perishable goods. A heating or cooling unit (200) is disposed in the payload chamber (15). The cooling unit (200) includes a body of heat regulating material (e.g., PCM) and electronics (e.g., a controller, memory, a GPS sensor, parameter sensor(s), visual indicators, power storage elements and/ or a wireless communication system) to sense information of the payload, heating or cooling module or portable cooler container (100) and transmit said information to a remote electronic device or cloud-based data storage system.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25B 27/00 - Machines, plants or systems, using particular sources of energy
• F25D 3/06 - Movable containers
• F25D 3/10 - Devices using other cold materialsDevices using cold-storage bodies using liquefied gases, e.g. liquid air
• F25D 3/12 - Devices using other cold materialsDevices using cold-storage bodies using solidified gases, e.g. carbon-dioxide snow
• F25D 3/14 - Devices using other cold materialsDevices using cold-storage bodies using solidified gases, e.g. carbon-dioxide snow portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators
• F25D 29/00 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• B65D 81/38 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation

Abstract

An actively heated drinkware container includes a vessel with a chamber that receives and holds a volume of liquid. The drinkware container includes a heating module with a first heating element operable to heat one portion of the chamber and a second heating element operable to heat another portion of the chamber, the second heating element spaced from the first heating element. Operation of the first and second heating elements generates a circulation current in the volume of liquid in the chamber that mixes the liquid and diffuses a temperature of the liquid to thereby reduce temperature stratification of the liquid in the chamber and so that a temperature of the liquid throughout the volume of liquid in the chamber is approximately uniform.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled cup or mug has a body with a chamber that can receive and hold a beverage and a heating or cooling system disposed in a cavity below the chamber. The heating or cooling system has a heating or cooling element to actively heat or cool the chamber, power storage devices, and circuitry that controls the operation of the heating or cooling elements. A sensor can detect a presence of a liquid in the chamber, the circuitry configured to turn on power to the heating or cooling elements after said liquid is detected and further configured to automatically turn off power to the heating or cooling elements upon receiving a signal indicating that the liquid in the chamber has dropped below a predetermined liquid level or been depleted completely.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Goods & Services

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Abstract

An actively heated or cooled mug has a body with a chamber that can receive and hold a beverage and a heating or cooling system disposed at least partially in a cavity below the chamber. The heating or cooling system has a heating or cooling element to actively heat or cool the chamber, power storage devices, and circuitry that controls the operation of the heating or cooling elements. A user interface is electrically connected to the circuitry and has one or more selection members actuatable a) to turn off the one or more heating or cooling element or b) to adjust a temperature setting to one of multiple temperature settings configured to control the one or more heating or cooling elements to heat or maintain the liquid at a user selected temperature.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Goods & Services

Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, dnas, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, cells, and organs; incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; temperature controlled containers for medical use; temperature controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for medical use; all the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit. Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; refrigerated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; electric heating boxes; electric cool boxes; electric portable active and passive cold boxes; electric portable active and passive heating boxes; refrigerating apparatus for storage of food; temperature controlled food storage containers; temperature controlled portable insulated food containers; temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers that connect to a wireless communication network; temperature controlled portable insulated food containers that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; portable cooling and heating containers for food; portable cooling and heating containers for food that connect to a wireless communication network; portable cooling and heating containers for food that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for food; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; all the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit.

Abstract

Drinkware with active temperature control can be a mug made of metal, and optionally coated with a ceramic material. At least one heating element that can thermally communicate with a surface of the drinkware to thereby effect heat transfer through the base in the drinkware. At least one sensor is configured to sense a parameter of the liquid in the drinkware, and at least one power storage element is configured to provide power to the at least one heating element. Control circuitry is configured to control operation of the one or more heating elements, and a transceiver is configured to transmit operating information to a remote electronic device and to receive operating instructions from the remote electronic device.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• H05B 1/02 - Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to heating apparatus
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• H04B 1/38 - Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving

Goods & Services

Incubators being laboratory equipment for vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive food and beverages; Incubators being laboratory equipment for vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; Incubators being laboratory equipment for vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical and pharmaceutical items, namely, vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical and pharmaceutical items, namely, vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical and pharmaceutical items, namely, vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Electric heating boxes; Electric cool boxes; Electric portable active and passive cold boxes; Electric portable active and passive heating boxes; Refrigerating apparatus for storage of food; Temperature controlled food storage containers; Temperature controlled portable insulated food containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers that connect to a wireless communication network; Temperature controlled portable insulated food containers that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Portable cooling and heating containers for food; Portable cooling and heating containers for food that connect to a wireless communication network; Portable cooling and heating containers for food that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for food; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; Refrigerated medical boxes being containers for transportation of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, cells, and organs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines; Temperature controlled shipping containers for medical use; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for storage of medicines; refrigerating container for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit

Abstract

An infant bottle feeding system includes an infant bottle with a chamber that receives a liquid, heating or cooling elements operable to heat or cool liquid in the chamber and sensors operable to sense parameters of the liquid in the chamber. The system optionally includes an electronic base removably attached to a bottom surface of the infant bottle and operable to deliver power to electronics in the infant bottle. The system optionally includes a thermal cover that fits over the infant bottle and releasably couples to the electronic base to enclose the infant bottle, the thermal cover insulating the infant bottle and inhibiting heat loss of the liquid in the chamber. The electronic base delivers power to the heating elements and sensors in the infant bottle only when the infant bottle is on the electronic base. The infant bottle, thermal cover and electronic base define a single travel pack unit when coupled together.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus

Abstract

A container with active temperature control system is provided. The active temperature control system is operated to heat or cool a chamber sized to receive a beverage therein. The container includes an insulated vessel that has the chamber and a cooling or heating unit. The cooling or heating unit includes a thermoelectric element in thermal communication with the chamber, phase change material in thermal communication with the thermoelectric element, a power storage device, and circuitry to control the operation of the thermoelectric element. The cooling or heating unit is operable to increase or decrease or maintain a temperature of the beverage in the chamber by operating the thermoelectric element to draw heat from the chamber and transfer it to the module of phase change material.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25B 23/00 - Machines, plants or systems, with a single mode of operation not covered by groups , e.g. using selective radiation effect

Abstract

A portable cooler container is provided, with a payload chamber for one or more temperature sensitive or perishable goods. A cooling unit is disposed in the payload chamber. The cooling unit includes a vessel filled with a cooling material (e.g., dry ice) and closed with a lid. One or more variable apertures of the cooling unit are operable to controllably release a chilled gas (e.g., CO2 gas) generated by the cooling material into the payload chamber of the vessel to cool the payload.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 3/14 - Devices using other cold materialsDevices using cold-storage bodies using solidified gases, e.g. carbon-dioxide snow portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• B65D 51/16 - Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
• F25D 29/00 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices

Abstract

A portable cooler container is provided, with a payload chamber for one or more temperature sensitive or perishable goods. A cooling unit is disposed in the payload chamber. The cooling unit includes a vessel filled with a cooling material (e.g., dry ice) and closed with a lid. One or more variable apertures of the cooling unit are operable to controllably release a chilled gas (e.g., CO2 gas) generated by the cooling material into the payload chamber of the vessel to cool the payload.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65D 51/16 - Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
• F25D 3/14 - Devices using other cold materialsDevices using cold-storage bodies using solidified gases, e.g. carbon-dioxide snow portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• F25D 29/00 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices

Goods & Services

Baby scales; Baby scales with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality; Baby scales that connect to a wireless communication network; Baby scales that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Combination weighing scale and diaper changing station for infants and toddlers; Combination weighing scale and diaper changing station for infants and toddlers that connects to a wireless communication network; Combination weighing scale and diaper changing station for infants and toddlers that connects wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Scales; Scales with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality; Scales that connect to a wireless communication network; Scales that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Weighing scale for infants or toddlers; Weighing scale for infants or toddlers with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality; Weighing scale for infants or toddlers that connects to a wireless communication network; Weighing scale for infants or toddlers that connects wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Incubators being laboratory equipment for vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive food and beverages; Incubators being laboratory equipment for vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; Incubators being laboratory equipment for vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature of the unit Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical and pharmaceutical items, namely, vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical and pharmaceutical items, namely, vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical and pharmaceutical items, namely, vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Electric cool boxes; Electric heating boxes; Electric portable active and passive cold boxes; Electric portable active and passive heating boxes; Refrigerating apparatus for storage of food; Temperature controlled food storage containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles that connect to a wireless communication network; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Electrically heated baby bottles for keeping beverages warm; Electrically cooled baby bottles for keeping beverages cool; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers that connect to a wireless communication network; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Portable cooling and heating containers for food; Portable cooling and heating containers for food that connect to a wireless communication network; Portable cooling and heating containers for food that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for food; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; Electrically cooled cups and mugs for keeping beverages cool; Electrically cooled liquid containers for keeping beverages cool; Refrigerated medical boxes being containers for transportation of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, cells, organs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect to a wireless communication network; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Refrigerating container for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines; Temperature controlled shipping containers for medical use; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for storage of medicines; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit; Reusable baby changing mats; Reusable baby changing mats with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality; Reusable baby changing mats with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect to a wireless communication network; Reusable baby changing mats with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Reusable diaper changing mats; Reusable diaper changing mats with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality; Reusable diaper changing mats with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect to a wireless communication network; Reusable diaper changing mats with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Baby changing platforms; Baby changing platforms with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality; Baby changing platforms with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect to a wireless communication network; Baby changing platforms with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Diaper changing stations; Diaper changing stations with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality; Diaper changing stations with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect to a wireless communication network; Diaper changing stations with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Combination reusable diaper changing mats and weighing scales for infants or toddlers; Combination reusable diaper changing mats and weighing scales for infants or toddlers with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality; Combination reusable diaper changing mats and weighing scales for infants or toddlers with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect to a wireless communication network; Combination reusable diaper changing mats and weighing scales for infants or toddlers with temperature control and heating and cooling functionality that connect wirelessly to a mobile device or a portable computing device; Non-metal transport boxes being containers for the storage and transport of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, cells, organs; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature of the unit

Goods & Services

Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled containers for medical use; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for medical use; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit Hot-and-cold temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers; Temperature controlled beverage storage containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers containing heating elements; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs containing heating elements; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage storage containers containing heating elements; Electric hot cups and mugs for keeping beverages warm; Electrically heated liquid containers for keeping beverages warm; beverage-cooling apparatus; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded software and firmware for communicating temperature data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature of the unit; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers containing phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers containing cooling elements; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs containing phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs containing phase cooling elements; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage storage containers containing phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage storage containers containing cooling elements; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Electric cool boxes; Electric heating boxes; Electric portable active and passive cold boxes; electric portable active and passive heating boxes; refrigerating apparatus for storage of food; Temperature controlled food storage containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Electrically heated baby bottles for keeping beverages warm; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for food; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; Electrically cooled baby bottles for keeping beverages cool; Electrically cooled cups and mugs for keeping beverages cool; Electrically cooled liquid containers for keeping beverages cool; Refrigerated shipping containers; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit Inventory management; Freight management services, namely, shipment processing, preparing shipping documents and invoices, tracking documents, packages and freight namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs, over computer networks for business purposes; Freight management services, namely, shipment processing, tracking packages and freight over computer networks for business purposes; providing tracking services and information concerning tracking of assets in transit, namely, cargo and delivery containers for business inventory purposes; providing electronic tracking of freight information to others for business administration purposes; tracking, locating and monitoring of transport containers for commercial purposes; Real time business management services Technical support services, namely, providing technical advice in repair and maintenance of transport containers; Providing a website featuring information in the field of repair and maintenance of transport containers Shipping of goods; delivery of goods; Arranging pickup, transportation, and delivery of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Pharmaceutical drug delivery services; Delivery of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Providing a website featuring information in the field of delivery of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Arranging the transportation of goods for others Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for inventory management and tracking freight; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for tracking the delivery of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs Medical consultation in the field of prescription medicine adherence by patients

Abstract

Garments or footwear with active temperature control include one or more heating or cooling elements, one or more batteries, and one or more power receivers. Circuitry of the garment of footwear is configured to control the delivery of power to the one or more heating or cooling elements to heat or cool one or more portions of the garment associated with the one or more heating or cooling elements.

IPC Classes  ?

• D06F 59/02 - Supports adapted to retain the shape of particular articles being dried, e.g. incorporating heating means for garments
• A41D 1/00 - Garments
• A41D 13/005 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment with controlled temperature
• A47G 25/20 - Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers with devices for preserving the shape of the clothes

Abstract

A portable cooler container (1000) is provided. A temperature control system cools a chamber of the container to transport temperature sensitive contents via the container. An electronic display screen (188) on one of the lid and the container body selectively displays an electronic shipping label for the portable cooler container. An electrical connector unit (34, 700) is provided on an outer surface of the cooler container via which power is transferred to the cooler container and via which sensed parameter information is transferred from the cooler container when the cooler container is placed against a power and data transfer unit (500).

IPC Classes  ?

• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
• F25B 27/00 - Machines, plants or systems, using particular sources of energy
• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators
• A01N 1/02 - Preservation of living parts
• H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• F25D 16/00 - Devices using a combination of a cooling mode associated with refrigerating machinery with a cooling mode not associated with refrigerating machinery

Goods & Services

(1) Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled containers for medical use; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for medical use; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the movement, temperature, humidity, pressure, and shipment of the unit. (2) Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Electric cool boxes; Electric heating boxes; Electric portable active and passive cold boxes; Electric portable active and passive heating boxes; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the movement, temperature, humidity, pressure, and shipment of the unit.

Goods & Services

Clothing, headwear, footwear; Clothing, headwear, footwear embedded with technology for cooling and heating the body.

Goods & Services

Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled containers for medical use; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for medical use; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the movement, temperature, humidity, pressure, and shipment of the unit. Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Electric cool boxes; Electric heating boxes; Electric portable active and passive cold boxes; Electric portable active and passive heating boxes; All the foregoing sold with and without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the movement, temperature, humidity, pressure, and shipment of the unit.

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled dishware or serverware device (e.g., a plate, a bowl, a serving dish, such as a platter) can have a temperature control system that can include one or more heating or cooling elements operable to heat or cool a surface of the dishware or serverware device to thereby heat or cool the food on said surface.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Abstract

A portable cooler container (100M) with active temperature control, comprising: a container body (120M) having a chamber configured to receive and hold one or more containers of medicine; a lid (L) operable to access the chamber; and a temperature control system comprising one or more thermoelectric elements (220) configured to actively heat or cool at least a portion of the chamber, circuitry configured to control an operation of the one or more thermoelectric elements to heat or cool at least a portion of the chamber to a predetermined temperature or temperature range; and a display screen (110M) disposed on one of the container body and the lid, the display screen configured to selectively display one or more of information associated with the operation of the portable cooler, information associated with scheduled taking of the containers of medicine, and advertisements.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect

Goods & Services

Electrically heated and cooled clothing, namely, shirts, pants, shoes, socks, underwear, jackets, sweatshirts, tops, bottoms; Electrically heated and cooled headwear; Electrically heated and cooled footwear Clothing, namely, shirts, pants, shoes, socks, underwear, jackets, sweatshirts, tops, bottoms; headwear; footwear

Goods & Services

Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled containers for medical use; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for medical use; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the movement, temperature, humidity, pressure, and shipment of the unit Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Electric cool boxes; Electric heating boxes; Electric portable active and passive cold boxes; Electric portable active and passive heating boxes; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the movement, temperature, humidity, pressure, and shipment of the unit

Goods & Services

Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled containers for medical use; portable thermoelectric cooling containers for medical use; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded operating software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers; Temperature controlled beverage storage containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Electric hot cups and mugs for keeping beverages warm; Electrically heated liquid containers for keeping beverages warm; beverage-cooling apparatus; Portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded operating software and firmware for communicating temperature data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature of the unit; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers; Temperature controlled beverage storage containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Electric hot cups and mugs for keeping beverages warm; Electrically heated liquid containers for keeping beverages warm; Portable thermoelectric heating containers for beverages; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded operating software and firmware for communicating temperature data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature of the unit; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, cells, and organs; Electric cool boxes; Electric portable active and passive cold boxes; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles; Electrically heated baby bottles for keeping beverages warm; Portable thermoelectric heating containers for beverages; All the foregoing sold with or without embedded operating software and firmware for communicating and tracking temperature, humidity, location, pressure, and accelerometer event data and for controlling, reporting, and monitoring the temperature, humidity, and pressure, of the unit

Abstract

A cooler container with active temperature control system is provided. The active temperature control system is operated to heat or cool a chamber sized to receive a liquid container (e.g., metal can, such as a soda can, beer can, etc.) therein.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 23/02 - Glass or bottle holders
• A47G 23/04 - Containers with means for keeping food cool or hot
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators

Abstract

A cooler container with active temperature control system is provided. The active temperature control system is operated to heat or cool a chamber sized to receive a liquid container (e.g., metal can, such as a soda can, beer can, etc.) therein.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus

Abstract

A control unit for an actively heated or cooled drinkware, dishware or serverware device has a base with a surface that receives the actively heated or cooled drinkware, dishware or serverware device thereon, and a visual display. The control unit has circuitry configured to communicate with the visual display. The circuitry is operable to perform one or more of: send a data request signal to the device, receive one or more data from device, receive one or more operating parameter setpoints from a user, send the one or more operating parameter setpoints to the device to set a new target value for the one or more operating parameter setpoints at which the device is to operate, and communicate at least one of the one or more data to the visual display to display said at least one data on the visual display.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• H04L 29/08 - Transmission control procedure, e.g. data link level control procedure

Abstract

A portable cooler container system (1000") is provided, comprising: a container body (100") having a chamber configured to receive one or more perishable goods; a sleeve (130") disposed about the chamber and housing a phase change material (135") or thermal mass; a conduit (140") extending through the sleeve, an outer surface of the conduit in thermal communication with the phase change material or thermal mass; a lid (400") hingedly coupleable or removably coupleable to the container body to access the chamber; and a temperature control system comprising a cold side heat sink (210") in thermal communication with at least a portion of the conduit, a hot side heat sink (230"), a thermoelectric module (220") interposed between and in thermal communication with the cold side heat sink and hot side heat sink, a pump (146") operable to flow a fluid relative to the cold side heat sink to cool the fluid and to flow the cooled fluid through the conduit in the sleeve to cool the phase change material or thermal mass so that the phase change material or thermal mass is configured to cool at least a portion of the chamber, and circuitry configured to control an operation of one or both of the thermoelectric module and the pump.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled food container can have a lid movable between an open and a closed position and an insulated body to which the lid can be attached. The insulated body can have a sidewall that defines a perimeter of the container body and a base, the sidewall and base defining one or more chambers that can be sealed by the lid. The food container can have a temperature control system that can include one or more heating or cooling elements in thermal communication with one or both of the sidewall and the base and operable to heat or cool one or both of the sidewall and the base to thereby heat or cool the one or more chambers in the food container.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Abstract

A container has a chamber and a phase change material (PCM) that can remove heat from the chamber. The container can have a thermal conductor movably coupled in the container between a retracted position and a deployed position, where in the deployed position, while on a heat sink unit, the thermal conductor can draw heat from the PCM to solidify or charge the PCM, which can then maintain the chamber in a chilled state for a prolonged period of time. The container can have one or more heating elements in thermal communication with the chamber and operable to add heat to the chamber to increase or maintain a temperature of the chamber in a heated state for a prolonged period of time.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• A47J 41/02 - Vacuum-jacket vessels, e.g. vacuum bottles
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
• B65D 81/18 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient
• B65D 81/38 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation

Abstract

Garments or footwear with active temperature control include one or more heating or cooling elements, one or more batteries, and one or more power receivers. Circuitry of the garment of footwear is configured to control the delivery of power to the one or more heating or cooling elements to heat or cool one or more portions of the garment associated with the one or more heating or cooling elements.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41D 27/00 - Details of garments or of their making
• A47G 25/06 - Clothes hooksClothes racksGarment-supporting stands with swingable or extending arms
• A47G 25/14 - Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
• H02J 7/34 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering
• H02J 50/10 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling
• A41D 13/005 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment with controlled temperature

Abstract

Garments or footwear with active temperature control include one or more heating or cooling elements, one or more batteries, and one or more power receivers. Circuitry of the garment of footwear is configured to control the delivery of power to the one or more heating or cooling elements to heat or cool one or more portions of the garment associated with the one or more heating or cooling elements.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41D 13/005 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment with controlled temperature
• A41D 27/00 - Details of garments or of their making
• A47G 25/06 - Clothes hooksClothes racksGarment-supporting stands with swingable or extending arms
• A47G 25/14 - Clothing hangers, e.g. suit hangers
• A61B 5/00 - Measuring for diagnostic purposes Identification of persons
• H02J 7/34 - Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering
• H02J 50/10 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling

Abstract

A portable cooler container with active temperature control, comprising: a container body having a chamber configured to receive and hold one or more containers of medicine; a lid removably coupleable to the container body to access the chamber; and a temperature control system comprising one or more thermoelectric elements configured to actively heat or cool at least a portion of the chamber, one or more power storage elements, circuitry configured to control an operation of the one or more thermoelectric elements to heat or cool at least a portion of the chamber to a predetermined temperature or temperature range.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators
• A61J 1/16 - Holders for containers
• B65D 81/38 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents with thermal insulation
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect

Abstract

An infant bottle feeding system includes an infant bottle with a chamber that receives a liquid, heating or cooling elements operable to heat or cool liquid in the chamber and sensors operable to sense parameters of the liquid in the chamber. The system optionally includes an electronic base removably attached to a bottom surface of the infant bottle and operable to deliver power to electronics in the infant bottle. The system optionally includes a thermal cover that fits over the infant bottle and releasably couples to the electronic base to enclose the infant bottle, the thermal cover insulating the infant bottle and inhibiting heat loss of the liquid in the chamber. The electronic base delivers power to the heating elements and sensors in the infant bottle only when the infant bottle is on the electronic base. The infant bottle, thermal cover and electronic base define a single travel pack unit when coupled together.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus

Abstract

A drinkware container system includes a container body having an outer wall and an inner wall spaced from the outer wall to define a cavity. The inner wall extends between an opening of the container body and a base wall. The inner wall and base wall define a chamber that receives a liquid, the bottom wall spaced below the base wall. A cold- side heat sink is located in the cavity in thermal contact with the inner wall and/or the base wall. Optionally, a phase change material is located in the cavity and in thermal communication with the chamber and with the cold side heat sink, the phase change material spaced apart from the outer wall. The cavity can optionally be filled with an insulation material or be under vacuum. Optionally, the container body can have magnet(s) that can removably couple it with a cooling unit. The cooling unit can have a first heat sink configured to contact the container body when the container body is placed on the cooling unit, thermoelectric module(s) in thermal communication with the first heat sink, and a second heat sink in thermal communication with the thermoelectric module(s) so that the thermoelectric module(s) are interposed between the first and second heat sinks. The thermoelectric module(s) are operable to draw heat from the first heat sink and transfer it to the second heat sink to cool the first heat sink to thereby draw heat from the container body to cool it.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus
• F25D 15/00 - Devices associated with refrigerating machinery not covered by group or , e.g. non-self-contained movable devices
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars

Abstract

A drinkware container system includes a container body having an outer wall and an inner wall spaced from the outer wall to define a cavity. The inner wall extends between an opening of the container body and a base wall. The inner wall and base wall define a chamber that receives a liquid, the bottom wall spaced below the base wall. A cold- side heat sink is located in the cavity in thermal contact with the inner wall and/or the base wall. Optionally, a phase change material is located in the cavity and in thermal communication with the chamber and with the cold side heat sink, the phase change material spaced apart from the outer wall. The cavity can optionally be filled with an insulation material or be under vacuum. Optionally, the container body can have magnet(s) that can removably couple it with a cooling unit. The cooling unit can have a first heat sink configured to contact the container body when the container body is placed on the cooling unit, thermoelectric module(s) in thermal communication with the first heat sink, and a second heat sink in thermal communication with the thermoelectric module(s) so that the thermoelectric module(s) are interposed between the first and second heat sinks. The thermoelectric module(s) are operable to draw heat from the first heat sink and transfer it to the second heat sink to cool the first heat sink to thereby draw heat from the container body to cool it.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
• F25D 15/00 - Devices associated with refrigerating machinery not covered by group or , e.g. non-self-contained movable devices
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus

Goods & Services

Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, dnas, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, cells, organs; incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers specially adapted for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs, and for temperature sensitive medicines and medical goods; temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; temperature controlled containers for medical use; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for medical use. Refrigerated containers for medical storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, dnas, cells, organs, and for temperature sensitive medicines and medical goods; refrigerating containers for food and beverages; electric cool boxes; electric heating boxes; electric portable active and passive cold boxes; electric portable active and passive heating boxes; refrigerating apparatus for storage of food; temperature controlled food storage containers; temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers; temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles; temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing heating elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing cooling elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; electrically heated baby bottles for keeping beverages warm; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for food; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; electrically cooled baby bottles for keeping beverages cool; electrically cooled cups and mugs for keeping beverages cool; electrically cooled liquid containers for keeping beverages cool; refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use.

Abstract

A portable cooler container with active temperature control system is provided. The active temperature control system is operated to heat or cool a chamber of a vessel to approach a temperature set point suitable for a medication stored in the cooler container.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus
• F25D 17/06 - Arrangements for circulating cooling fluidsArrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces for circulating gas, e.g. by natural convection by forced circulation
• F25B 21/02 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect

Abstract

A control unit for an actively heated or cooled drinkware, dishware or serverware device has a base with a surface that receives the actively heated or cooled drinkware, dishware or serverware device thereon, and a visual display. The control unit has circuitry configured to communicate with the visual display. The circuitry is operable to perform one or more of: send a data request signal to the device, receive one or more data from device, receive one or more operating parameter setpoints from a user, send the one or more operating parameter setpoints to the device to set a new target value for the one or more operating parameter setpoints at which the device is to operate, and communicate at least one of the one or more data to the visual display to display said at least one data on the visual display.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices

Abstract

A container has a chamber and a phase change material (PCM) that can remove heat from the chamber. The container can have a thermal conductor movably coupled in the container between a retracted position and a deployed position, where in the deployed position, while on a heat sink unit, the thermal conductor can draw heat from the PCM to solidify or charge the PCM, which can then maintain the chamber in a chilled state for a prolonged period of time. The container can have one or more heating elements in thermal communication with the chamber and operable to add heat to the chamber to increase or maintain a temperature of the chamber in a heated state for a prolonged period of time.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars

Abstract

An infant bottle feeding system includes an infant bottle (100) with a chamber (C) that receives a liquid, heating or cooling elements (42A, 42B) operable to heat or cool liquid in the chamber and sensors (80) operable to sense parameters of the liquid in the chamber. The system includes an electronic base (50) removably attached to a bottom surface of the infant bottle (100) and operable to deliver power to electronics in the infant bottle. The system includes a thermal cover (70) that fits over the infant bottle (100) and releasably couples to the electronic base (50) to enclose the infant bottle, the thermal cover (70) insulating the infant bottle and inhibiting heat loss of the liquid in the chamber. The electronic base (50) delivers power to the heating elements and sensors in the infant bottle only when the infant bottle is on the electronic base. The infant bottle, thermal cover and electronic base define a single travel pack unit when coupled together.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices

Abstract

An infant bottle feeding system includes an infant bottle with a chamber that receives a liquid, heating or cooling elements operable to heat or cool liquid in the chamber and sensors operable to sense parameters of the liquid in the chamber. The system optionally includes an electronic base removably attached to a bottom surface of the infant bottle and operable to deliver power to electronics in the infant bottle. The system optionally includes a thermal cover that fits over the infant bottle and releasably couples to the electronic base to enclose the infant bottle, the thermal cover insulating the infant bottle and inhibiting heat loss of the liquid in the chamber. The electronic base delivers power to the heating elements and sensors in the infant bottle only when the infant bottle is on the electronic base. The infant bottle, thermal cover and electronic base define a single travel pack unit when coupled together.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47J 27/12 - Multiple-unit cooking-vessels
• A47J 27/10 - Cooking-vessels with water-bath arrangements for domestic use
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus

Goods & Services

Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers; temperature controlled beverage storage containers; temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs; temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs containing heating elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; electric hot cups and mugs for keeping beverages warm; electrically heated liquid containers for keeping beverages warm; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages.

Goods & Services

(1) Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, cells, organs; incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages. (2) Electric cool boxes; Electric heating boxes; electric portable active and passive cold boxes; electric portable active and passive heating boxes; refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled containers for medical use; refrigerating apparatus for storage of food; Temperature controlled food storage containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; electrically heated baby bottles for keeping beverages warm; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for food; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for medical use; electrically cooled baby bottles for keeping beverages cool; electrically cooled cups and mugs for keeping beverages cool; electrically cooled liquid containers for keeping beverages cool. (3) Heat-insulated containers for beverages; portable beverage coolers; thermal insulated bags for food or beverages; thermal insulated containers for food or beverages.

Abstract

A plateware device with an active temperature control system can have a double- walled body with a top metal panel and a bottom metal panel spaced from the top metal panel to define a cavity therebetween. A base (of metal or plastic) can be attached to the bottom metal panel to close the cavity. An outer surface of the doubled-walled body can have a ceramic coating so the plateware device resembles a conventional plateware device. The temperature control system can be disposed in the cavity and can include one or more heat transfer elements in thermal communication with a bottom surface of the top panel to heat at least a portion of the top panel, and control circuitry configured to control operation of the one or more heat transfer elements. The control circuitry is optionally further configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile electronic device, the control circuitry configured to control the operation of the one or more heat transfer elements based at least in part on information it receives from the mobile electronic device.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled portable container has a body with a chamber that receives and holds a liquid, and one or more heating or cooling elements in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber. An outer surface of the body has one or more electrical contacts. A module is removably coupled to a portion of the body. The module has one or more electrical contacts on an outer surface of the module that contact the one or more electrical contacts on the outer surface of the body, control circuitry, and one or more power storage elements that provide power to the control circuitry and/or the one or more heating or cooling elements. The control circuitry wirelessly communicates with a mobile electronic device to wirelessly transmit information to the mobile electronic device associated with the operation of the module and/or wirelessly receive instructions from a user via the mobile electronic device.

IPC Classes  ?

• H05B 1/02 - Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to heating apparatus
• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• F28D 20/02 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in generalRegenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or using latent heat
• H05B 3/00 - Ohmic-resistance heating
• H05B 3/06 - Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or with holders
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• H05B 3/82 - Fixedly-mounted immersion heaters
• A61J 9/00 - Feeding-bottles in general

Abstract

A beverage container system can include a container having a body with an open top end, a circumferential wall and a base at a bottom end, the body having a chamber configured to receive a liquid therein. A lid is removably coupleable to a proximal end of the container and having at least one opening through which the liquid can flow, the lid comprising a coupling element on an underside surface of the lid. One or more modules releasably coupleable to the coupling element of the lid so that the one or more modules are suspended in the chamber spaced apart from the circumferential wall when the lid is coupled to the vessel, the one or more modules configured to alter a parameter of the liquid in the chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 31/06 - Filters or strainers for coffee or tea makers
• A47G 19/16 - Tea infusers, e.g. infusing bags, egg-shaped infusers
• A47J 31/18 - Apparatus in which ground coffee or tea-leaves are immersed in the hot liquid in the beverage container
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled food container can have a lid movable between an open and a closed position and an insulated body to which the lid can be attached. The insulated body can have a sidewall that defines a perimeter of the container body and a base, the sidewall and base defining one or more chambers that can be sealed by the lid. The food container can have a temperature control system that can include one or more heating or cooling elements in thermal communication with one or both of the sidewall and the base and operable to heat or cool one or both of the sidewall and the base to thereby heat or cool the one or more chambers in the food container.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Goods & Services

Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, cells, organs; incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods including food and beverages. Electric cool boxes; Electric heating boxes; electric portable active and passive cold boxes; electric portable active and passive heating boxes; refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled containers for medical use; refrigerating apparatus for storage of food; Temperature controlled food storage containers; electrically heated baby bottles for keeping beverages warm; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for food; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for medical use; electrically cooled baby bottles for keeping beverages cool; electrically cooled cups and mugs for keeping beverages cool; electrically cooled liquid containers for keeping beverages cool. Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated baby bottles containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated food storage containers containing cooling elements and phase change materials.

Goods & Services

Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply and sanitary purposes; temperature controlled beverage storage containers; temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; electric hot cups and mugs for keeping beverages warm; electrically heated liquid containers for keeping beverages warm; beverage-cooling apparatus; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages. Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers; temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs; temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs containing heating elements and phase change materials.

Goods & Services

Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers; Temperature controlled beverage storage containers; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated cups and mugs containing heating elements and phase change materials; Temperature-controlled portable insulated beverage storage containers containing heating elements and phase change materials; electric hot cups and mugs for keeping beverages warm; electrically heated liquid containers for keeping beverages warm; beverage-cooling apparatus; portable thermoelectric cooling and heating containers for beverages

Abstract

A container with active temperature control is provided. The container has a body with a chamber that receives a liquid. A temperature control system housed in the portable body has one or more heating element in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber to heat the liquid. Control circuitry controls the operation of the one or more heating elements and one or more power storage elements to provide electrical energy to the one or more heating element and/or control circuitry. The control circuitry controls the one or more heating elements to add heat to the liquid in the receiving portion to maintain the temperature of the liquid at a predetermined temperature or increase the temperature of the liquid above said predetermined temperature. The container can have a cooling element (e.g., a phase change material) that can remove heat from the liquid poured into the chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65D 43/02 - Removable lids or covers
• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• F25D 29/00 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• G06Q 20/32 - Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices using wireless devices

Abstract

An active temperature control module can be used with drinkware and plateware devices. The drinkware can be a mug made of metal, and optionally coated with a ceramic material. The active thermal control module can optionally be removably coupleable to a surface of the drinkware or plateware device. The module can include at least one heating element that can thermally communicate with a surface of the drinkware or plateware device to thereby effect heat transfer through the base to food stuff (e.g., a solid food, a liquid food) in the drinkware or plateware device. The module can include at least one sensor configured to sense a parameter of the foodstuff, and at least one power storage element configured to provide power to the at least one heating element. The module can include control circuitry configured to control operation of the one or more heating elements, and a transceiver configured to transmit operating information of the module to a remote electronic device and to receive operating instructions from the remote electronic device. Optionally, the module can include a heat transfer pack that can thermally communicate with the at least one heating element, and which can be interposed between the at least one heating element and a surface of the drinkware or plateware device.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 27/00 - Cooking-vessels
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• H05B 1/02 - Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to heating apparatus
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• H04B 1/38 - Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving

Goods & Services

Active and passive transport boxes for medical purposes, namely, vaccines, blood, blood components, blood plasma, tissues, DNAs, laboratory and medical probes, biological probes, pharmaceuticals, cells, organs; incubators for medical purposes, namely, for temperature sensitive medical, pharmaceutical and laboratory items such as vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for medical use for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods; refrigerating apparatus for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of medicines for medical use; Temperature controlled containers for medical use; portable thermoelectric cooling containers for medical use Temperature-controlled portable insulated containers for storage of vaccines, blood and blood components, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, tissues, biological samples, DNAs, cells, organs and for temperature sensitive goods; Electric cool boxes; electric portable active and passive cold boxes

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled beverage container includes a body chosen from a group consisting of a mug, a cup and a travel mug, the body having a chamber configured to receive and hold a food or beverage therein. The container has a temperature control system that includes a phase change material positioned about at least a portion of the chamber that removes heat from the beverage disposed in the chamber that has a temperature above a predetermined drinking temperature to lower the temperature of the beverage toward the predetermined drinking temperature. One or more heating elements positioned in thermal communication with a different portion of the chamber than the phase change material. The temperature control system also has control circuitry configured to control the operation of the heating element. The temperature control system also includes a ring rotatably coupled to a distal end of the body, the ring configured to rotate about a central axis of the container relative to a proximal portion of the body and to communicate with the control circuitry.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• B65D 43/02 - Removable lids or covers
• B65D 53/02 - Collars or rings

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled portable container has a body with a chamber that receives and holds a liquid, and one or more heating or cooling elements in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber. An outer surface of the body has one or more electrical contacts. A module is removably coupled to a portion of the body. The module has one or more electrical contacts on an outer surface of the module that contact the one or more electrical contacts on the outer surface of the body, control circuitry, and one or more power storage elements that provide power to the control circuitry and/or the one or more heating or cooling elements. The control circuitry wirelessly communicates with a mobile electronic device to wirelessly transmit information to the mobile electronic device associated with the operation of the module and/or wirelessly receive instructions from a user via the mobile electronic device.

IPC Classes  ?

• H05B 1/02 - Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to heating apparatus
• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices
• A61J 9/00 - Feeding-bottles in general
• H05B 3/82 - Fixedly-mounted immersion heaters
• H05B 3/00 - Ohmic-resistance heating
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• F28D 20/02 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in generalRegenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or using latent heat
• H05B 3/06 - Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or with holders

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled food container that can hold one or more foodstuffs can include a cover movable between an open and a closed position and an insulated body to which the cover is attached. The insulated body can have a sidewall that defines a perimeter of the body and a base, the sidewall and base defining a chamber configured to be sealed by the cover. The food container can have a temperature control system that can include one or more heat transfer elements in thermal communication with one or both of the sidewall and the base and operable to effect heat transfer through one or both of the sidewall and the base to foodstuff disposed in the chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• A45C 11/20 - Lunch or picnic boxes or the like

Abstract

An actively heated mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container is provided. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can include a body that receives a liquid therein and a heating or cooling system at least partially disposed in the body. The heating or cooling system can include one or more heating or cooling elements that heat a surface of the receiving portion of the body and one or more energy storage devices. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can include a wireless power receiver that wirelessly receives power from a power source and control circuitry configured to charge one or more power storage elements and to control the delivery of electricity from the one or more power storage elements to the one or more heating or cooling elements. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container also can have one or more sensors that sense a parameter of the liquid or sense a parameter of the heating or cooling system and communicates the sensed information to the control circuitry. The control circuitry can turn on, turn off, and/or operate the heating or cooling element to actively heat or cool at least a portion of the body to maintain the liquid in a heated or cooled state generally at a user selected temperature setting based at least in part on the sensed parameter information. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can also be paired with a remote device or mobile electronic device to send or receive communications or commands.

IPC Classes  ?

• H05B 1/02 - Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to heating apparatus
• A47G 19/02 - Plates, dishes or the like
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• A47J 31/44 - Parts or details of beverage-making apparatus
• F25B 21/04 - Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effectMachines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect reversible
• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars
• A47J 39/02 - Dish-warmersDevices to keep food hot
• A47J 36/32 - Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
• A47J 36/24 - Warming devices

Abstract

An actively heated or cooled food container can have a lid movable between an open and a closed position and an insulated body to which the lid can be attached. The insulated body can have a sidewall that defines a perimeter of the container body and a base, the sidewall and base defining one or more chambers that can be sealed by the lid. The food container can have a temperature control system that can include one or more heating or cooling elements in thermal communication with one or both of the sidewall and the base and operable to heat or cool one or both of the sidewall and the base to thereby heat or cool the one or more chambers in the food container.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars

Abstract

An active temperature control module can be used with drinkware and plateware devices. The drinkware can be a mug made of metal, and optionally coated with a ceramic material. The active thermal control module can optionally be removably coupleable to a surface of the drinkware or plateware device. The module can include at least one heating element that can thermally communicate with a surface of the drinkware or plateware device to thereby effect heat transfer through the base to food stuff (e.g., a solid food, a liquid food) in the drinkware or plateware device. The module can include at least one sensor configured to sense a parameter of the foodstuff, and at least one power storage element configured to provide power to the at least one heating element. The module can include control circuitry configured to control operation of the one or more heating elements, and a transceiver configured to transmit operating information of the module to a remote electronic device and to receive operating instructions from the remote electronic device. Optionally, the module can include a heat transfer pack that can thermally communicate with the at least one heating element, and which can be interposed between the at least one heating element and a surface of the drinkware or plateware device.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 41/00 - Thermally-insulated vessels, e.g. flasks, jugs, jars

Abstract

A container (100) with active temperature control is provide which has a body with a chamber (15) that receives a liquid. A temperature control system housed in the portable body has one or more heating element (40) in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber. Control circuitry (80) controls the operation of the one or more heating elements and one or more power storage elements (60) to provide electrical energy to the one or more heating element and/or control circuitry. The control circuitry controls the one or more heating elements to add heat to the liquid in the receiving portion to maintain the temperature of the liquid at a predetermined temperature or increase the temperature of the liquid above said predetermined temperature. The container has a cooling element (e.g., a phase change material) that can remove heat from the liquid poured into the chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service

Abstract

A container with active temperature control is provided. The container has a body with a chamber that receives a liquid. A temperature control system housed in the portable body has one or more heating element in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber to heat the liquid. Control circuitry controls the operation of the one or more heating elements and one or more power storage elements to provide electrical energy to the one or more heating element and/or control circuitry. The control circuitry controls the one or more heating elements to add heat to the liquid in the receiving portion to maintain the temperature of the liquid at a predetermined temperature or increase the temperature of the liquid above said predetermined temperature. The container can have a cooling element (e.g., a phase change material) that can remove heat from the liquid poured into the chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• F25D 3/08 - Movable containers portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• F25D 31/00 - Other cooling or freezing apparatus
• F25D 29/00 - Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• G06Q 20/32 - Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices using wireless devices

Abstract

An active temperature control module can be used with drinkware and plateware devices. The drinkware can be a mug made of metal, and optionally coated with a ceramic material. The active thermal control module can optionally be removably coupleable to a surface of the drinkware or plateware device. The module can include at least one heating element that can thermally communicate with a surface of the drinkware or plateware device to thereby effect heat transfer through the base to food stuff (e.g., a solid food, a liquid food) in the drinkware or plateware device. The module can include at least one sensor configured to sense a parameter of the foodstuff, and at least one power storage element configured to provide power to the at least one heating element. The module can include control circuitry configured to control operation of the one or more heating elements, and a transceiver configured to transmit operating information of the module to a remote electronic device and to receive operating instructions from the remote electronic device. Optionally, the module can include a heat transfer pack that can thermally communicate with the at least one heating element, and which can be interposed between the at least one heating element and a surface of the drinkware or plateware device.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 27/21 - Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
• A47J 27/00 - Cooking-vessels
• A47G 19/22 - Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
• H05B 1/02 - Automatic switching arrangements specially adapted to heating apparatus
• H04B 1/38 - Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving

Abstract

A secure delivery container can have a body with a chamber that can receive one or more items for delivery to an end recipient and a door actuatable to close the chamber in a locked position and open to allow access to the items. The container can have a heat transfer system with one or more heat transfer elements in thermal communication with one or more surfaces of the body that define the chamber and configured to heat or cool said one or more surfaces to heat or cool the delivery items in the chamber. The container can also have control circuitry configured to control the operation of the one or more heat transfer elements. The container can also have a transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate between the remote electronic device, the heat transfer elements, or the control circuitry.

IPC Classes  ?

• A47J 39/00 - Heat-insulated warming chambersCupboards with heating arrangements for warming kitchen utensils
• B65D 81/00 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
• B65D 81/18 - Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient
• F25D 11/00 - Self-contained movable devices associated with refrigerating machinery, e.g. domestic refrigerators

Abstract

A locking mechanism assembly (100A) can include a locking member (10A) that can move between a retracted position and a deployed position. A first spring (30A) is coupled to a proximal portion of the locking member and exerts a force on the locking member in the proximal direction toward the retracted position. A second spring (40A) is coupled to the locking member and exerts a force on the locking member in a distal direction toward the deployed position, opposite to the direction of force exerted by the first spring. One of the first and second springs includes a shape memory material that moves to a pre-deformed state when exposed to heat, thereby increasing in tension such that the force it exerts on the locking member exceeds the force exerted on the locking member by the other of the first and second springs, causing the locking member to move to the retracted or deployed position.

IPC Classes  ?

• F16B 1/00 - Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts