IP Library Granted Patent US 10,329,070
Granted Patent B2
US 10,329,070 · App. 15/372,149 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Fluid insulation assembly

Inventor: Loren Wengerd (Jackson, WY)
Assignee: Thermal Lock LLC
B65D81/245A47G19/127A47G19/2288A47J31/38A47J41/00B65D25/06B65D25/42
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Patent No.
US 10,329,070
App. No.
15/372,149
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid insulation assembly for use with a container that is configured to contain a fluid includes a barrier assembly configured to fluidly isolate a first fluid chamber within an interior of a container, wherein the first fluid chamber is configured to contain a fluid, and an actuation assembly configured to dispense fluid contained within the first fluid chamber. A method for insulating a fluid within a container and dispensing the fluid from the container includes fluidly isolating a first fluid chamber within an interior of a container and moving a barrier assembly disposed within the interior of the container in a first direction for dispensing fluid contained within the first fluid chamber.

Claims (10)

1. A fluid insulation assembly of a container having an insulated first fluid chamber configured to contain a fluid, the fluid insulation assembly comprising:

an actuation assembly configured to dispense the fluid from the insulated first fluid chamber into a second fluid chamber of the container that is not isolated from ambient air; and

a barrier assembly configured to fluidly isolate the fluid within the insulated first fluid chamber from ambient air as the fluid is dispensed from the insulated first fluid chamber into the second fluid chamber,

wherein the actuation assembly is configured to move the barrier assembly in a first direction for dispensing the fluid from the insulated first fluid chamber, and

wherein the barrier assembly includes at least one barrier magnet that is alignable with at least one magnet of the actuation assembly such that the barrier assembly moves when the at least one magnet of the actuation assembly is moved, and wherein the container includes an inner liner and an outer container, and wherein at least one container magnet assembly is disposed between the inner liner and the outer container, and wherein at least one outer ring magnet is disposed exterior of the outer container.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second fluid chamber is selectively removable from the container.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the barrier assembly includes a valve assembly configured to selectively allow the fluid to flow out of the insulated first fluid chamber without allowing ambient air to pass into the insulated first fluid chamber when the barrier assembly is moved in the first direction.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the valve assembly selectively allows ambient air to flow into the insulated first fluid chamber when the barrier assembly is moved in a second direction.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one barrier magnet is magnetically attracted to the at least one container magnet assembly, and wherein the at least one container magnet assembly is magnetically attracted to the at least one outer ring magnet.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the insulated first fluid chamber is defined by a portion of the inner liner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: WENGERD, LOREN
To: THERMAL LOCK LLC
Reel/Frame 041737/0990 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62264251 · Dec 7, 2015
Related Publication 20170158406A1 · Jun 8, 2017
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