Apparatus having rigid thermally-insulated container, table assembly and collapsible thermally-insulated container

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a rigid thermally-insulated container;

a table assembly being configured to be selectively attachable to the rigid thermally-insulated container; and

a collapsible thermally-insulated container being configured to be selectively attachable to the table assembly; and

the table assembly defining an entrance having an inner wall extending along an inner perimeter of the entrance; and

a first touch fastener being positioned along, at least in part, the inner perimeter of the entrance defined by the table assembly; and

the collapsible thermally-insulated container having an exterior periphery; and

a second touch fastener being positioned on, at least in part, the exterior periphery of the collapsible thermally-insulated container in such a way that the collapsible thermally-insulated container is selectively connectable to the table assembly once the second touch fastener of the collapsible thermally-insulated container is securely connected to the first touch fastener of the table assembly; and

the second touch fastener being positioned on, at least in part, the exterior periphery of the collapsible thermally-insulated container in such a way that the collapsible thermally-insulated container is selectively disconnectable from the table assembly once the second touch fastener of the collapsible thermally-insulated container is disconnected from the first touch fastener of the table assembly; and

the first touch fastener and the second touch fastener being configured to support the weight of the collapsible thermally-insulated container, and to support the operative weight to be received by the collapsible thermally-insulated container once the collapsible thermally-insulated container is securely connected to the table assembly.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the table assembly is further configured to be selectively detachable from the rigid thermally-insulated container.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the collapsible thermally-insulated container is further configured to be selectively detachable from the table assembly.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the collapsible thermally-insulated container is fixedly attachable to the table assembly in such a way that the collapsible thermally-insulated container remains in an erect state.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the collapsible thermally-insulated container is detachable from the table assembly in such a way that the collapsible thermally-insulated container collapses into a collapsed state.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the collapsible thermally-insulated container is fixedly attachable to the table assembly in a deployment position.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the collapsible thermally-insulated container is detachable from the table assembly in a storage position.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the table assembly is fixedly attached to the rigid thermally-insulated container once positioned at a deployment position.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the table assembly is detached from the rigid thermally-insulated container once positioned at a storage position.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

in a deployment position, the rigid thermally-insulated container, the table assembly and the collapsible thermally-insulated container are positioned relative to each other so that cooling space is increased, at least in part, beyond the cooling space provided by the rigid thermally-insulated container.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

in a storage position, the rigid thermally-insulated container, the table assembly and the collapsible thermally-insulated container are positioned relative to each other so that storage space is for storage of the rigid thermally-insulated container.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the collapsible thermally-insulated container includes:

a drain port being configured to permit flow of drainage from an interior of the rigid thermally-insulated container positioned in a deployment position.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the table assembly defines the entrance configured to interface with the collapsible thermally-insulated container.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the table assembly includes:

a lid assembly configured to interact with the table assembly in such a way as to facilitate user access to the collapsible thermally-insulated container.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the table assembly includes:

a table-support assembly configured to provide support to the table assembly from below the table assembly.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

a container interface extends from a bottom surface of the table assembly once the table assembly is positioned in a horizontal condition;

an outer perimeter of a container side wall of the rigid thermally-insulated container defines a recess zone that faces outwardly from the container side wall at a top section of the container side wall;

a table interface is positioned on a top portion of the container side wall below the recess zone, and the table interface is in communication with the recess zone; and

the recess zone extends, at least in part, from a front wall to a back wall of the rigid thermally-insulated container.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein:

the recess zone is configured to accommodate, at least in part, an edge portion of the table assembly, while the container interface of the table assembly is receivable in the table interface provided by the top section of the container side wall of the rigid thermally-insulated container.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein:

the table interface and the container interface are aligned along a coaxial direction extending along a vertical direction once operatively installed relative to each other.

19. A method of operating an apparatus including a rigid thermally-insulated container, a table assembly, and a collapsible thermally-insulated container, the method comprising:

selectively attaching the table assembly to the rigid thermally-insulated container, and the table assembly defining an entrance having an inner wall extending along an inner perimeter of the entrance, and a first touch fastener being positioned along, at least in part, the inner perimeter of the entrance defined by the table assembly; and

selectively attaching the collapsible thermally-insulated container to the table assembly, and the collapsible thermally-insulated container having an exterior periphery, and a second touch fastener being positioned on, at least in part, the exterior periphery of the collapsible thermally-insulated container; and

selectively securely connecting the second touch fastener of the collapsible thermally-insulated container to the first touch fastener of the table assembly in such a way that the collapsible thermally-insulated container becomes selectively connected to the table assembly; and

selectively disconnecting the second touch fastener of the collapsible thermally-insulated container from the first touch fastener of the table assembly in such a way that the collapsible thermally-insulated container becomes selectively disconnected from the table assembly; and

using the first touch fastener and the second touch fastener to support the weight of the collapsible thermally-insulated container, and to support the operative weight to be received by the collapsible thermally-insulated container once the collapsible thermally-insulated container is securely connected to the table assembly.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

selectively detaching the collapsible thermally-insulated container from the table assembly; and

selectively detaching the table assembly from the rigid thermally-insulated container.