Segmented container volume apparatus
View Patent ↗An insulated multiple fluid container apparatus having multiple separate volumes that each can have a dedicated removably engagable lid allowing fluid consumption from each of the volumes individually, thus allowing hot and cold fluids to be carried simultaneously. Sealing and insulating as between the multiple separate container volumes is structurally accommodated in the design forming a portable and compact multiple fluid container apparatus.
1. A segmented shortwise volume container apparatus, comprising
(a) a primary base;
(b) a primary surrounding sidewall extending from said primary base, said primary surrounding sidewall being about a primary lengthwise axis, said primary surrounding sidewall having a primary first end portion and an opposing primary second end portion with said primary lengthwise axis spanning therebetween, said primary surrounding sidewall also including a primary outer surface and an opposing primary inner surface, wherein said primary second end portion is adjacent to said primary base, said primary base and said primary inner surface defining a primary surrounding sidewall interior, said primary surrounding sidewall terminating at said primary first end portion in a primary first margin;
(c) a primary cap having a cap outer periphery that is stepped to be removably engagable to said a primary first margin, further said primary cap having a primary cap aperture;
(d) a primary cap aperture removably engagable plug;
(e) a secondary base having a secondary outer periphery portion that includes a secondary shoulder portion that removably engages said primary cap outer periphery, further said secondary base including a secondary base aperture;
(f) a secondary base aperture removably engagable plug;
(g) a secondary surrounding sidewall extending from said secondary base, said secondary surrounding sidewall being about a secondary lengthwise axis, said secondary surrounding sidewall having a secondary first end portion and an opposing secondary second end portion with said secondary lengthwise axis spanning therebetween, said secondary surrounding sidewall also including a secondary outer surface and an opposing secondary inner surface, wherein said secondary second end portion is adjacent to said secondary base, said secondary base and said secondary inner surface defining a secondary surrounding sidewall interior, said secondary surrounding sidewall terminating at said secondary first end portion in a secondary first margin, wherein said secondary first margin has a secondary sidewall nesting step facing inward towards said secondary surrounding sidewall interior;
(h) a secondary beam positioned to span across said secondary sidewall nesting step over said secondary surrounding sidewall interior, wherein said secondary beam has a secondary beam nesting step on one side and a secondary beam hinge on an opposing side;
(i) a first lid apparatus including an first exterior portion and an opposing first internal portion, said first lid apparatus further includes an first outer periphery portion having a first nested step configuration that removably engages said secondary sidewall nesting step and said secondary beam nesting step, wherein said first lid apparatus is operational to form a removably engagable first lid on said secondary surrounding sidewall interior or on said secondary surrounding sidewall interior and said primary surrounding sidewall interior; and
(e) a second lid apparatus including an second exterior portion and an opposing second internal portion, said second lid apparatus further includes an second outer periphery portion, wherein a part of said second outer periphery portion has a second nested step that removably engages said secondary sidewall nesting step and a remaining part of said second outer periphery has a second hinge that is pivotally engaged to said secondary beam hinge, wherein said second lid apparatus is operational to form a removably engagable second lid on said secondary surrounding sidewall interior or on said secondary surrounding sidewall interior and said primary surrounding sidewall interior.
2. A segmented shortwise volume container apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said first lid apparatus has a primary aperture disposed therethrough from said first exterior portion to said opposing first internal portion, wherein said primary aperture has a first removably engagable cover.
3. A segmented shortwise volume container apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said second lid apparatus has a secondary aperture disposed therethrough from said second exterior portion to said opposing second internal portion, wherein said secondary aperture has a second removably engagable cover.