Insulating container

US10766672B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• YETI Coolers, LLC · US

Inventors

• Dustin Bullock · Austin, US
• John Loudenslager · Austin, US
• John Fritz · Austin, US
• Alex Baires · Austin, US
• Erik Steven Larson · Austin, US
• Andrew J. Winterhalter · Austin, US
• Lance Harrison · Austin, US
• Michael Christopher Cieszko · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D45/20
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in the closed configuration. In some examples, the insulating container further includes a pressure regulation device. In other examples, the latching devices further include an elastomeric latch upper and a semi-rigid latch lower configured to engage an insulating container keeper when the when the lid is in a closed and a secured position. In still other examples, the latch upper and the latch lower are configured in a recessed position, and flush with a front side of the insulating container lid and flush with a front side of a bottom portion of the insulating container when the latch device secures the lid in a closed position.