US PATENT SUBCLASS 62 / 457.1
.~ Portable receptacle

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440  DF  COOLED ENCLOSURE {8}
457.1.~ Portable receptacle {5}
457.2  DF  .~.~> With holdover material {2}
457.6  DF  .~.~> Cooled serving dish
457.7  DF  .~.~> Picnic/lunch box type cooler
457.8  DF  .~.~> Wine server/cooler
457.9  DF  .~.~> Cooled by means other than ice (e.g., mechanical, electrical, absorption, cryogenic, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 62/457.1

Portable receptacle:

(under subclass 440) Apparatus, including means associated with (e.g., supported by, supporting, or surrounding), or integral with, a transportable container (e.g., a bottle, a carrier, etc.), which means has feature peculiar to refrigeration or cooling the container's contents; e.g., a sealed nonrefillable coolant containing compartment, ice melt handling means, ice support means, means supported by ice, or a particular refrigerant, etc.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

293, for a hand manipulable tool which may include a coolant container with means for manipulating it for use as a cooling means.

297, for a refrigerator with external support means.

371+, for a portable commodity containing type package or another type of container.

389+, particularly subclasses 397 and 400 for a withdrawable liquid type cooler which may include a cooled liquid supplying container.

530, for a portable envelope type coolant container.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 215, Bottles and Jars, appropriate subclass, for glass or ceramic portable receptacles, particularly

12.1+, for a spaced wall and jacket receptacle even if the space is merely a coolant compartment.

220, Receptacles,

592.01+, for a receptacle having means for maintaining its contents above or below ambient temperature which may include spaced walls for merely receiving a coolant in a space between them.