Lunch kit for carrying and heating frozen-food trays

Claim 1

LUNCH KIT MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE, HOLD, THAW, AND HEAT A TRAY-LIKE CONTAINER OF FROZEN FOOD, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) CASE MEANS HAVING AN UPPER AND A LOWER PART WHICH FIT TOGETHER TO FORM AN ENCLOSURE; (B) FASTENING MEANS ACCESSORY TO SAID CASE MEANS ADAPTED TO PERMIT LOCKING TOGETHER AND UNLOCKING OF ITS UPPER AND LOWER PARTS; (C) RECEPTIVE MEANS WITHIN THE LOWER PART OF SAID CASE MEANS SO CONSTRUCTED AS TO RECEIVE AND HOLD A TRAYLIKE CONTAINER OF FROZEN FOOD UPRIGHT WHEN POSITIONED CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOOD THAWING AND HEATING POSITION OF THE LUNCH KIT; (D) HEATING MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID LOWER PART OF SAID CASE MEANS AND UNDERNEATH THE AFORESAID RECEPTIVE MEANS THEREWITH; (E) TEMPERATURE CONTROL MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN THE LOWER PART OF SAID CASE MEANS; (F) MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID HEATING MEANS, WHEREBY THE HEATING MEANS CAN SERVE TO THAW AND HEAT FROZEN FOOD DISPOSED IN SAID RECEPTIVE MEANS; (G) SUPPORT AND POSITIONING MEANS FOR THE AFORESAID HEATING AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL MEANS AND THE MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID HEATING MEANS SECURING THEM IN PROPER FUNCTIONAL AND POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP ON AND WITHIN SAID LUNCH KIT MEANS; (H) HEAT INSULATING MEANS DISPOSED IN SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP TO A SPACE WITHIN SAID CASE MEANS, WHEN ITS UPPER AND LOWER PARTS ARE FASTENED TOGETHER, ENCOMPASSING THE HEAT GENERATING PORTION OF SAID HEATING MEANS AND THE AFORESAID RECEPTIVE MEANS FOR THE TRAY-LIKE CONTAINER OF FROZEN FOOD; (I) MEANS SECURING SAID HEAT INSULATING MEANS IN FUNCTIONAL POSITION WITHIN SAID CASE MEANS; (J) HOLDING MEANS ADAPTED TO HOLD SAID TRAY-LIKE CONTAINER OF FROZEN FOOD WITHIN SAID RECEPTIVE MEANS WHEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER PARTS OF SAID CASE MEANS ARE LOCKED TOGETHER; AND (K) MEANS SECURING SAID HOLDING MEANS, IN PROPER FUNCTIONING POSITION, TO SAID LUNCH KIT MEANS; (L) THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE LUNCH KIT MEANS COOPERATING TO THAW AND HEAT A TRAY-LIKE CONTAINER OF FROZEN FOOD WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS PLACED IN SAID RECEPTIVE MEANS WITHIN THE LOWER PART OF SAID CASE MEANS, THE TWO PARTS OF SAID CASE MEANS ARE FASTENED TOGETHER, AND SAID HEATING MEANS ARE ENERGIZED FOR A SUFFICIENT PERIOD OF TIME TO ACCOMPLISH THE INTENDED PURPOSE.