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    Lucy
    Glad Chillers - Cold Pack Alongs
    Idea posted June 16, 2012 by LucyInfluential Innovators, last edited June 18, 2012 by Cathy LiuInnovation Ambassadors , tagged favorite
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    Glad Chillers - Cold Pack Alongs
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    Whether you're packing a single tuna sandwich for lunch in the park or an entire spread for a picnic, keeping food cold during warm weather can be a challenge.  You end up with an insulated bag stuffed with cold packs to keep your sandwich cold, or lug around a cooler that weighs more than your refrigerator.  Glad Chillers would save space and the extra weight imposed by using cold packs, help control warm weather bacterial growth in packalong items such as dips, mayo, stuffed eggs, etc., keep sandwiches cold without allowing them to become soggy, and keep the "snap" in veggies.

    The idea is actually fairly simple:  Create variously sized Glad containers with insulated, removable "false"  bottoms filled with the gel found in freezable gel packs.  The bottom half of the Glad Chillers could be kept in the freezer and used as needed or kept in a closet attached to the top half of the container.  When needed, the bottom unit could be removed, placed in the freezer for a few hours then re-attached prior to filling the upper half.

    A less expensive method would be to create the same kind of insulated take apart container that would allow a gel pack to be placed in the bottom half of the unit before reattaching.

    Good thing my perspective on life isn't as awful as my use of perpective in drawings!  Architect/Engineer I'm not.  Foot in mouth

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    • Cathy Liu
      posted June 18, 2012 by Cathy LiuInnovation Ambassadors  PermalinkShow/Hide Replies

      What a clever idea!  Thank you for sharing.  Your drawing is perfect as it is.  It truly explains your idea well.  That is all we need  What do you think if we make Glad containers stablable? One layer with removable cold bottom, another layer without for food that need to be kept warm?  Thank you so much for your feedback!

      We like your idea so much that we marked it as our favorite of the week (see the front page at www.cloroxconnects.com under my favorite ideas this week and to see it highlighted).

      • Lucy
        posted June 18, 2012 by LucyInfluential Innovators  Permalink

        Hi again, Cathy.  Glad you like my idea.  Making the containers stackable would make them even more convenient to store and use, and the addition of a second removable bottom would be a plus.  For hot foods, you might consider an insulated bottom containing a thermal resistant material that would reduce heat transference from the hot food in the container.

    • Cathy Liu
      posted June 19, 2012 by Cathy LiuInnovation Ambassadors  PermalinkShow/Hide Replies

      Just love your suggestion on installing a thermal resistant material for hot food.  Now Glad container could be used to store both hot and cold food!!  Do you have a new name for your invention?  Thank you for your feedback!

      • Lucy
        posted June 19, 2012 by LucyInfluential Innovators  Permalink

        I was thinking about the thermal resistant material and thought I might throw out a few suggestions: The bottom for hot foods could be filled with something like rice hulls and heated in the microwave before putting it on the container.  That way the food would stay hot for an extended period.  Another consideration would be to have one bottom rather than two with a gel pack that could be frozen in the freezer or heated in the microwave.

        I'm not overwhelmingly good with names.  Thinking of:

        Fire n' Ice

        Glad Fire and Ice Packables

        Glad Portables - Hot n' Cold

        Glad Packables - Hot or Cold

        Glad 2 Way Take Alongs

         

    • Cathy Liu
      posted June 19, 2012 by Cathy LiuInnovation Ambassadors  Permalink

      Wow... so impressive!  Love your suggestion on using heated rice hulls... not sure if a gel pack can be heated in the microwave.  My favorite name out of your good names is Glad Portables - Hot n' Cold.  Your creativity has been on fire  Keep it going!!

       

     

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