US Patent 9462874 Portable and insulated meal storage assembly

A portable, soft-shelled carrying device including: a) a front-opening, horizontally expandable compartment operable to accommodate an insulated meal storage assembly which holds stackable individual meal containers, and wherein said horizontally expandable compartment, when the meal storage assembly is removed, is thereby operable to retract horizontally into a collapsed position such that is it flush with the vertical alignment of the inner wall of the carry device, and; b) a plurality of pockets for storing non-perishables including any of the following: a book, a laptop or tablet computer, athletic apparel, and a beverage bottle.