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A temperature insulated lunch box having an upwardly open heated food chamber and an upwardly open unheated food chamber. A cover closes the food chambers. The heated food chamber has a nestable container having a closure. The lunch box includes an electrical circuit including a heating element whic

A temperature insulated lunch box having an upwardly open heated food chamber and an upwardly open unheated food chamber. A cover closes the food chambers. The heated food chamber has a nestable container having a closure. The lunch box includes an electrical circuit including a heating element which is optionally a radiant heating element, a battery, a switch controlling power to the heating element, an externally accessible connector for receiving AC power and a power converter which charges the battery from the AC source. The lunch box has a downwardly open chamber located beneath the food chambers. The downwardly open chamber contains legs which fold out to support the lunch box on an environmental surface, and a tray having pockets for storing cloths and retainers for retaining flatware. The tray is releasably held to the walls of the downwardly open chamber by a spring biased fastener.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A lunch box havinga first internal chamber for carrying food, wherein said first internal chamber opens upwardly and has a floor and a first peripheral wall projecting upwardly from said floor, and wherein said lunch box includes insulating material disposed to retard transfer of he

[ I claim:] [1.] A lunch box havinga first internal chamber for carrying food, wherein said first internal chamber opens upwardly and has a floor and a first peripheral wall projecting upwardly from said floor, and wherein said lunch box includes insulating material disposed to retard transfer of heat into and out of said first internal chamber,a first cover having a manually removable attachment element disposed to engage and be manually released from engagement with said peripheral wall of said first internal chamber,a downwardly open chamber disposed beneath said first internal chamber, wherein said downwardly open chamber has a peripheral wall projecting below said floor of said first internal chamber, andlegs having means for moving between a stowed position wherein said legs are contained within said downwardly open chamber and a deployed position wherein said legs project downwardly from said downwardly open chamber when said first internal chamber is oriented to open upwardly.