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US 10,799,002 B2Granted
Drop-stitch inflatable cooler
AssigneeSwell Industries LLC
InventorTodd Bradley
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Abstract
An article of manufacture, comprising an inflatable cooler having at least a portion with a drop-stitch construction is provided. The inflatable cooler may comprise a first inflatable drop-stitch chamber defining a bottom wall, a second inflatable drop-stitch chamber defining a plurality of side walls, and a third inflatable drop-stitch chamber defining a lid of the inflatable cooler.
Claims9
A method for manufacture, comprising:
- constructing an inflatable cooler including:
- a first pair of sides extending from a bottom portion;
- a plurality of foldable sections extending through a second pair of sides, the foldable sections enabling an angular position, with respect to the bottom portion, of each of the sides in the first pair of sides to be adjusted;
- and
- an inflation valve connected to an inflation chamber positioned between an interior storage compartment and an external layer, the inflation chamber positioned in one or more sides in the first pair of sides and the second pair of sides, wherein the inflatable cooler only partially comprises drop-stitch construction and multiple walls have a common inflation chamber;
- wherein drop-stitch fabric portions are cut into individual pieces that correspond to the first and second pairs of sides and the bottom portion, wherein the fabric portions are coupled to corresponding portions via a method of scoring and sealing.
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A method for manufacture, comprising:
- constructing an inflatable cooler including:
- a first pair of sides extending from a bottom portion;
- a plurality of foldable sections extending through a second pair of sides, the foldable sections enabling an angular position, with respect to the bottom portion, of each of the sides in the first pair of sides to be adjusted;
- and
- an inflation valve connected to an inflation chamber positioned between an interior storage compartment and an external layer, the inflation chamber positioned in one or more sides in the first pair of sides and the second pair of sides, wherein the inflatable cooler only partially comprises drop-stitch construction and multiple walls have a common inflation chamber, wherein the first pair of sides and the bottom portion are formed from a continuous chamber with drop-stitching, and wherein the second pair of sides does not have drop-stitching.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.