US 11,235,791 B2Granted

Cooler assembly

OwnerAllen Hobbs Mize, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

Disclosed is a cooler assembly that may be used to attach accessories and/or one or more wheel assemblies to an insulated body of a cooler. The insulated body of the cooler being a container body of a container (i.e., the cooler). The cooler assembly may include any one of or a combination of the following components: the container body (i.e., the insulated body of the cooler); the one or more wheel assemblies with or without adjustable axles for mobility; accessories such as an accessory table and an accessory chair; accessory fastener devices for attaching the accessories to the cooler; and wheel assembly fastener devices for attaching the wheel assemblies to the cooler. The accessory fastener devices and the wheel assembly fastener devices are reusable and may be easily inserted and removed from the cooler or the container for mounting on a second cooler or platform.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A container assembly comprising at least a first axle stud holder, the first axle stud holder comprising at least a first portion, a stud well connect portion and a stud well connect extension portion;

the first axle stud holder having an axle stud well and an axle stud fastener well;
the axle stud well disposed sized to receive an axle stud;
and the axle stud fastener well disposed sized to receive an axle stud fastener;
and the axle stud fastener well sized for an axle stud fastener to fit through an axle stud aperture of the axle stud when the axle stud is disposed in the axle stud well;
and the axle stud well running disposed in the stud well connect portion and the stud well connect extension portion;
and the stud well connect portion mounted transverse to the first portion;
and the axle stud fastener well running through the first portion and a stud well connect portion allowing the axle stud fastener to fit through the first portion, through the axle stud aperture of the axle stud when the axle stud is disposed in the axle stud well and thorough the stud well connect portion with a locking element of the axle stud fastener located outside the stud well connect portion.

4 more elements

A container assembly comprising at least one axle stud holder;

and each of the axle stud holders having an axle stud well and an axle stud fastener well;
the axle stud fastener well in a first portion;
the axle stud well in a stud well connect extension portion and a stud well connect portion;
and the first portion capable of separating from the stud well connect extension portion and the stud well connect portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/186,480Filed 9 Nov 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 9 Jul 2018
Published: US 2020/0010102 A19 Jan 2020
Granted: 1 Feb 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

A45C 11/20
Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00: lunch or picnic boxes or the like
B62B 3/002
Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor: characterised by a rectangular…
A45F 3/46
Travelling or camp articles ; Sacks or packs carried on the body: picnic sets
B62B 3/02
Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor: involving parts being adjustable,…