Cooler
AssigneeDometic Sweden AB
InventorsJoakim Ahlström, Samuele Meda
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Abstract
A cooler is provided which has various improvements. The cooler may be a passive cooler or may be actively cooled for providing desirable cooling effects. The cooler may include an accessory system, for example, with bottle or can holders or a post holder which utilizes the weight of the cooler to support a sunshade. The accessory system may be positioned in various locations of the cooler, one location being in a recess which is utilized to open the cooler lid. The smart cooler may also comprise a cushion assembly which may be placed on an upper surface of the lid and may have straps to retain the cushion on the lid. The lid may be formed to accept and retain a cushion retaining feature so that the cushion does not excessively move from the top surface of the lid.
Claims22
A cooler with accessory system, comprising:
- a cooler base;
- at least one cooler lid pivotally mounted relative to said cooler base;
- a lid grip disposed on said at least one cooler lid and overhanging a front surface of said cooler base, a latch aperture in said lid grip;
- a latch strap depending through said latch aperture of said lid grip;
- a catch disposed on said cooler base and engaged by an aperture of said latch strap to retain the at least one cooler lid in a closed position;
- a recess centrally disposed in a vertical surface of at least one of said cooler base or said at least one cooler lid and adjacent to an interface between said at least one cooler lid and said cooler base;
- an undercut slot formed within said recess and accessible when said at least one cooler lid is pivoted open from said cooler base so that an accessory mount is slidably positioned in said undercut slot;
- an accessory connected to said accessory mount, wherein said accessory mount is located in the recess of the at least one of said cooler base or said at least one cooler lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.