# US 12,006,091 B2 · Portable container and container assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,006,091 B2 - Document ID: US12006091B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/688,867 - Filed: 2022-03-07 - Published: 2022-06-23 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-28 - Assignees: YETI Coolers, LLC - Applicants: YETI Coolers, LLC - Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders; Mark Carlson Rane; Donald Edward Desroches; Tobias Hotchkiss - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006091B2 ## CPC - B65D 11/22: {Reinforcing for strengthening parts of members} - B25H 3/00: Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments (containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00; {nail dispensers B25C3/00}) - B65D 1/16: of curved cross-section, e.g. cylindrical - B65D 1/165: {Cylindrical cans} - B65D 1/34: Trays or like shallow containers {(B65D81/3813 takes precedence)} - B65D 1/42: Reinforcing or strengthening parts or members - B65D 5/46072: {integral with the container} - B65D 25/02: Internal fittings (of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/44) - B65D 25/20: External fittings (of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/44) - B65D 25/24: for spacing bases of containers from supporting surfaces, e.g. legs (for pallets B65D19/40) - B65D 25/287: {Rope or string} - B65D 25/2873: {Straps or slings} - B65D 25/32: Bail handles, i.e. pivoted {rigid} handles of generally semi-circular shape {with pivot points on two opposed sides or wall parts of the conainter} - B65D 25/34: Coverings or external coatings (of containers made by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/62; covering or external coating for bottles or jars not otherwise provided for B65D23/08; wrappers B65D65/00) - B65D 43/0202: {without integral tamper element} - B65D 43/022: {only on the inside, or a part turned to the inside, of the mouth of the container (B65D43/0216 takes precedence)} - B65D 77/046: {and being a tray or like shallow container} - F16B 21/18: with circlips or like resilient retaining devices, {i.e. resilient in the plane of the ring or the like}; Details (spring-washers for locking nuts F16B39/24; adjusting rings F16B43/00) - B65D 2313/02: of hook-and-loop type - B65D 2525/285: removable or detachable - B65D 2543/00092: circular - B65D 2543/00296: Plastic - B65D 2543/0049: on the inside, or a part turned to the inside of the mouth of the container - B65D 2543/00564: indirect by means of a gasket or similar intermediate ring - B65D 2543/00842: outside of the lid - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B25H: WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS (storing or packaging B65) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract An accessory for use with a portable container includes a jacket having a storage member and configured to extend around at least a portion of the sidewall of the container and a connection member connected to the jacket and configured to support the jacket in connection with the container. The connection member includes a connector configured to be connected to a port on the container such that a portion of the connector is received through the port. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An accessory for use with a portable container having a bottom and a sidewall extending upward from the bottom to define an internal cavity with a top opening, the accessory comprising: an accessory body configured to extend around at least a portion of the sidewall of the portable container; and a connection member comprising a connector configured to be connected to a port on the portable container such that a portion of the connector is received through the port, wherein the connection member is connected to the accessory body and configured to support the accessory body in connection with the portable container, wherein the connector has a hook member configured to be inserted into the port; and wherein the connection member further comprises a strap connected to the connector and the accessory body and extending between the connector and the accessory body, wherein the accessory body is configured to hang from the connector by the strap when the connector is connected to the port. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The accessory of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of connection members, each connection member of the plurality of connection members comprising a connector configured to be received within a port on the portable container, wherein each connector has a hook member configured to be inserted into the port and connected to the accessory body and configured to support the accessory body in connection with the portable container. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The accessory of claim 2, wherein the accessory body has a tubular structure configured to receive the portable container, and wherein the plurality of connection members are distributed around the tubular structure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The accessory of claim 3, wherein the plurality of connection members comprises four connection members that are distributed around the tubular structure at 90° intervals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The accessory of claim 1, wherein the strap is removably connected to the accessory body, and wherein the connector is configured for connection to the port by removing the strap from the accessory body, threading the strap and the portion of the connector through the port, and re-connecting the strap to the accessory body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The accessory of claim 1, wherein the strap is removably connected to the accessory body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The accessory of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of connection members each comprising a connector configured to be connected to the portable container and a strap connected to the connector and connected to the accessory body and extending from the connector to the accessory body, such that the accessory body is configured to hang from the connectors by the straps of the plurality of connection members when the connectors are connected to the portable container. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The accessory of claim 7, wherein each strap has a loop at a first end connected to the connector and a hook-and-loop member at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the accessory body has complementary hook-and-loop members removably connected to the hook-and-loop members of the plurality of connection members. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The accessory of claim 1, wherein a portion of the hook member engages with a skirt of the portable container to support the accessory. ### Claim 10 An accessory for use with a portable container having a bottom and a sidewall extending upward from the bottom to define an internal cavity with a top opening, the accessory comprising: an accessory body configured to extend around at least a portion of the sidewall of the portable container; and a connection member comprising a connector configured to be connected to a port on the portable container such that a portion of the connector is received through the port, wherein the connection member is connected to the accessory body and configured to support the accessory body in connection with the portable container, wherein the connector has a hook member configured to be inserted into the port; and wherein the port is located on a skirt of the portable container to support the accessory, wherein the skirt of the portable container includes a horizontal projecting portion extending from the sidewall of the portable container and a vertical portion extending downward from the horizontal projecting portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The accessory of claim 10, further comprising a plurality of connection members, each connection member of the plurality of connection members comprising a connector configured to be received within a port on the portable container, wherein each connector has a hook member configured to be inserted into the port and connected to the accessory body and configured to support the accessory body in connection with the portable container. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The accessory of claim 11, wherein the accessory body has a tubular structure configured to receive the portable container, and wherein the plurality of connection members are distributed around the tubular structure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The accessory of claim 12, wherein the plurality of connection members comprises four connection members that are distributed around the tubular structure at 90° intervals. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The accessory of claim 10, wherein the connection member further comprises a strap connected to the connector and the accessory body and extending between the connector and the accessory body, wherein the accessory body is configured to hang from the connector by the strap when the connector is connected to the port. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The accessory of claim 14, wherein the strap is removably connected to the accessory body, and wherein the connector is configured for connection to the port by removing the strap from the accessory body, threading the strap and the portion of the connector through the port, and re-connecting the strap to the accessory body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The accessory of claim 14, wherein the strap is removably connected to the accessory body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The accessory of claim 14, further comprising a plurality of connection members each comprising a connector configured to be connected to the portable container and a strap connected to the connector and connected to the accessory body and extending from the connector to the accessory body, such that the accessory body is configured to hang from the connectors by the straps of the plurality of connection members when the connectors are connected to the portable container. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The accessory of claim 10, further comprising a plurality of connection members each comprising a connector configured to be connected to the portable container and a strap connected to the connector and connected to the accessory body and extending from the connector to the accessory body, such that the accessory body is configured to hang from the connectors by the straps of the plurality of connection members when the connectors are connected to the portable container. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The accessory of claim 18, wherein each strap has a loop at a first end connected to the connector and a hook-and-loop member at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the accessory body has complementary hook-and-loop members removably connected to the hook-and-loop members of the plurality of connection members. ### Claim 20 (depends on 10) The accessory of claim 10, wherein the port is located on the skirt, and wherein the hook member is configured to permit upward insertion into the port, wherein the hook member is inserted into the port.