Cooler for holding beverage containers

Apparatus comprising:

• a cooler configured for holding beverage containers including:
• an enclosure, wherein the enclosure bounds an interior area, and
• includes an opening that provides access from outside the enclosure to the interior area,
• a door, wherein the door
• is movably mounted in operative connection with the enclosure,
• is movable between a closed door position in which the opening is closed by the door, and an open door position in which the interior area is accessible from outside the enclosure through the opening,
• a plurality of shelves,
• wherein each of the shelves is in vertically disposed parallel relation with at least one of the other shelves,
• wherein at least one of the shelves is selectively configurable, wherein each selectively configurable shelf includes
• a front portion and a back portion, wherein in a flat shelf position the front portion is closer to the opening than the back portion,
• wherein the front portion is rotationally movable relative to the back portion,
• wherein the front portion is configured to be movable to a plurality of positions, wherein the positions include
• the flat shelf position in which the front portion is in co-planar relation with the back portion,
• a tilted position, wherein the front portion extends at an acute angle relative to the back portion, and
• a retracted position, wherein in the retracted position the front portion extends parallel to and in one or more of underlying or overlying relation with the back portion.

Apparatus comprising:

• a cooler configured for holding beverage containers including:
• an enclosure, wherein the enclosure bounds an interior area,
• wherein the enclosure includes an opening therethrough to the interior area,
• a door, wherein the door is movably mounted in operative connection with the enclosure,
• wherein the door is movable between a closed door position in
• which the door closes the opening, and an open door position in
• which the interior area is accessible from outside the enclosure through the opening,
• a plurality of shelves,
• wherein at least one of the shelves is a selectively configurable shelf that is
• movably mounted in operative connection with the enclosure,
• positioned in vertically disposed parallel relation with at least one of the other shelves, and
• movable between an outward position in which the shelf extends outward from the interior area through the opening and a back position in which the shelf is fully within the interior area,
• wherein each selectively configurable shelf includes
• a pair of horizontally disposed side walls,
• wherein each side wall includes a respective first aperture and second aperture,
• a front portion and a back portion, wherein the front portion is closer to the opening when the shelf is in the back position,
• is rotationally movable relative to the back portion intermediate of the side walls,
• includes a pair of horizontally disposed projections,
• wherein a respective projection extends outward on each transverse side of the first portion,
• wherein the front portion is configured to be releasably fixed in a plurality of positions relative to the back portion,
• wherein the positions include
• a flat shelf position in which the front portion is in co-planar relation with the back portion and each respective projection is engaged with a respective first aperture,
• a tilted position, wherein in the tilted position the front portion extends at an acute angle relative to the back portion, an inward end of the front portion that is immediately adjacent to the back portion extends above the back portion, and each respective projection is engaged with a respective second aperture, and
• a retracted position, wherein in the retracted position the front portion extends in at least one of overlying or underlying relation with the back portion.

Apparatus comprising:

• a cooler configured for holding beverage containers including:
• an enclosure, wherein the enclosure bounds an interior area, and
• includes an opening that provides access from outside the enclosure to the interior area,
• a door, wherein the door
• is movably mounted in operative connection with the enclosure,
• is movable between a closed door position in which the opening is closed by the door, and an open door position in which the interior area is accessible from outside the enclosure through the opening,
• a plurality of shelves,
• wherein each of the shelves is in vertically disposed parallel relation with at least one of the other shelves,
• wherein at least one of the shelves is selectively configurable, wherein each selectively configurable shelf includes
• a first portion and a second portion, wherein in a flat shelf position the first portion is horizontally disposed from the second portion,
• wherein the second portion is in fixed immovable connection with the respective shelf,
• wherein the first portion is rotationally movable relative to the second portion,
• wherein the first portion is configured to be movable to a plurality of positions, wherein the positions include
• the flat shelf position in which the first portion is in co-planar relation with the second portion,
• a tilted position, wherein the first portion extends at an acute angle relative to the second portion, and
• a retracted position, wherein in the retracted position a majority of the first portion extends parallel to and in one or more of directly vertically underlying relation or in
• directly vertically overlying relation of the second portion.

Apparatus comprising:

• a cooler configured for holding beverage containers including:
• an enclosure, wherein the enclosure bounds an interior area,
• wherein the enclosure includes an opening therethrough to the interior area,
• a door, wherein the door is movably mounted in operative connection with the enclosure,
• wherein the door is movable between a closed door position in
• which the door closes the opening, and an open door position in
• which the interior area is accessible from outside the enclosure through the opening,
• a plurality of shelves,
• wherein at least one of the shelves is
• movably mounted in operative connection with the enclosure, positioned in vertically disposed parallel relation with at least one of the other shelves, and
• movable between an outward position in which the shelf extends outward from the interior area through the opening and
• a back position in which the shelf is fully within the interior area,
• wherein each respective at least one shelf is selectively configurable and includes
• a shelf support plate, wherein the shelf support plate
• extends horizontally in an operative position and includes at least one horizontally elongated slot,
• an insert including a plurality of horizontally spaced projections,
• wherein the insert is removably positionable in the slot such that the spaced projections extend outward above the slot,
• wherein the projections are configured to extend between beverage containers.