Cooler for holding beverage containers

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 one shelf 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 along a shelf movement direction between an outward position in which the one 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 the one shelf is selectively configurable and in an operative position includes
• a pair of horizontally disposed side walls,
• wherein each of the side walls extends parallel to the shelf movement direction,
• a front portion and a back portion, wherein the front portion is closer to the opening than the back portion when the shelf is in the back position,
• a plurality of horizontally extending crossmembers,
• wherein each of the crossmembers extends horizontally intermediate of the side walls and is in operative supported connection with each of the side walls,
• a prop bar, wherein the prop bar
• is movably mounted in operative supported connection with each of the side walls,
• is selectively movable between an elevated position and a lowered position,
• wherein in the elevated position the prop bar
• extends transversely intermediate of the side walls, and
• vertically above at least one of the crossmembers,
• a plurality of container cradles,
• wherein each container cradle is adapted to engage a generally cylindrical outer wall surface of a beverage container,
• wherein each container cradle is selectively releasably engageable at different respective times with each of
• at least one crossmember, and
• the prop bar in the elevated position,
• wherein a respective container cradle that is engaged with at least one crossmember is adapted to hold a respective beverage container with an axis of the respective container extending generally horizontal and parallel to the shelf movement direction, and
• wherein a respective container cradle that is engaged with the prop bar in the elevated position is adapted to hold a respective beverage container with an axis of the respective container extending at an acute angle to horizontal and parallel to the shelf movement direction.