System to hold multiple beverage containers
Assignee2Surv, Inc.
InventorsRussell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
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Abstract
A nesting system for securing a container is presented. The container could be a soft-sided backpack style cooler. Such a system may include a cooler with a sidewall, a top, a base, a vertical axis extending from the base to the top, and an insulated interior region. The base may have a bottom plate portion with at least one protrusion extending down from bottom plate portion and one or more holes formed through protrusion orthogonal to the vertical axis. The system may also include a nesting platform with a bottom tray and a vertical wall extending up from the bottom tray. The bottom tray and vertical wall may be sized to allow the base to fit within tray and vertical wall.
Claims20
A nesting system, comprising:
- a cooler having a sidewall, a top, a base, a vertical axis extending from the base to the top, and an insulated interior region;
- the base having a bottom plate portion with at least one protrusion extending down from the bottom plate portion and a hole formed through the at least one protrusion orthogonal to the vertical axis;
- a nesting platform having a bottom plate and a vertical wall extending up from the bottom plate;
- a spring-loaded pin attached to the vertical wall, the spring-loaded pin having a spring and a pin and configured to take a receded pin position when the spring is compressed and an extended pin position when the spring is at equilibrium;
- wherein the receded pin position allows the at least one protrusion extending down from the bottom plate portion to engage the nesting platform such that the hole formed through the at least one protrusion assumes an aligned position in which the hole formed through the at least one protrusion aligns with the spring-loaded pin;
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- the extended pin position, when the hole formed through the at least one protrusion assumes the aligned position, extends at least partially through the hole.
A nesting system, comprising:
- a container having a sidewall, a top, a base, a vertical axis extending from the base to the top, and an interior region;
- the base having a bottom plate portion with at least one protrusion extending down from the bottom plate portion and a hole formed through the at least one protrusion orthogonal to the vertical axis;
- a nesting platform having a bottom plate and a vertical wall extending up from the bottom plate;
- a spring-loaded pin attached to the vertical wall, the spring-loaded pin having a spring and a pin and configured to take a receded pin position when the spring is compressed and an extended pin position when the spring is at a state of equilibrium;
- wherein the receded pin position allows the at least one protrusion extending down from the bottom plate portion to engage the nesting platform such that the hole formed through the at least one protrusion assumes an aligned position in which the hole formed through the at least one protrusion aligns with the spring-loaded pin;
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- the extended pin position, when the hole formed through the at least one protrusion assumes the aligned position, extends at least partially through the hole.
A system to facilitate dispensing a beverage, comprising:
- a lid configured to releasably attach to a container having an interior volume of at least 750 ml but less than 3800 ml;
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- an adapter plug integrated into the lid, the adapter plug configured to releasably connect to a mating plug, the adapter plug having a spring-loaded stop valve that is opened when the adapter plug is releasably connected to the mating plug such that a liquid can pass through the opened spring-loaded stop valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.