Cooler repair kit
OwnerFred B. Richardson, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A repair kit for molded plastic ice chests uses flexible foldable polyamide webbing band as a replacement hinge and loop handles. A set of attachment screws secures the band and the loop handles to the ice chest. Front closure members can be formed from the same polyamide webbing band and secured using screws to the front edge of the lid and the main part of the ice chest. Patches with matching hook-and-loop fasteners are secured to the overlapping front closure members.
Claims20
A repair kit for repairing a cooler chest, comprising:
- a predetermined length of a flexible foldable flat webbing band, at least one flexible handle, a plurality of attachment members configured for securing the webbing band to the cooler chest, and a plurality of patches having hook-and-loop fasteners configured for attachment to selected portions of the webbing band when the selected portions of the webbing band are secured to the cooler chest.
A method of repairing a molded plastic cooler chest having a main part with an upper edge and a lid with a lower edge, the method comprising the steps:
- providing at least one pre-determined length of a flexible foldable flat webbing band with opposing band edges;
- providing a plurality of attachment members;
- securing a first band edge of the webbing band to the upper edge of the main part with said attachment members;
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- securing a second band edge of the webbing band to the lower edge of the lid with the attachment members, said webbing band folding along a hinge line while hingedly securing the lid to the main part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.