# US 2013/0153584 A1 · Cooler ice net > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0153584 A1 - Document ID: US20130153584A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/332,186 - Filed: 2011-12-20 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-20 - Inventors: Kyle Balleck - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153584A1 ## CPC - F25D 3/08: portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally - F25D 2303/081: using ice cubes or crushed ice - F25D 2303/0844: above the product - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) ## Abstract A cooler ice net adapted to reside inside a cooler is described. The cooler ice net typically contains cubed ice dispersed among or burying the cooler articles, and also enables the cubed ice to be readily separable from the cooler articles and removable from the cooler. A mesh barrier portion of the cooler ice net is typically supple, allowing the mesh barrier to drape about and conform to the cooler articles. Accordingly, ice cubes residing within a mesh barrier cavity, whose lower portion is surrounded by the mesh barrier, also conform to the cooler articles. Embodiments of the cooler ice net include handles that facilitate ready removal of the cooler ice net, along with cubed ice contained therein, from within the cooler. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cooler ice net system comprising: a cooler having a cooler volume; a cooler ice net residing inside the cooler, the cooler ice net including; an upper rim; a mesh barrier disposed below and coupled to the upper rim, the supple mesh barrier and upper rim defining a cavity having a full volume greater than 50% of the cooler volume. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cooler ice net system of claim 1, wherein the mesh barrier is supple. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cooler ice net system of claim 2, wherein the cooler is a portable cooler and the cooler volume is 155 quarts or less. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The cooler ice net system of claim 3, wherein the upper rim is resilient. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cooler ice net system of claim 4, wherein the cooler ice net further comprises a handle coupled to the upper rim. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cooler ice net system of claim 5, wherein the handle is coupled directly to the upper rim. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A method of using the cooler ice net system of claim 6 comprising: removing the cooler ice net from inside the cooler; placing cooler articles inside the cooler; replacing the cooler ice net inside the cooler; placing ice cubes in the cavity. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the mesh barrier drapes about and conforms to the cooler articles. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: grasping the cooler ice net by the handle; lifting the cooler ice net from inside the cooler with the ice cubes remaining in the cavity; and removing a cooler article from inside the cooler. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising replacing the cooler ice net inside the cooler with the ice cubes remaining in the cavity. ### Claim 11 A cooler combination comprising: a portable cooler having a cooler volume; a cooler ice net residing inside the cooler, the cooler ice net including; a resilient upper rim; a handle coupled directly to the resilient upper rim; a mesh barrier disposed below and coupled to the upper rim, the mesh barrier being supple and adapted to draping over and conforming to cooler articles residing inside the cooler; and a cavity residing within the mesh barrier. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cooler combination of claim 11, wherein the cavity has a full volume greater than 70% of the cooler volume. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The cooler combination of claim 12, wherein the cavity has a full volume greater than 85% of the cooler volume. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A method of using the cooler combination of claim 12 comprising: removing the cooler ice net from inside the cooler; placing cooler articles inside the cooler; replacing the cooler ice net inside the cooler; placing ice cubes in the cavity. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the mesh barrier drapes about and conforms to the cooler articles. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: grasping the cooler ice net by the handle; lifting the cooler ice net from inside the cooler with the ice cubes remaining in the cavity; and removing a cooler article from inside the cooler. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising replacing the cooler ice net inside the cooler with the ice cubes remaining in the cavity. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the cooler comprises a narrow inside shelf molded into a cooler inside surface and adapted to support the upper rim. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising supporting the upper rim on the narrow inside shelf. ### Claim 20 A method of making a cooler combination comprising: providing a cooler; installing a cooler ice net inside the cooler; the cooler ice net including; a resilient upper rim; a handle coupled to the resilient upper rim; a supple mesh barrier disposed below and coupled to the upper rim, the supple mesh barrier and upper rim defining a cavity.