US 4,071,160 A · Insulated beer keg container

Abstract

A container adapted to receive a beer keg includes a cup-like top section fitting telescopically into the upper portion of a cup-like bottom section having a ring-like rim rolled at opposite points to provide handles. The rim has pairs of slots therethrough for binding straps and also has holes for binding ropes. Each section has an outer skin of a tough plastic with inner and outer walls with the spaces between the walls filled with a plastic foam. The sections are adapted to nest in each other for shipping and handling, and the bottom section has lugs designed to engage the rim of the top section. The top section has an elliptical bung hole to provide access to bungs of different makes of kegs, and a tubular stack may be fitted therein to retain ice for cooling and sealing. The bottom section has a bung access hole in its side which can be sealed by a truncated hollow ball having an opening to receive a tap connected to a lower bung of a keg.

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Dependent claims

A container for a keg of beer or other liquid, comprising:

a pair of insulating tubs facing one another in interfitted telescopic relationship about the keg, and separable to facilitate replacement or removal of said keg,
one of the tubs being a deep lower tub of circular horizontal cross section and having a base and an upright sidewall terminating in an annular rim,
said rim providing a hand hold for lifting the container,
said sidewall being of a height exceeding one-half the height of the keg to be contained, so as to dispose said rim at a place above the center of gravity of the keg to avoid tipping tendencies when carrying the keg,
the other of said tubs being an inverted upper tub of smaller size than that of the lower tub and having a top wall and a depending sidewall of circular cross section telescoped downwardly within the upper portion of the lower tub in separable contact therewith,
at least one of said tubs having an opening formed therethrough to facilitate tapping the keg while it is insulated by said container.

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Insulated beer keg container

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