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US 4,398,488 AGranted
Removable canoe-carried cooler
OwnerKenneth G. Mathieuinventor
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A removeable canoe-carried cooler for a canoe having an interior perimeter top rim, the canoe-carried cooler having an insulated container portion, an insulated hinged lid therefor, and a lock for the lid, the canoe-carried cooler constructed to be fitted into a canoe and to be removed therefrom at will, the construction of the canoe-carried cooler being such that when it is inserted in the canoe and pulled toward an end thereof it wedges and locks itself in place therein, the canoe-carried cooler having tapered side walls which are wider at one end than at the other so that as the canoe-carried cooler is pulled toward an end of the canoe widthwise wedging thereof occurs in the canoe, the canoe-carried cooler having rails formed along the side walls thereof which engage the rim as the canoe-carried cooler is pulled toward an end of the canoe.
A removable canoe-carried cooler for a canoe having an interior perimeter top rim, said canoe-carried cooler having an insulated container portion, an insulated hinged lid therefor, and a lock for the lid, said canoe-carried cooler constructed to be fitted into a canoe and to be removed therefrom at will, the construction of said canoe-carried cooler being such that when it is inserted in said canoe and pulled toward an end thereof it wedges and locks itself in place therein, said canoe-carried cooler having tapered side walls which are wider at one end than at the other so that as the canoe-carried cooler is pulled toward an end of the canoe widthwise wedging thereof occurs in the canoe, the canoe-carried cooler having rail means formed along the side walls thereof which engage said rim as the canoe-carried cooler is pulled toward an end of said canoe.
A method for removably carring a cooler in a canoe having an interior perimeter top rim, said method comprising providing a canoe-carried cooler consisting of an insulated container portion, an insulated hinged lid therefor, and a lock for the lid, constructing said canoe-carried cooler so that it can be fitted into a canoe and be removed therefrom at will, the construction of said canoe-carried cooler being such that when it is inserted in said canoe and pulled toward an end thereof it wedges and locks itself in place therein, providing said canoe-carried cooler with tapered side walls which are wider at one end than at the other so that as the canoe-carried cooler is pulled toward an end of said canoe widthwise wedging thereof occurs in said canoe, providing said canoe-carried cooler with rail means formed along the side walls thereof which engage said rim as the canoe-carried cooler is pulled toward an end of said canoe.
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