Portable cooler
OwnerGary Christopherinventor
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Abstract
A portable cooler has an inner container and an insulated jacket with means for closing the opening to the container. The container is constructed of a heat-conducting material, the outer jacket is provided with one or more pockets, the interior of which communicate with a portion of the heat-conducting wall of the container so that items to be warmed or cooled by the contents of the container may be stored in the pocket. The latter is accessible without opening the container.
Claims20
A portable cooler comprising an inner receptacle having heat conducting vertical walls and floor and an open top, an insulating member closly fitting the outside surface of said inner receptacle walls and floor;
- and an outer jacket enveloping said receptacle and insulating member;
- said insulating member having at least one aperture over said vertical wall, said jacket having pocket means registering with and open to said aperture, and closure means adapted to close said open top and closely fit a human hand as it is inserted empty into the receptacle and as it is withdrawn holding material from said receptacle.
A cooler for personal use comprising a rigid inner receptacle having heat conducting walls and an open top, an insulating member closly fitting the outside surface of said inner receptacle and an outer jacket enveloping said receptacle and insulating member, said insulating member having at least one aperture over said vertical wall, said receptacle having at least one protruding section registering with said at least one aperture, said flexible jacket having pocket means registering with and open to said aperture, and closure means adapted to close said open top and closely fit a human hand as it is inserted and withdrawn to remove materials from the receptacle without significant loss of cooling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.