Portable cooler
OwnerJeff Scottinventor
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Abstract
An improved portable cooler for carrying and cooling a 15-pak of beverages including a sealable cavity for pyramid-stacked containment of 12 or 16 oz. canned beverages, a plastic insert for retaining the lower layers of cans in side-by-side relation and supporting stacking of subsequent layers of cans upward, and dual storage spaces for ice about said beverage cans. The exterior of the portable cooler further includes such features as a flap with a velcro fastener for closing said sealable cavity, multiple pockets for paraphernalia, and a carrying strap.
Claims12
An improved portable cooler designed to transport, chill, and permit easy access to sealed beverages, said improved portable cooler comprising:
- a receptacle for receiving sealed containers and coolant,
- said receptacle having a closed end and a sealable open end,
- said receptacle having a diminishing cross-sectional length from said closed end to said open end and a substantially constant cross-sectional width, said diminishing cross-sectional length being sized to support stacked layers of diminishing numbers of containers in relatively stable, side-wise parallel relation, said substantially constant cross-sectional width being sized and proportioned to accommodate a given length of container plus coolant alongside top and bottom of the containers,
- said receptacle comprising a soft, expandable, insulated material suitable for insulating sealed beverages and substantially containing icy liquid coolant;
- a lid, said lid being sized and disposed for mateable engagement with said sealable open end;
- and,
- an insert, said insert being sized and disposed for insertion through said sealable open end and for mateable engagement with said closed end, said insert including upwardly extending lip portions and being further sized and disposed to accommodate a first row of a pre-designated number of containers in parallel, said upwardly extending lip portions maintaining said pre-designated number of containers in parallel relation.
An improved portable cooler designed to transport, chill, and permit easy access to sealed beverages, said improved comprising
- a receptacle for receiving sealed containers and coolant,
- said receptacle having a closed end and a sealable open end,
- said receptacle having a diminishing cross-sectional length from said closed end to said open end and a substantially constant cross-sectional width, said diminishing cross-sectional length being sized to support stacked layers of diminishing numbers of containers in substantially stable, side-wise parallel relation, said substantially constant cross-sectional width being sized and proportioned to accommodate a given length of container,
- said receptacle including webbing extending from said closed end towards said sealable open end, said webbing being sized and proportioned to receive coolant in various forms and to maintain coolant in substantially adjacent relation to said sealed containers,
- said receptacle comprising a soft, expandable, insulated material suitable for insulating sealed beverages and substantially containing icy water;
- a lid, said lid being sized and disposed for mateable engagement with said sealable open end;
- an insert, said insert being sized and disposed for insertion through said sealable open end and for mateable engagement with said closed end, said insert including upwardly extending lip portions and being further sized and disposed to accommodate a first row of a pre-designated number of containers in parallel, said upwardly extending lip portions maintaining said pre-designated number of containers in parallel relation;
- a strap means, said strap means engaging said receptacle;
- and,
- at least one pocket, said one pocket being disposed about said receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.