Cooler chest grid and methods
OwnerPaul L. Jarvisinventor
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Abstract
A screened grid (1) is sized and shaped to fit inside of a cooler chest (4). Doors (9) in the screened grid (1) are provided for accessing sealed beverage containers (2) storable under the screen grid (1) in ice water, which cool the sealed containers (2) under the grid (1) and also cool and keep dry or unsealed food items positionable above the screen grid (1). Cubed ice is poured or packed around and on top of the food items, such as wrapped sandwiches. This allows everything to stay cool but not wet because the ice water drops below the grid and cools the sealed beverages and/or sealed food containers stored below the grid. The grid (1) can be constructed of materials which can be pre-cooled to aid cooling effect with a cooler chest (4).
Claims20
A cooler-chest grid comprised of:
- a screened grid with outside edges sized and shaped to fit horizontally within the interior walls of a cooler chest;
- circulation orifices in communication between a bottom surface and a top surface of the screened grid, said orifices being sized and shaped to allow convective heat transfer within the cooler chest from a relatively low-temperature cooling substance to food items positioned above a top surface of the screen and to allow liquid from the cooling substance to drain through the grid to keep said food items dry;
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- a plurality of access means located in the screen grid for accessing beverages and cooled food items beneath the screen.
A method for using a cooler-chest grid comprised of:
- a screened grid with outside edges sized and shaped to fit horizontally within interior walls of a cooler chest;
- orifices in communication between a bottom surface and a top surface of the screened grid, said orifices being sized and shaped to allow convective heat transfer within the cooler chest from a relatively low-temperature cooling substance to food items positioned above a top surface of the screened grid and to allow liquid from the cooling substance to drain through the grid to keep said food items dry;
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- a plurality of access doors located in the screen grid for accessing food or beverages beneath the screened grid, said method comprising the following steps:
- placing optional containerized beverages on the bottom inside surface of the cooler chest;
- placing the cooler-chest grid over the optionally containerized beverages;
- placing select non-containerized and dry food items above the cooler chest grid;
- removing for select utilization the non-containerized and dry food items which will be free of water from melted ice under the grid;
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- removing for select utilization the containerized beverages through the access doors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.