Soft-sided cooler
OwnerCharles E. Jonesinventor
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Abstract
A soft-sided cooler is disclosed having a pivotably fastenable lid and a coolant container dimensioned to fit snugly within the underside region of the lid as defined by a plurality of generally opposing, inwardly facing sidewalls that extend downward towards the cooler body for fastening thereto when the lid is closed. The container is retained within the underside of the lid by VELCRO fastening surfaces on the container which mate with VELCRO fastening surfaces on at least a generally opposing pair of the sidewalls.
Claims13
A soft-sided cooler comprising:
- a thermally insulated body having a cavity defining an open-ended storage region;
- a lid pivotably fastenable to said body to close the open end of the cooler cavity, the lid having an underside region defined by a plurality of generally opposing, inwardly facing sidewalls which extend downward towards the body for fastening thereto when the lid is in the cavity-closing position;
- a container for holding a cooling medium and sized to fit snugly within the underside region of the lid;
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- VELCRO fastening means including a pair of pressure-sensitive, adherent fastening surfaces, one of the fastening surfaces being affixed to each of at least two generally opposing sidewalls, and the other of the fastening surfaces being secured to the container to contact the first surfaces so that the container is removably secured against movement into the storage region when the lid is in the cavity-closing position.
A thermal pack for use in a portable cooler and comprising:
- a container having front and rear faces and a circumscribing edge region coupling said faces,
- said container adapted to hold a quantity of heat absorbing material of the type which has sufficient thermal capacity to act as a cooling medium when placed in a portable cooler,
- the exterior of the container including a strip-accommodating channel formed therein;
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- a strip having an inner face and an outer face, the strip extending about the exterior of the container within the channel so as to overlie the edge regions at opposite sides of said faces with the inner face of said strip facing the exterior container surface, the outer face of said strip having a layer of pressure-sensitive, adherent fastening material along at least the portions of the strip's length which overlie the opposing edge portions.
A thermal pack for use in a portable cooler and comprising:
- a container having front and rear faces and a circumscribing edge region coupling said faces, said container being adapted to hold a quantity of heat absorbing material of the type which has sufficient thermal capacity to act as a cooling medium when placed in a portable cooler,
- the container having a layer of pressure-sensitive, adherent fastening material along at least portions of circumferentially opposite edge portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.