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US 5,640,855 AGranted
Portable cooler for golf bag
OwnerKevin S. Crescenzo, Joseph M. DiFloridoinventors
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Abstract
A portable cooler which more efficiently maintains a desired low temperature for prepackaged beverages. The portable cooler completely encapsulates the prepackaged beverage thereby reducing the overall volume of the reusable ice substitute. In addition, the outer surface of the reusable ice substitute is designed to accommodate a particular application.
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A portable cooler, for use with a golf bag, for storing, chilling and transporting a container, the cooler comprising:
- (a) a storage base having an outer side, a concave inner side, top, bottom and back sides, which are closed and a front side which is open, the storage base having a horizontal receptacle that is substantially tangential to said concave inner side for receiving the container, the storage base being made of reusable ice substitute means said concave inner side defining means for positioning the portable cooler into close proximity with the periphery of the golf bag when said portable cooler is inserted lengthwise into a peripheral side compartment of the golf bag;
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- (b) means which communicate with the storage base for sealing the open front side.
A portable cooler for storing, chilling and transporting a beverage can, comprising:
- (a) a base portion having a concave side with a radius approximate that of a radius of a golf bag and an open front side proximate said concave side, wherein said radius of the concave side defines means for matingly engaging the periphery of the golf bag when the portable cooler is inserted length wise into a peripheral side compartment of the golf bag, said base portion having a substantially cylindrical receptacle for accepting the beverage can, the axial dimension of said receptacle being substantially tangential to the concave side and the depth of said receptacle allowing, at least a portion of the beverage can to extend beyond said receptacle;
- (b) a lid which communicates with the open front side of the base and that covers the portion of the beverage can which extends beyond said receptacle;
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- (c) a refrigerant disposed in said lid.
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