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US 5,671,611 AGranted
Cooler chest with ice-surrounded food compartment
OwnerGene Kirk Quigleyinventor
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Abstract
This is a cooler with a relatively narrow coolant compartment immediately within the insulated side walls of the cooler. This coolant compartment surrounds the food and beverage compartment. Each compartment has its own means to drain liquid. Ice can easily be poured into the coolant compartment because of a means for forming a funnel-like effect, which funnel-like effect shall extend around its top. There are separate means to seal each compartment at its top against the surrounding ambient temperature, and also provide individual access to each compartment.
Claims3
An insulated ice cooler comprising:
- a. A narrow coolant compartment immediately within the insulated side walls of the cooler, which compartment is sealed against leakage of liquids at its bottom and sides, and which coolant compartment surrounds a main central compartment used for food and beverage storage, which main central compartment is also sealed against leakage of liquids at its bottom and sides, a coolant compartment whose inner walls are thermally conductive, which walls surround the central compartment used for food and beverage storage,
- b. said cooler which has a main central compartment used for food and beverage storage whose side walls are thermally conductive, which main central compartment is surrounded by a narrow coolant compartment,
- c. said cooler in which each compartment is separately accessible from the outside of the cooler without having to access the other compartment, because each compartment has a means to seal its top against the ambient temperature surrounding the cooler, which means can allow access to its respective compartment individually, when the means is not being used to seal its respective compartment,
- d. said cooler which has an insulated floor.
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