Device for securing an insulated chest to a stationary member

Abstract

A device for securing to a chest or stationary member. A chest, such as an ice chest typically includes a lid pivotally mounted to a container. Applicants provide, in a preferred embodiment of Applicant's device, a spool having a retractable cable, the cable having a removed end forming a loop. The lid and the chest have members extending therefrom, which members have a hole at the center thereof. The two members are located such that they are adjacent when the lid is in a closed position. Applicant's also provide a shackle and a lock. When the lid is closed with the two members adjacent one another, the loop at the removed end of the cable may be threaded onto the shackle of the lock. The lid and container mounted members and the shackle of the lock is engaged to the body of the lock so as to prevent the lid from opening. By threading the cable of the spool through or around a stationary member, such as a tree or part of a vehicle, two advantages are achieved—first the unauthorized opening of the lid to acquire access to the items therein and second, prevention of the removal of the chest from the stationary member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.