US 6,755,428 B2Granted

Portable cooler assembly

AssigneeMoeller Marine Products

InventorDavid L. Butler

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Abstract

A portable cooler assembly which can be transported along a surface and also secured to a vehicle. The cooler assembly includes an insulated container body having walls and a bottom defining a storage chamber. A lid is pivotally mounted to the container body for covering the storage chamber. A pair of wheels are each rotatably mounted to the container body for transporting the cooler assembly along the surface. A pair of retaining brackets are mounted to the vehicle. The container body abuts the retaining brackets, with the retaining brackets at least partially encompassing the walls of the container body, when the cooler assembly is secured to the vehicle. The cooler assembly also includes a pair of releasable fasteners. At least one of the walls, bottom, and lid preferably has a wheel recess with the wheels being fastened within the wheel recess when the wheels are removed from the container body.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A portable cooler assembly adapted to be transported along a surface and adapted to be secured to a vehicle, said assembly comprising:

an insulated container body having walls and a bottom defining a storage chamber, said walls including a front wall, back wall, and opposing side walls with at least one of said walls including an embossed portion having a mounting hole formed therein;
a lid mounted to said container body for selectively covering said storage chamber;
a pair of wheels each rotatably mounted to said container body for transporting said cooler assembly along the surface;
and
at least one retaining bracket adapted to be mounted to the vehicle with said bracket having an inner surface and an outer surface with said inner surface including an integral slot and an aperture formed therein, said container body abutting said retaining bracket, with said retaining bracket at least partially encompassing said walls of said container body and said embossed portion aligning with said slot such that said mounting hole aligns with said aperture, when said cooler assembly is secured to the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/141,399Filed 8 May 2002 · us provisional application
Priority: 8 May 2001
Published: US 2002/0167138 A114 Nov 2002
Granted: 29 Jun 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

B60N 3/103
Of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated: detachable
A01K 97/22
Accessories for angling: platforms or seat-boxes specially adapted for angling, e.g. tackle boxes for use as seats
A45C 9/00
Purses, luggage or bags convertible into objects for other use
A45C 11/20
Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00: lunch or picnic boxes or the like