Tailgating system and method for tailgating
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsSilas Reed, III, Donald Keith Prevost, Jerry E. Redmond
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Abstract
A vehicular tailgating system typically for mounting in or to a rear hatchback portion of a passenger-type vehicle is selectively interconnectable to a power source. In one aspect, the system described herein has a housing defining several temperature-specific chambers therein which are adapted to receive one of several interchangeable modules to provide a wide range of functionality to the system.
Claims43
A tailgating system for a vehicle comprising:
- a housing removably mountable to a vehicle and selectively interconnectable to a power source comprising at least one of a vehicle DC power source when the vehicle is in an unignited state, a vehicle DC power source when the vehicle is in an ignited state, and an AC power source, the housing having at least one recess defined therein;
- and
- at least two modular components having at least one of warming, cooling and cooking functionality, wherein at least one of the at least two modular components can be selectively and removably received in the at least one recess and is interconnectable to the power source;
- whereby the tailgating system can be reconfigured for different events by selecting different ones of the at least two modular components and mounting the selected ones within the at least one recess in the housing and connecting the same to the power source.
A method for preparing a system for a tailgating event, the system including a housing with at least one recess defined therein, and wherein the housing is selectively interconnectable to a power source, the method comprising the steps of:
- choosing at least one modular component having at least one of warming, cooling and cooking functionality based on characteristics of the tailgating event;
- and
- mounting the chosen at least one modular component to a corresponding one of the at least one recess in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.