Travel cooler with collapsible sidewalls
AssigneeM & C Innovations, LLC
InventorsMatthew Alexander Vanderberg, Ian D. Kovacevich, Daniel Lee Bizzell, Chris Hoy
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A portable cooler assembly comprises a base and a collapsible container defining a cooler. The collapsible container includes collapsible walls. The base defines a container receiving recess within which a bottom portion of the collapsible container is received, whereby the collapsible container is removably coupled to the base. When the portable cooler assembly is in a first configuration, the collapsible walls extend outwardly from the container receiving space. When the portable cooler assembly is in a second configuration, the collapsible walls are completely received within the container receiving space in a collapsed condition.
Claims20
A portable cooler assembly, comprising:
- (a) a base;
- and
- (b) a collapsible container subassembly including collapsible walls;
- (c) wherein said base defines a container receiving recess within which a bottom portion of said collapsible container subassembly is received for coupling said collapsible container subassembly to said base;
- (d) wherein,
- (i) when the portable cooler assembly is in a first configuration, said collapsible walls extend outwardly from the container receiving recess;
- and
- (ii) when the portable cooler assembly is in a second configuration, said collapsible walls are completely received within the container receiving recess in a collapsed condition;
- and
- (e) wherein said base includes a peripheral wall that at least partially defines the container receiving recess, and wherein at least a portion of said peripheral wall extends above said collapsible container subassembly when the portable cooler assembly is in the second configuration.
A portable cooler assembly, comprising
- (a) a base;
- and
- (b) a collapsible container subassembly including,
- (i) collapsible sidewalls, and
- (ii) a rim attached to a top of said collapsible sidewalls;
- (c) wherein said base defines a container receiving recess within which a bottom portion of said collapsible container subassembly is received for coupling of said collapsible container subassembly to said base;
- (d) wherein, when the portable cooler assembly is in a first configuration,
- (i) said collapsible sidewalls extend outwardly from the container receiving recess, and
- (ii) said rim is not received within the container receiving recess;
- (e) wherein, when the portable cooler assembly is in a second configuration,
- (i) said collapsible sidewalls are received within the container receiving recess in a collapsed condition, and
- (ii) at least a portion of said rim is received within said container receiving recess;
- and
- (f) wherein said base includes a peripheral wall that at least partially defines the container receiving recess, and wherein at least a portion of said peripheral wall extends above said collapsible container subassembly when the portable cooler assembly is in the second configuration.
A portable cooler assembly, comprising
- (a) a base;
- and
- (b) a collapsible container subassembly including,
- (i) a collapsible wall,
- (ii) a rim connected to a top of said collapsible wall and defining a top opening of said collapsible container subassembly, and
- (iii) a lid arranged on said rim to cover the top opening;
- (c) wherein said base includes a peripheral wall that at least partially defines a container receiving recess within which a bottom portion of said collapsible container subassembly is received for coupling said collapsible container subassembly to said base;
- (d) wherein, when the portable cooler assembly is in a first configuration,
- (i) said collapsible wall extends outwardly from the container receiving recess, and
- (ii) said rim and lid are located above the container receiving recess and said peripheral wall of said base;
- and
- (e) wherein, when the portable cooler assembly is in a second configuration,
- (i) said collapsible wall is completely received within the container receiving recess in a collapsed condition, and
- (ii) said rim and lid collectively are at least partially received within the container receiving recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.