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US 7,604,290 B1Granted
Cooler bench seat
OwnerRobert Giordanoinventor
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Abstract
A cooler whereby a user may store cold stored commodities while additionally serving as a location whereby one or more users may sit upon like a bench. The present invention provides seating by a combination of provided padding on its top surface, a telescopic back rest that folds up or down to provide back support and extendable legs to raise and lower the device to a suitable height whereby a user may comfortably sit upon.
Claims12
A portable cooler bench seat comprising:
- a) a cooler body having a bottom wall and sidewalls depending peripherally therefrom, said bottom wall having a recess to accommodate a base;
- b) a hinged, padded cover enclosing a top opening of said cooler body and providing a cushioned seat;
- c) an extendible, retractable back support slidable vertically in and out of a a housing mounted on a rear sidewall of said cooler body;
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- d) a pair of substantially U-shaped legs extending vertically down from openings in a bottom of said recess of said bottom wall, said legs being extendable and retractable;
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- e) a bottom surface of said base having recessed channels to accommodate horizontal portions of said U-shaped legs whereby when said legs are retracted into said body said horizontal portions of said legs are flush with a bottom of said cooler body.
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A portable cooler bench seat comprising:
- a) a cooler body having a base and sidewalls depending therefrom;
- b) a hinged cover having a cushioned top surface;
- c) a pair of spaced apart, substantially U-shaped legs that are stored within said cooler body when not in use and are extended vertically downwardly from said cooler body for use of said cooler body as a seat;
- d) a release latch in communication with a plurality of release assemblies for retaining said legs in the extended and retracted positions, said release assemblies being enclosed in a bottom recess of said cooler body and covered by a base;
- e) an extendible back support that is stored in a housing disposed in the rear of said cooler body when not in use;
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- f) a pair of spaced apart telescoping arms for retaining said back support in the raised position and locked therein via arm release buttons integral with said housing and back support release buttons communicating with the top of said arms and with said back support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.