Barrel cooler with components assembleable on site
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorBernard Primiano
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Abstract
A sidewall panel of a barrel cooler has a sidewall panel body forming a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge. The sidewall panel has a latch arm protruding from the first vertical edge of the sidewall panel body, wherein the latch arm is adapted to cooperatively connect with a latch box of a first adjacent sidewall panel of the barrel cooler. The sidewall panel also has a latch box flush along the second vertical edge of the sidewall panel body, wherein the latch box is adapted to cooperatively connect with a latch arm of a second adjacent sidewall panel of the barrel cooler. The sidewall panel may be included in a system of parts that are adapted to cooperatively couple together to form a barrel cooler. The sidewall panel may also be included in an assembled barrel cooler.
Claims20
A sidewall panel of a barrel cooler, comprising:
- a sidewall panel body forming a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge;
- a latch arm protruding from the first vertical edge of the sidewall panel body, wherein the latch arm is adapted to cooperatively and removably connect with a latch box of a first adjacent sidewall panel of the barrel cooler;
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- a latch box flush along the second vertical edge of the sidewall panel body, wherein the latch box is adapted to cooperatively and removably connect with a latch arm of a second adjacent sidewall panel of the barrel cooler.
A system of parts adapted to be coupled together to form a barrel cooler, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of sidewall panels, each sidewall panel adapted to be coupled to the base and adapted to be coupled to an adjacent sidewall panel, wherein each of the plurality of sidewall panels comprises:
- a latch arm protruding from a first vertical edge of the sidewall panel, wherein the latch arm is adapted to cooperatively connect with a latch box of a first adjacent sidewall panel of the barrel cooler, and
- a latch box flush along a second vertical edge of the sidewall panel, wherein the latch box is adapted to cooperatively connect with a latch arm of a second adjacent sidewall panel of the barrel cooler;
- a liner adapted to couple to the plurality of sidewall panels and configured to hold a number of articles;
- a lid adapted to be hingedly connected to the liner;
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- a plurality of wheels adapted to be coupled to the base.
A barrel cooler, comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of sidewall panels, each sidewall panel coupled to the base and coupled to an adjacent sidewall panel, wherein each of the plurality of sidewall panels comprises:
- a latch arm protruding from a first vertical edge of the sidewall panel, wherein the latch arm is cooperatively connected with a latch box of a first adjacent sidewall panel of the barrel cooler, and
- a latch box flush along a side vertical edge of the sidewall panel, wherein the latch box is cooperatively connected with a latch arm of a second adjacent sidewall panel of the barrel cooler;
- a liner coupled to the plurality of sidewall panels and configured to hold a number of articles;
- a lid hingedly connected to the liner;
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- a plurality of wheels coupled to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.