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US 9,309,038 B2Granted
Cooler with wrap-around side cover
AssigneeM & C Innovations, LLC
InventorMatthew Alexander Vanderberg
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Abstract
A cooler includes a cooler body including one or more cooler walls. The cooler further includes a cover configured to be disposed around an exterior of the cooler body, the cover being sized and dimensioned to generally cover an exterior of the one or more cooler walls of the cooler body. The cover preferably includes a moisture-absorbent material. The cover also preferably includes an image, logo, symbol, or text; or a panel preferably includes the image, logo, symbol, or text, which panel is removably attachable to the cover.
Claims17
A cooler, comprising:
- (a) a cooler body including a rim defining an upper portion of the cooler and a base defining a lower portion of the cooler, and one or more cooler walls extending between the rim and the base and comprising one or more predefined hinge lines extending around a periphery of the cooler and configured to allow the cooler body to transition between an expanded configuration, in which the rim and the base are located distally from each other, and a collapsed configuration, in which the rim and the base are located proximally to each other;
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- (b) a generally planar wrap-around side cover configured to be disposed around a peripheral exterior of the cooler body, the cover being sized and dimensioned to generally cover the peripheral exterior of the one or more cooler walls of the cooler body in close relation thereto;
- (c) wherein the cover comprises a moisture-absorbent material;
- (d) wherein the cover is releasably secured both to the rim at attachment locations disposed at intervals along the rim around the periphery of the cooler, and to the base at attachment locations disposed at intervals along the base around the periphery of the cooler;
- (e) wherein the cover includes one or more predefined hinge lines that, when the cover is releasably secured to the cooler body, extend around the periphery of the cooler and that are configured to allow the cooler body to transition between the expanded configuration, in which the rim and the base are located distally from each other, and the collapsed configuration, in which the rim and the base are located proximally to each other;
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- (f) wherein the cover does not cover a top portion of the cooler, the top portion being left uncovered.
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A cooler, comprising:
- (a) a cooler body including a rim defining an upper portion of the cooler and a base defining a lower portion of the cooler, and one or more cooler walls extending between the rim and the base and comprising one or more predefined hinge lines extending around a periphery of the cooler and configured to allow the cooler body to transition between an expanded configuration in which the rim and the base are located distally from each other, and a collapsed configuration in which the rim and the base are located proximally to each other;
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- (b) a generally planar wrap-around side cover configured to be disposed around a peripheral exterior of the cooler body, the cover being sized and dimensioned to generally cover the peripheral exterior of the one or more cooler walls of the cooler body in close relation thereto;
- (c) wherein the cover is releasably secured both to the rim and to the base around the periphery of the cooler;
- (d) wherein the cover includes one or more predefined hinge lines that, when the cover is releasably secured to the cooler body, extend around the periphery of the cooler such that the cover is able to transition with the cooler body while releasably secured both to the rim and to the base around the periphery of the cooler between the expanded configuration, in which the rim and the base are located distally from each other, and the collapsed configuration, in which the rim and the base are located proximally to each other;
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- (e) wherein the cover does not cover a top portion of the cooler, the top portion being left uncovered.
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A cooler, comprising:
- (a) a cooler body including a rim defining an upper portion of the cooler and a base defining a lower portion of the cooler, and one or more cooler walls extending between the rim and the base and comprising a plurality of hinge lines extending generally horizontally around a periphery of the cooler and configured to allow the cooler body to transition between an expanded configuration in which the rim and the base are located distally from each other, and a collapsed configuration in which the rim and the base are located proximally to each other;
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- (b) a generally planar, snug fit, wrap-around side cover disposed around a peripheral side exterior of the cooler body, the cover generally covering the peripheral side exterior of the one or more cooler walls of the cooler body in close relation thereto;
- (c) wherein the snug fit, wrap-around side cover is releasably secured by fasteners both to the rim and to the base around the periphery of the cooler;
- (d) wherein the cover includes a plurality of hinge lines that extend generally horizontally around the periphery of the cooler such that the cover is able to transition with the cooler body while releasably secured both to the rim and to the base around the periphery of the cooler between the expanded configuration, in which the rim and the base are located distally from each other, and the collapsed configuration, in which the rim and the base are located proximally to each other;
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- (e) wherein the cover does not cover a top portion of the cooler, the top portion being left uncovered.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.