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US 9,366,467 B2Granted
Iceless chill chamber cooler
AssigneeIgloo Products Corp.
InventorsGary Kiedaisch, John Maldonado
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Abstract
An iceless chill chamber cooler includes a chill chamber block and an iceless chill chamber. The chill chamber block can include at least one attachment feature. The iceless chill chamber can include a wall having at least one receiving feature. The receiving feature can complement and receive the attachment feature of the chill chamber block. The chill chamber block can be configured to transfer cold to an item positioned inside the iceless chill chamber.
Claims15
An iceless chill chamber cooler, comprising:
- a chill chamber comprising a base and at least one wall extending from the perimeter of the base, wherein at least a portion of the at least one wall comprises a receiving feature configured to removably receive and retain a chill block,
- wherein the receiving feature comprises a first vertical siding and a second vertical siding opposite the first vertical siding, the first vertical siding and the second vertical siding each comprising an inward facing protrusion, wherein the distance between the first and second vertical sidings is larger towards the wall than the distance between the first and second vertical sidings further from the wall, wherein the first and second vertical sidings substantially form a trapezoidal shape with the wall, the wall being the largest side of the trapezoidal shape, and
- wherein when disposed in the receiving feature, the chill block is retained between the first vertical siding and the second vertical siding.
A chill block comprising:
- an outer shell comprising a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side, a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side opposite the first lateral side, the first and second lateral sides coupling the front side and the back side, wherein the top, bottom, front, back, first lateral, and second lateral sides form a cavity therebetween configured to hold a volume of freezable liquid;
- wherein a first distance between the first lateral side and the second lateral side is smaller than a second distance between the first lateral side and the second lateral side, wherein the first distance is measured closer to the front side and the second distance is measured closer to the back side, wherein both measurements are made substantially parallel to the back side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.