Floating cooler with removable base

• US 6,016,933 A
• Filed: 05/14/1998
• Issued: 01/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Craig Daily, Nair Daily
• Original Assignee: Craig Daily, Nair Daily
• Inventors: Daily, Craig, Daily, Nair
• Primary Examiner(s): MOY, JOSEPH MAN
• Application Number:
  US09/078,710
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 220/560
• US Class Current: 220/560
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 22/24 container type, i.e. having provision for the storage of material

Abstract

A floating beverage cooler is provided including a floatable base and a cooler removably coupled to the base. The base has at least one recess formed therein for releasably receiving a beverage therein. The cooler and base further have a coupling mechanism for precluding the separation thereof.

Claims

1. A floating beverage cooler comprising, in combination:

a base including a pair of parallel, elongated side portions each having a cylindrical configuration, a pair of short end portions each having a rectangular configuration and integrally coupled between ends of the side portions with a height equal to a diameter of the side portions, and a bottom plate coupled within an interior periphery of the portions flush with a bottom surface thereof, the bottom plate having an elongated slot being situated along a central extent thereof in parallel with the side portions, each of the short end portions having a pair of cylindrical recesses formed in a top surface adjacent to ends thereof for containing beverages therein, wherein an outer side face of each short end portion has a tie down anchor mounted thereon;

a cooler with a rectangular configuration including a bottom face, a peripheral side wall integrally coupled to the bottom face and extending upwardly therefrom for defining an interior space and an open top, and a planar rectangular lid defined by a pair of short edges and a pair of elongated edges one of which is hingably coupled to the side wall for selectively closing the cooler, the bottom face of the cooler having an elongated protrusion for engaging the elongated slot formed on the base, the peripheral side wall further having a pair of tie down anchors mounted thereon for being coupled to those of the base for securement purposes; and

a pair of retractable cup holders each having an upper extent including a rectangular tab with an annular ring mounted to an outboard end thereof, wherein the upper extent is adapted to be slidably retracted within a recess formed in one of the short edges of the lid of the cooler, each retractable cup holder further including a plurality of intermediate annular portions having an upper peripheral lip for slidably engaging an upper adjacent intermediate annular portion and a bottommost annular portion with a closed bottom, wherein the intermediate and bottommost annular portions are capable of being collapsed into a single plane for being inserted within the recess.

2. A floating beverage cooler comprising:

a floatable base having a pair of parallel cylindrical elongated side portions and a pair of end portions, each end portion extending between aligned ends of said side portions to define a generally rectangular space between said side portions and said end portions;

a planar bottom plate coupled to said base such that a bottom of said rectangular space is closed; and

a cooler removably insertable into the rectangular space of the base such that said bottom plate supports said cooler for floatably supporting the cooler on a body of water, said base surrounding a portion of a peripheral wall of said cooler such that a lower portion of said cooler is nested in said base to block sliding of said cooler off of said base when said cooler and base are coupled together.

3. A floating beverage cooler as set forth in claim 2 wherein the base has at least one recess formed therein for releasably receiving a beverage therein.

4. A floating beverage cooler as set forth in claim 2 wherein both the cooler and base have a coupling means for precluding the separation thereof.

5. A floating beverage cooler as set forth in claim 4 wherein the coupling means includes a pair of tie down anchors situated on the cooler and base.

6. A floating beverage cooler as set forth in claim 4 wherein the coupling means includes a slot and groove mounted on the cooler and base.

7. A floating beverage cooler as set forth in claim 2 wherein the cooler has a retractable beverage holder mounted thereon.

8. A floating beverage cooler as set forth in claim 7 wherein the retractable beverage holder is slidably situated within a lid of the cooler.

9. A floating beverage cooler as set forth in claim 7 wherein the retractable beverage holder includes a plurality of concentric annular portion which are collapsible within a single plane.